Did you hear the one about the kosher search engine?

If I hadn't read about it on NYTimes.com this morning, I would have thought Koogle was the punchline to one of those email jokes my mother-in-law is always forwarding to me and the rest of our extended family. You know the kind:

Avi: Did you hear some Israelis invented a kosher search engine?

Shmuel: No! Really? What is it called?

Avi: Koogle!

But the recently launched "kosher," ultra-Orthodox-rabbi-approved Israeli search engine is for real -- and you can find it at http://www.koogle.co.il/. FYI, it helps if you read Hebrew.

While Koogle can probably help you find the nearest mikvah or a good kugel recipe, it will not display religiously objectionable material, such as pictures of scantily clad women. (Think more Golda Meir.) There is also no searching on the Sabbath (though I am assuming this would be Israeli Sabbath hours).

Good searching and biz shpeter!