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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Fast Forward Michael Solomonov aims to simplify Israeli classics for home cooks in ‘Zahav Home’
Solomonov, who is Israeli and has faced protests since Oct. 7, said he hoped the book would provide comfort at a challenging time
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Looking Forward This Chicago deli is a second office for DNC veterans like Obama, Axelrod and now AOC
Some came to Manny’s for the corned beef and matzo balls; others just for the conversation.
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Food At this NYC congregation, food is connecting people to their Judaism
At Temple Shaaray Tefila on the Upper East Side, a program called Manna celebrates Jewish culinary tradition
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Opinion A Palestinian-American chef just won a James Beard Award. Here’s what it means
Food used to bridge cultures. Now it’s politics by other means.
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Opinion Joan Nathan’s new cookbook is about much more than food
’My Life in Recipes’ is the Jewish text we need right now
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Food 7 under-the-radar Purim treats you can get from NYC bakeries
Tired of dry Hamantashen and boring fillings, I went on a quest for something new
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Food Where can you find the best egg cream in the world? Not New York
Philadelphia's Franklin Fountain won the first National Egg Cream Invitational with an unconventional take on the New York classic
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Fast Forward Kathy Goldman, NYC’s ‘most important food activist,’ dies at 92
She founded the Community Food Resource Center in 1980 — which provided food to hundreds of thousands of low-income New York City residents — and was its executive director for its 23 years of existence
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