A Missouri inmate once labeled a white supremacist is fighting for his right to be served kosher meals in prison.Norman Lee Toler, serving a 10-year sentence for statutory rape, insists he is Jewish despite guards at an Illinois penitentiary catching him with photos of Adolf Hitler and white supremacist literature. He also has several white supremacist tattoos, including a fresh “SS,” the name of a Nazi unit.
Toler argued in federal court that his soul will be in jeopardy if he is forced to eat nonkosher food.
In the lawsuit, Toler said prison officials repeatedly denied his requests for kosher food, violating federal law and his constitutional right of religious expression.
New-born babies in Japan who can’t make it around to visit all their relatives can now send them proxies instead – cuddly bags of rice.A small rice shop in Fukuoka, southern Japan, has been swamped with orders for “Dakigokochi” rice-filled bags shaped like a bundled baby and printed with the new-born’s face and name.