ISRAEL: Hasidic Rabbi Bans Boys From Eating Soy Because It Makes Them Gay
According to a report in HaMevasser, Rabbi Yaakov Aryeh Alter issued the ban due to the belief that ‘hormones’ in the food could cause boys to become effeminate. And if these boys become more like ‘girls’, then teachers and older students would become attracted to them. The rabbi is also concerned soy will cause female students to sexually mature faster than normal. Officials at the school believe soy-based products damage the ‘spirituality of students’. The leader of a group of an ultra-orthodox Jewish sect in Israel, the rabbi has previously told men to stop shaking hands for fear that ‘normative incidental physical contact’ could lead to gay sex.According to Wikipedia, the rabbi is one of the wealthiest persons in Israel and is worth as much as $250M. That's a lot of soy.
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