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Beloved Deli Braves Harvey — Stays Open Throughout The Storm
It seems nothing short of miraculous, but Kenny & Ziggy’s, the beloved Houston deli immortalized in the 2015 film “Deli Man,” has emerged from Hurricane Harvey unscathed. “I’m one of the lucky and fortunate ones,” Ziggy Gruber, the deli’s indefatigable owner, told the Forward from his Houston home. “Both of our restaurants are in dry…
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7 Insane Ice Cream Flavors With Deliciously Hebrew DNA
Funny, that ice cream doesn’t look Jewish. But one bite of the new rugelach ice cream at Quality Eats, a Manhattan steak house, reveals its Semitic roots: chewy chunks of rich rugelach from Orwasher’s, the century-old New York bakery, in a sweet-tart base of cream-cheese/sour-cream ice cream. The treat debuts this week. We started wondering…
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Meet The 26-Year-Old Female Entrepreneurs Turning College Students Into Digital Foodies
As college students across the country head back to campus this month, it’s a good moment to step back and consider the value of that very expensive education. Like many millennials raised by loving parents who valued their child’s happiness above pragmatic concerns like career development, I was told when I started college to take…
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We Tried These 6 Obscure Jewish Foods So You Don’t Have To
Ashkenazi Jewish food is having a comeback. Once thought to be a dying breed, Jewish “kosher style” delis have become a foodie favorite, with spots that “redefine” Jewish food sprouting up across the country. But while Ashkenazi Jewish foods like bagels and chicken soup have achieved mainstream acceptance, there are many Jewish foods that are…
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Are Whole Foods Price Cuts Good For The Jews?
A few days after I moved into my Harlem apartment in mid July, the new, highly anticipated Whole Foods opened on 125th Street. I thought this was auspicious. Then a few days ago Amazon and Whole Foods announced a quickie merger, followed by the news that prices of certain foods being sold in the supermarket…
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WTF: In An Emergency Like Harvey, Can Observant Jews Eat Non-Kosher Food?
As the floods roar through Houston and the surrounding areas, over 30 individuals have lost their lives, countless homes and businesses have been damaged — and the Jewish community is nearly out of kosher food. As my colleague Ari Feldman noted, kosher food is already hard to come by in Houston under normal circumstances —…
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As Waters Rise, Here’s How Chabad Is Helping Houston Jews Keep Kosher
When the leader of Houston’s Chabad Teen Network (CTeen) was forced from her home by floodwaters, she took shelter with friends who happened to live near the local Chabad house, Chabad of Uptown. Naomi Bier, a 28-year-old Houston resident, has been volunteering there ever since, and created an Amazon Wishlist to gather donations of food…
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How To Help Houston With Food Relief
A notice on the Houston Food Bank’s website says the organization is closed due to flooding, but will reopen as soon as possible to help provide disaster relief to the community. It will surely have its work cut out for it, as will the other food-relief organizations and disaster-relief agencies offering assistance to those affected…
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Was It Anti-Semitic To Call Smoked Salmon Sandwich ‘The Swindler’?
Look on the bright side: They could have called it “the Shyster” or “the Profiteer.” But the Swindler, a very Jewish-sounding sandwich of smoked salmon, cucumbers, capers and cream cheese on pumpernickel, still drew a huge backlash for a vendor at the Minnesota State Fair, which opens this week. Jennie and Bryan Enloe, the husband…
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Recipes 10 Perfect Recipes For Late-Summer Grilling
How did the summer go by so quickly? Fall is approaching so fast, I can almost taste it. Before it’s gone, I thought I’d pull together some of our best recipes to cook and eat outdoors, each crafted from a Jewish perspective in one way or another. Make Mine Red Meat Chicken & Fish Very…
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Is Vegan The New Kosher? This Chef Says Yes.
(JTA) — With the temperature in the mid-80s, it was not the night to kick off Shabbat dinner with chicken soup, or rather, given our family’s eating mishegas, vegan chicken soup (yes, there is such a dish). So where or whom do I turn to for a seasonal alternative? Answer: Chef Mark Reinfeld, who as…
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