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Yid.Dish: Jerusalem Artichoke Soup with Lemon and Saffron
This soup, from The Foods of Israel Today, originated with Chef Moshe Basson of Jerusalem’s Eucalyptus Restaurant. Yield: 6-8 Servings 2 medium onions, diced in 1/2-inch pieces 2 Tbs extra virgin olive oil 1 clove garlic, minced 1 1/2 lbs Jerusalem artichokes, peeled and quartered 4 cups chicken broth / veggie broth 10-12 blanched almonds…
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Yid.Dish: Braised Carrots with Olives and Mint
Serves 6 3 pounds carrots peeled 3/4 teaspoon whole coriander seed 1/4 teaspoon cayenne pepper 1 large sprig of mint plus mint leaves for garnish 11/2 tablespoons fresh lemon juice 3 tablespoons honey 3/4 teaspoon salt or to taste 1, 2 inch piece cinnamon stick 2 tablespoon extra virgin olive oil 1/3 cup oil cured…
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Yid.Dish: Super Green Smoothie
Ingredients: 2 Tablespoons flax or hemp seeds 1 apple or pear, cut into cubes ½ cup berries, fresh or frozen 1 stalk celery, thinly sliced ¼ cup parsley stems removed and roughly chopped ½ cup dark leafy green, such as kale or dandelion, chopped 1 Tablespoon olive oil or Udo’s Choice oil 2 cups organic…
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California Dem Pushes for Marriage Bill
SAN FRANCISCO — The clock was running down and California Assemblyman Mark Leno was a few votes short, watching his same-sex marriage bill slide toward oblivion. For the second year in a row, Leno, a Jewish Democrat from San Francisco and one of the state legislature’s six openly gay lawmakers, was racing to beat the…
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Celebrities Meet To Discuss Jewish Future
A high-powered group of 20 Jewish intellectuals met behind closed doors near Washington late last month to discuss the future of the Jewish people — and the mood was not optimistic. Harvard University president Lawrence Summers, former Israeli Cabinet minister Natan Sharansky and Canadian Minister of Justice Irwin Cotler were among the select group of…
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Newsdesk June 17, 2005
Chief Rabbi Knighted Last week, Queen Elizabeth knighted Britain’s chief rabbi, Jonathan Sacks, marking the queen’s 79th birthday. She bestowed the vaunted “Sir” title on Sacks on June 11 in recognition of his services to the Jewish community and interfaith relations. “This is an honor not just for me but for the Jewish community and…
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Lillian Lux Burstein, 86, Yiddish Theater Giant
Lillian Lux Burstein, an internationally acclaimed doyenne of the Yiddish theater, died in New York last week of natural causes. She was 86. Burstein is best known for the musical acts she produced and staged as the matriarch of The Four Bursteins, a troupe composed of herself, her husband — famed actor Pesach’ke (Paul) Burstein…
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New York Lawmaker Uses Staff To Support Settlers
A New York assemblyman who started his political career as a lieutenant of the extremist Rabbi Meir Kahane has been using his taxpayer-funded staff to organize missions to Israel protesting the planned disengagement from Gaza. Last week State Assemblyman Dov Hikind, Brooklyn Democrat and Orthodox Jew, led his second mission to Israel in recent months….
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Sufi To Address ZOA Meeting
There is nothing surprising about the last name Schwartz appearing on the roster of speakers for the right-wing Zionist Organization of America, but Stephen Suleyman Schwartz is no ordinary Schwartz. The son of a Jewish father, Schwartz later became a Muslim and is now the director of the Center for Islamic Pluralism. Next week, at…
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Moderate Muslims Seek Foothold in U.S.
What happens when you call a mass demonstration and only a few dozen people show up? That’s more or less what happened when Free Muslims Against Terrorism organized a Washington rally last month. The group’s founder, Bethlehem-born Kamal Nawash, had hoped that the May 14 rally would send “a very clear message to the Arab…
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Under a Cloud, a Lawyer For Survivors Soldiers On
A decade after he shot to fame as a Holocaust restitution lawyer, attorney Ed Fagan now does most of his business from a cell phone. Deeply in debt, he no longer has an office and is the target of an ethics investigation that threatens to disbar him. But this has not stopped him from continuing…
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