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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Life The Ultimate Jerusalem Food Crawl: Mahane Yehuda’s Most Tantalizing Must-Eats
Jerusalem’s Mahane Yehuda Shuk is a vibrant market by day, and a party, live music and a bar scene by night. There’s unparalleled exuberance, history and character to this market, which was established at the dawn of the 19th century, went through many upheavals, and an eventual revival. The nonchalant elderly men play backgammon in…
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Food This Israeli Startup Promises To Keep Pizza Fresh For 8 Weeks
Vacuum packing is ideal for some food products but other items are too delicate to survive the process without being squashed, says Michel Habib, founder and chairman of Israel-based Timeless Foods Technologies Ltd. Founded in 2012 and based in Ramat Gan, a town in the Tel Aviv area, Timeless Foods develops a firm disposable plastic…
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Food Yes, A Poppyseed Bagel Can Make You Fail A Drug Test
Who doesn’t enjoy a nice, warm chewy bagel first thing in the morning? Well, if you’re about to take a drug test, as the Washington Post reported, you might want to opt out. The poppies on poppyseed bagels are gleaned from opium poppies, which contain trace amounts of morphine that may wreak havoc on drug…
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Food Anthony Bourdain’s Beloved ‘Pastrami Queen’ Expands To Times Square
Pastrami Queen’s been open for 60 years and it’s showing no signs of slowing down. This deli, known for its signature oversized pastrami on rye, stuffed with mounds of the meat, was Anthony Bourdain’s New York deli go to. It is now expanding to a location inside the Pearl Hotel, in Times Square. The menu…
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Food Before Hummus, There Was Arbes
The ownership of hummus, that mashed chickpea puree whose ascendance to the higher echelons of trendiness might have come as a surprise to those who’ve been eating it for years, has always been a sticky question. Does it belong to the Jews, seeing as it is one of the tentpole foods of Israel? Does it…
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The Schmooze Is Shabbat A Way To Combat Millennial Loneliness?
Millennials, the media would have you believe, have both destroyed the nuclear family and the fabric softener industry. These unfortunate adult children are both addicted to social media and terribly, woefully lonely. They’re short on funds but long on anxiety. Is everyone born between between 1981 and 1996 just doomed? What could fix Generation X…
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Food ‘Foodzilla’ Melissa Mayo Opens An International Cooking School
Who is Foodzilla, otherwise known as Chef Melissa Mayo? Melissa Mayo has cooked for Hollywood notables like Hans Zimmer (the man behind every movie soundtrack you’ve ever loved) and Jeffrey Katzenberg (who, in his time at Disney and Dreamworks, oversaw the production of some of the most iconic films of all time, like Shrek and…
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Food Which Ultra-Orthodox Jews Are Paying 23K To Go To Antarctica?
When you keep kosher, your travel options are limited. Either you pack suitcases of food that customs may or may not confiscate at the airport, or you resign yourself to traveling with a three mile radius of certain kosher restaurants or grocery stores. You certainly can’t jump on a ship bound for Antarctica, that magnificent…
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