Shira Feder
By Shira Feder
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Food This Passover, 100,000 Russian Jews Still Live In Dire Poverty
For elderly Jews in the former Soviet Union, the war might be long over but the battle for daily survival rages on. “A retired engineer or doctor in Ukraine has a pension of approximately $2 per day, and her counterpart in Russia has a pension of perhaps $5 per day,” according to David Schizer, CEO…
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Food Mark Bittman On Why Grilling Is So Heavily Marketed To Men
There’s no denying that there’s something macho about grilling. Who can properly char the remnants of a cow and stoke the flames, if not a strong man? Accordingly, cookbooks on the subject are dark, with brooding color palettes that grunt “manly” to all the reserved (male) shoppers out there feeling oppressed at the thought of…
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Food Luxury Department Store Barney’s Now Serves Matzo Ball Soup
Oh, Barney’s, that venerated respite of window shoppers everywhere. Come to 61st and Madison to rest your eyes on a $40,000 Birkin bag wrapped in lush green alligator skin, to drool over a pair of gravity-defying strappy Christian Louboutin heels not made for human feet to walk in, to admire the grace of a pair…
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Food Is Fair Trade Olive Oil The Future Of The Middle East?
What would peace in the Middle East look like? Think abandoned espadrilles, bottles of half-drunk arak, the wind in your hair and unlimited hummus. Can a company dedicated to fair-trade olive oil ever make this dream a reality? Sindyanna, the non-profit organization led by female, change-seeking Israeli Jews and Arabs, believes it can. At least…
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Food Yes, You Can Bake Matzo At Home
DIY, or do-it-yourself culture was born out of price-fueled rage at capitalism, that systematically perpetuated scam designed to pry our hard-earned dollars out of our cold dead hands. DIY culture is the practice of creating, modifying, fixing or perfecting something without the (paid) help of professionals. Take that, cabinet makers, Apple Geniuses and Ikea handymen…
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Food Why Are Christians Starting To Have Passover Seders?
Christians have been increasingly interested in this most ancient of Jewish traditions. In fact, googling “Christian Passover seder” yields 536,000 results. Is it the desire to re-interpret the Old Testament scriptures through a Christian lens, a desire to colonize Jewish tradition, or a way of showing genuine interest in other religions? According to Christian Resource…
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The Schmooze The 5 Weirdest Israel Animal-Related Conspiracy Theories Out There
One of the main rules of the Internet is: if you can think of it, it probably exists. This is indeed the case when it comes to the melting pot of conspiracy theories, Israel and animals. In fact, Israeli animal-related conspiracy theories abound on certain darker corners of the web. I took a foray into…
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Food How Much Is Too Much? The Crippling Cost Of Shmura Matza
According to Chabad.org, more than 1 million pounds of shmurah matzo, or handmade matzo, will be created and sold this year. In fact, when Barack Obama hosted the first White House seder in 2009, shmurah matzo was present. Demand for this tasteless, complicated-to-digest artisanal cracker continues to rise. This matzo is considered extra-special (and a…
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