Rob Eshman is a senior columnist for the Forward. Follow him on Instagram @foodaism or email [email protected]. For his food writing and recipes go to foodaism.com.
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By Rob Eshman
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Opinion What happened to Shireen Abu Akleh? American Jews must demand the truth
The veteran Palestinian-American journalist was shot and killed May 11. That is all anyone can agree on.
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Food Yotam Ottolenghi wants to talk to you
The Israel-born chef’s post-COVID reflections on home cooking, the future of food, and baked pasta
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Opinion The leaked Roe v. Wade decision is a win for religious fervor
The anti-abortion views are rooted in a specific Christian belief that life begins at conception and that abortion, therefore, is murder. Jews don’t believe that.
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Opinion 30 years after L.A. burned, two Latino Jewish immigrants bring hope to ground zero
Near the corner of Vermont and Manchester avenues, someone created a huge mural consisting of a single word: “HOPES.” It’s been there for a while, and Michelle Clark, who lives nearby, sees it as a cruel joke. “Look around,” said Clark, 59, who was pushing a shopping cart full of recyclables. “It’s more like ‘The…
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Opinion This time, can we skip the debates and just sign the Iran Deal?
The best way to prevent Iran from getting nukes is to revive the deal Trump scuttled
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Opinion The female magician whose most amazing escape was from her father
There’s a moment in “Death Defying Escape,” a new play by comedian Judy Carter, when I realized I’d been tricked. The three-actor production, now running at Hollywood’s intimate Hudson Theater, tracks Carter’s life: as a child growing up in L.A.’s Fairfax district (“We were the poor Jews,” she quips, “we still had our original noses.”);…
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News In L.A., a new exhibit on the American deli reveals some Jewish truths
In the 1930s, there were 5,000 delicatessens in New York City. By way of comparison, Starbucks, which seems to be on every street corner, has 241 outlets in New York. And those delis were much more than just places to get coffee or a pastrami. “I’ll Have What She’s Having,” a new exhibit at the…
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Opinion People actually prefer live Jews, really
Horn’s focus on all the ways society has failed Jews may be electrifying, but ignores a more complicated truth
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