Red heifer
'South Park' and the Jewish Red Heifer Tale of Armageddon
‘South Park’ riffed on the Biblical story of the red heifer and its putative signal of impending doom. It’s rooted in Judaism, but the Armageddon tale is probably a misunderstanding.
Is an Ancient Menagerie Pagan or Jewish?
Though it features illustrations of a menagerie of animals that carry Jewish symbolism, an ancient Roman mosaic discovered in Lod, Israel, in 1996, is not a religious work, according to the Metropolitan Museum of Art, where the fourth-century artifact is on exhibit for the first time until April 3, 2011.