This is the Forward’s coverage of Jewish food, which draws influence from Israeli, Middle Eastern, Ashkenazi, Sephardic, Mizrahi, and Palestinian traditions, among others.
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Food Where Are the Farmers in the Jewish Community?
This afternoon I picked up a radish and decided to taste it. When I rubbed it on my pants to take the soil off the spot I planned on biting, it came out this stunning crimson color that stopped me in my tracks. I took a second to imagine everything in my frame of vision…
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News Late to Shul, On Time for Kiddush
My friend and I go to the same synagogue but almost never run into each other. “How come?” I was musing the other day. “Well,” she said. “I only go there to pray.” Aha! That explains it! When she’s walking out, I’m walking in. Yes, I’m one of those synagogue goers who arrive pretty much…
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Food Can Food Justice Be as Simple as a Label?
During the month of High Holidays, I rediscovered my Jewish conscience. Not in a big, showy way, but in an ”oh this is what this is all about moment.” I was raised on a sort of ‘hallmark Judaism’, which tamed the most radical statements of equality and justice in our tradition. In my suburban synagogue,…
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Food Food Noir: Adam Richman Plays Culinary Detective, Part 2
In this two-part series Eitan Kensky takes a sharp look at food travel shows and the evolution of Adam Richman’s popular show “Man vs. Food.” Read Part 1 here. One of the most striking elements of “Man vs. Food” was the way it flattened all ethnicities into generic American challenges. The idea of de-emphasizing difference…
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Food Food Noir: Adam Richman Plays Culinary Detective, Part 1
In this two-part series Eitan Kensky takes a sharp look at food travel shows and the evolution of Adam Richman’s popular show “Man vs. Food.” Travel food shows are mysteries with the host as detective. Our host takes us to a dark, unknown corner of the globe to try to discover something new and ostensibly…
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Food In Search of a Just Tomato
Why was a group of rabbis singing around some tomatoes at a Publix supermarket in Naples, Fla.? No, it wasn’t a new ritual about mindful eating, but rather an act of protest. Would you pay one penny more per pound for tomatoes to ensure a better wage and a more dignified workplace for farmworkers? That’s…
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Food Mixing Bowl: Bagel Wars; Lemon Cheese Blintzes; DIY Herring
We hope you all enjoyed the Forward’s first Food & Drink special section. Check out stories on brisket, Yiddish vegetarianism, the history of the bagel, DIY pickled herring and more. Have an easy fast. We’ll pick up with more delicious food stories on Monday. Meatpaper has teamed up with Pork Memoirs to ask how the…
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News What Goes Round: A Bagel Timeline
The closing of the Upper West Side Manhattan location of H&H Bagels this summer caused a citywide uproar. Here at the Forward, however, we’re taking the long view. Why does the bagel inspire such affection? How did it become so popular? How, indeed, did it come about at all? The bagel’s beginnings are shrouded in…
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