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Pollo Con Susam
2 eggs 1/3 cup water 1 cup matza meal or panko bread crumbs 1 ½ teaspoons salt 2 teaspoons paprika ½ cup sesame seeds 2 broiler/fryers (about 2 ½ – 3 pounds each) cut into eighths ½ cup melted margarine or olive oil preheat oven to 350 degrees Farenheit. Lightly grease large baking pan. Beat…
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Pollo Con Susam
2 eggs 1/3 cup water 1 cup matza meal or panko bread crumbs 1 ½ teaspoons salt 2 teaspoons paprika ½ cup sesame seeds 2 broiler/fryers (about 2 ½ – 3 pounds each) cut into eighths ½ cup melted margarine or olive oil preheat oven to 350 degrees Farenheit. Lightly grease large baking pan. Beat…
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After U.N. Drama, Little Hope for Peace Breakthrough
An intense week of high-profile speeches and backroom diplomacy, which reached its climax with an official Palestinian bid for statehood, has reshaped the Middle East peace process, eroding the American position as lead player — which may, in fact, be President Obama’s strategy. Days after Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas took to the United Nations stage…
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Tishpishti
Cake Batter: 6 eggs, separated ½ cup sugar ½ teaspoon vanilla extract 1 tablespoon whiskey 1 tablespoon water 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon dash ground cloves 1 ½ teaspoons baking soda 2 cups ground filberts of walnuts grated rind of 1 orange grated ring of 1 lemon Syrup: ¾ cup honey 1 teaspoon lemon juice ¼…
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Muslim Students Guilty for Heckling Ambassador
A California jury found 10 Muslim students guilty of misdemeanors for disrupting a 2010 speech by Israel?s ambassador to the United States, Michael Oren. In a case that drew national attention, 11 Muslim students had stood one by one and interrupted a February 2010 speech by Oren at the University of California – Irvine. Oren…
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Looted Paintings Returned to Poland
Two oil paintings stolen by the Nazis 67 years ago from the walls of Poland?s National Museum in Warsaw were returned Thursday night to the people and government of Poland in a ceremony held at the Polish consulate in New York. Polish artist Julian Falat painted the works, ?The Hunt? and ?Off to the Hunt?…
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U.N. UPDATE: Bibi Gives Obama ‘Badge of Honor’
KEEP UP WITH THE FORWARD’S COMPLETE COVERAGE OF WEDNESDAY’S DRAMATIC EVENTS AT THE UNITED NATIONS. SCROLL DOWN TO READ OLDER POSTS IN FULL. CLICK HERE FOR THE LATEST NEWS FROM THE U.N. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu praised President Obama for wearing a “badge of honor” by opposing the Palestinian bid for statehood. “I want…
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A Film Exploration of the Camp David Peace Negotiations
‘Back Door Channels’: A Film Exploration of the Camp David Peace Treaty Negotiations “When a war is won, there are people in the streets celebrating. Unfortunately, when a peace treaty is signed, there is no one in the streets celebrating,” political pundit and media personality Leon Charney said at the September 13 premiere of the…
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Reporters’ Roundtable: Israel as Wedge Issue; Birthright; Eli Valley and Amy Winehouse
This week, host Josh Nathan-Kazis is joined by Forward editor Jane Eisner and Forward Fellow Naomi Zeveloff to discuss how Republicans are using Israel as a wedge issue in 2012 elections. Then, Josh talks with Yossi Beilin, the left-wing former Knesset member and author of a new book, Birthright: The True Story, which details his…
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‘Ground Zero Mosque’ Opens Quietly
A controversial Islamic center in lower Manhattan opened quietly yesterday without protests as the developer reportedly admitted making missteps in the campaign to build it. The Park51 center, which was the target of mass protests by those opposed to an Islamic center close to the site of the Sept. 11 attacks, opened with a photo…
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South African Jews Struggle With Legacy of Apartheid
Since the fall of apartheid, South African Jewry has struggled mightily with two specters from its past. Its central body, the South African Jewish Board of Deputies, worked happily with the apartheid regime, even as that regime violated the civil liberties and human rights of many Jews who were key figures in the anti-apartheid struggle….
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