Shira Feder
By Shira Feder
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Food Israel’s King Of Artisanal Bread Is Now Bringing His Magic To NYC
A phenomenon in Israel, celebrity chef Erez Komarovsky has now turned his sights from Israel’s food scene to Manhattan. After achieving unprecedented success in Israel, with his Lechem Erez bakery stretching to 30 locations, Komarovsky has decided to open up a 50-seat restaurant in Union Square called Mint Kitchen. Before local ingredients and unexpected flavors…
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Food Jewish Foodies Are Turning Increasingly To Mexican Food — Despite The Politics
Over the past ten years, Jews have flirted with Mexican-Jewish food, creating unexpected fusion recipes (poblano matzo balls, anyone?), kosher taquerias, and Jewish-Mexican bakeries. With Izzy Eidelman, the creator of Izzy’s Kosher Steakhouse, now setting his sights on a taqueria in the beta-testing kosher area of Crown Heights (after all, if you can open a…
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Food Bimbo Bakeries’ Supermarket Bread Is Back To Being Kosher, After An Outcry
In 2017, Bimbo Bakeries kissed its kosher certification goodbye, but in 2019, it is in the process of getting those coveted kosher consumers back. Bimbo Bakeries covers Arnold, Sara Lee and Ball Park brands, as part of the largest baking company in the United States, based out of Pennsylvania. America may only be 2% Jewish,…
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The Schmooze Mark Zuckerberg Slaughtered A Goat For Twitter’s Jack Dorsey
The beleaguered CEO of Facebook has achieved media ignominy once more, and this time it’s not Russia’s fault. In a Rolling Stone interview crafted by Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey’s crack PR team to justify why Twitter is still so chock-full of Nazis, Dorsey revealed that Mark Zuckerberg served him a goat he killed with a…
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Fast Forward A Canadian Inmate Was Denied Kosher Food Because Her Background Looks Christian
Hayden Patterson, an inmate at the Surrey Pretrial centre, has filed a complaint about being denied the kosher food she requested, claiming she has identified as Jewish since she was fifteen. Lawyers for the centre argue that her background looks Christian. “She could not point to a single connection to the Jewish community prior to…
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Food Top 7 Foods To Bring To A Shiva House
It’s not always easy to know what to say to someone in mourning. A lot of times people can make the mistake of saying ‘it was meant to be,’ or ‘at least they didn’t suffer,’ or ‘well, she was pretty old, wasn’t she?’ So instead of putting your foot in your mouth, consider giving your…
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Food Israel Ranks 6th World-Wide For Veganism Popularity In 2018
In a recent Chef’s Table analysis of world-wide vegan habits, Israel was ranked 6th for the second year in a row, with a Vegan Popularity Score of 78. This is no surprise, considering that at least 5.2% of Israelis follow a vegan diet, and even fast food pizza brand Domino’s decided Israel was the place…
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Food Woke Jews Are Finding Environmental Meaning In Tu B’Shvat
Ask any Jewish elder what Tu B’Shvat is and you might get a confused glance. But ask any younger coastal dweller with a Twitter handle, and they might be able to tell you: it’s an agricultural New Year’s Day for the trees, and the people who appreciate this holiday are trending younger and younger. Akin…
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