Michelle Honig
By Michelle Honig
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Food WATCH: Bagel Bombs Versus Pepsi Projectiles At Berkeley Protest
During the Tax Day protests across the country on April 15, Antifa — short for anti-fascist — protestors at the University of California at Berkeley gathered to oppose both President Donald Trump and conservative pundit Ann Coulter, who was scheduled to speak at the school. The alt-right came out in droves, some driving hundreds of…
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Food The 9 Most Outrageous Bar Mitzvah Cakes
Nothing is more emblematic of a party’s theme than its cake. At some bar and bat mitzvahs, they outdo even the most extravagant wedding cake with over-the-top embellishments. The awesome, outrageous bar mitzvah cakes we found on Pinterest exemplify the creativity, theatricality and attention to minute detail that goes into them. Whether you’re planning a…
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Food Jew Is Crowned NYC Brisket King… Again
For the second year in a row, a Jewish pitmaster took home the top prize in the Brisket King NYC competition. It was a post-Passover triumph: Sruly Eidelman of the Crown Heights kosher barbecue establishment Izzy’s Brooklyn Smokehouse took home both the crown and the golden calf trophy. Eidelman placed second last year, while Ari…
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Food How ‘Passover Paradise’ Turned Into A Holy Nightmare
Just back from a highly problematic Passover program in Cancun, a large group of weary travelers is creating cyber-support groups on Facebook, What’s App and Jewish community forums such as DansDeals.com. They are swapping war stories about what was supposed to be a luxurious Passover trip, run by a travel outfit called Passover Paradise. The…
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Food Pesach ‘Hostages’: Mexican Hotel Won’t Let Our People Go
When guests attempted to check out of the Royalton Riviera Cancun hotel on April 19 — the last day of a Passover program hosted by a travel group called Passover Paradise — they were told that they couldn’t leave until they paid tens of thousands of dollars each. According to the hotel, the Passover Paradise…
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Food Who Will Be Next King Of BBQ?
Tonight, a new Brisket King will be crowned. The 6th-annual Brisket King of NYC event will be held from 6–9:30 p.m. at the Food Sciences Academy of Long Island University Brooklyn in Downtown Brooklyn, and tickets are still available. Last year, the Wandering Que’s Ari White won the top prize with a kosher lamb brisket….
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Food Eating Kitniyot This Week? 8 Recipes From Top Jewish Food Bloggers
Last year, the Conservative movement issued a teshuva, or ruling, that kitniyot — i.e rice, beans and legumes, traditionally avoided by Ashkenazi Jews at Passover — are now permissible. For those who feel liberated by this decision (perhaps feeling that the dictum to avoid chametz is enough of a manacle), you may also be overwhelmed…
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Food What’s With The Last-Minute Passover-Getaway Cancellations?
Passover travel programs are suddenly dropping like flies. First to be swatted was the Tenenbaum Family’s Pesach For Less, which was to be hosted at the Dolce Hotel & Conference Center in Basking Ridge, New Jersey. It was cancelled in February. Next, in mid-March, Prime Experience — a subsidiary of Joey Allaham’s Prime Hospitality Group,…
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