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The Easiest Way To Use Up Your Leftover Matzo — Moroccan-Style
On the first day of Passover, matzo is a novelty. Exotic, even. By day four, most have already exhausted their repertoires of matzo plus fill-in-the-blank spread. And by day eight, we can’t wait to get rid of the stuff. From Poland to Argentina, this is a universal experience. Which is why Jews around the globe…
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Can Bagels And Lox Atone For Trayon White’s Sins?
You might remember Trayon White Sr. as the man who said a Jewish banking dynasty controls both the weather and the federal government. The D.C. Councilmember quickly dialed back his statements after it was clear that the world was not having it. A bagel-and-lox damage-control-breakfast with Jewish community leaders and fellow lawmakers was quickly scheduled….
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‘Kosher’ Cloned Bacon Is Going To Change Everything
Jews and bacon: Has there ever been a more complicated relationship? We lust after bacon, we denounce it, we rebelliously consume it, we declare it permanently verboten, we create facon, we declare that inedible, scientists invent cloned bacon, now we have thoughts about it. Suffice it to say that the Jewish culinary palate, thanks to…
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Leavened Bread Is Banned In Israeli Hospitals This Week
In Israeli hospitals, visitors were astonished to find their bags rummaged through for contraband upon entry – only in this case contraband was not guns or drugs, but sandwiches and cookies. “The danger is not guns during Pesach, but leavened bread,” said an East Jerusalem doctor. This is certainly proving to be one heck of…
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Orthodox Women May Be Kashruth Experts At Home, But Are Rarely Accepted As Professional Kosher Inspectors
When Tamar Schulman enters a kitchen as a mashgicha (kosher on-site inspector), she often receives looks of surprise. The kitchen workers were expecting a man. “They ask me, ‘Where’s the rabbi?’” she says. “They often don’t know what to call me, so they just call me ‘Rabbi’.” Enter most kosher homes, and you’ll find a…
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Joan Nathan Will Cook Your Passover Seder – For A Price
No, she won’t cook each meal individually. And yes, it will be part of a mass produced roll-out of Joan-Nathan-branded Whole Foods chow. And no, you won’t have to cook a thing yourself. Nonetheless, for the moderate price of $119.99, you’ll be able to feed yourself and several other loves ones and/or family members things…
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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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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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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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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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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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