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Poland’s Kosher Slaughter Ban Leaves Market Up For Grabs
His designer suits and expensive car project project an image of success, but Salah Messikh has been on the brink of bankruptcy for more than a year. Messikh, the founder of one of Poland’s oldest halal slaughterhouses, saw his revenues halved because of a 2012 court ruling that rescinded a government regulation exempting Jews and…
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Orthodox Push for Kosher Army Meals
Agudath Israel of America asked the Pentagon to restore kosher field meals. The Orthodox umbrella group on Monday said that the Defense Logistics Agency had solicited a bid in April for kosher and halal “meals ready to eat,” but had recast the solicitation last month to include only halal, which adhere to Muslim religious precepts….
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Berkeley’s Local Butcher Shop Answers to Higher Authority
When it comes to filling a job in the food industry, one wouldn’t think that “Camp Tawonga” on a resume would have a lot of sway. But if we’re talking about the Local Butcher Shop in Berkeley, co-owner Monica Rocchino says it’s “a no-brainer.” Rocchino, who grew up attending the Jewish camp and then worked…
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Telling the Story of Israel’s Trees
Following his successful Pollution in a Promised Land: An Environmental History of Israel leading Israeli environmental lawyer and activist Alon Tal has produced another must read for anyone interested in learning more about the land of Israel; in this case the trees that call that land home. His latest book, All the Trees of the…
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Israel To Get Three Star Kosher System
Plans to overhaul kosher certification services offered by Israel’s Chief Rabbinate include having different levels of certification and outside companies employ the supervisors. Naftali Bennett, who serves as minister of religious services, and Ashkenazi Chief Rabbi David Lau announced the reforms on Monday at a news conference. Under the new system, the restaurants and other…
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SuperFood Sunday
I used to joke about the new fad of superfoods and make fun of the health nuts with their goji berries and spirulina. I was farming at the Adamah farm in Connecticut and feeling really good about eating the nutritionally dense seasonal produce that I harvested with my own hands. I was so connected to…
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It’s Ice Cream for Breakfast Day — Really!
(Haaretz) — In 1966, on a dreary Saturday morning in Rochester, New York, Florence Rappaport’s surprised her young children with ice cream for breakfast. As she scooped the creamy treat into bowls for her ecstatic offspring, Joe and Ruth, she formally announced, “Today is Ice Cream for Breakfast Day.” And so, the social worker and…
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$6 For a Knish? Welcome to the Super Bowl
If you have tickets for the Super Bowl at the MetLife Stadium this Sunday, and you’re planning to munch on some kosher snacks while watching the battle between the Seattle Seahawks and the Denver Broncos, you’d better bring some extra cash: This stuff’s not cheap. As the Forward reported, this year’s event is likely to…
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Recipes Cooking the Balaboosta Cookbook
“Would You Make This?” is a sporadic column where personal chef Alix Wall evaluates a cookbook by making some of its recipes, sharing them with friends and asking what they think of the results. “Balaboosta: Bold Mediterranean Recipes to Feed the People You Love” is a funny name for a cookbook from a chef who…
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Einat Admony’s Beet Kibbeh Soup
Photo by Quentin Bacon Kibbeh Soup Serves 4 to 6 Part of me wants me to call it Iraqi borscht, but that wouldn’t do it justice, and I’m afraid the name would create too many misconceptions. This soup is tangy, thanks to beets and lemon being boiled together into a broth. My recipe uses a…
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Dorit’s Cabbage Salad from the Balaboosta Cookbook
Photo by Quentin Bacon Dorit’s Cabbage Salad Serves 4 to 6 My Big Sister, Dorit—who is a terrific cook in her own right—came up with this recipe. How great is it to have chips in a salad! If you can’t find Terra Stix at your local grocery store, use any root vegetable chips and crumble…
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