Maybe I skimmed the article a bit too hard, but this stuck out and I don't find any other mentions of this in the article. Why would a Disney villain need to lament about their sexual desires? In this about something specific from The Lion King?
I assume this is what was being referenced
Also,that might be an unpopular point of view, but unless he was raised in the Jewish culture, he wasn't Jewish even if the claim was somehow true. Perhaps ethnically half-Jewish.
The M used in Israel might be different than the one pictured as it is used exclusively for 3 phase lines (so an AC that doesn't need 3 phase can then have a regular plug)
It may be less than you suspect because the regular bubble in their ordering pipeline might give them time to deal with suppliers, maintain stock, improve their website, maintain systems, relax and refocus, etc.
I doubt it works out better than not doing it at least economically, but there may be enough benefit to offset most of the costs.
The times I've run into the B&H sabbath outage, I just waited and ordered later. There are more thing in my life than just ordering things as fast as possible, and I respect a business for having other priorities. (Plus, B&H is just generally a really good supplier)
the thing is, the bubble they have includes not doing anything on this list :)