Except the article makes no claims about why <i>Jews</i> avoid pigs, other than a few minor observations such as:<p>- Israelites came to consider pork avoidance a central element of their identity.<p>- Scriptural dietary rules grew more significant with time.<p>- God expresses his fury at a few people who have eaten “swine’s flesh, and broth of abominable things.”<p>- even in the face of death, a Jew must refuse pork in order to remain true to his people.<p>The reasons listed in the first section of the article are referring to other ancient near eastern cultures, whose reason for avoiding eating pork products certainly <i>wasn&#x27;t</i> due to Levitical laws.<p>In the latter section an emphasis is made on the fact that avoid pigs became more of an issue in the post-exilic period when the Jews found themselves ruled by cultures that <i>did</i> eat pig meat, and the point of difference was more apparent.<p>So, I&#x27;m really not sure which part of the article you think is <i>&quot;not entirely true&quot;</i>. I can&#x27;t vouch for the overall accuracy of it, but its representation of Jewish culture and history seems reasonable accurate to me.