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 Speedy, Spicy Seder
Whenever I attempt to put a fresh twist on a Passover Seder — eschewing brisket for something lighter, faster and more modern — I watch the faces of my children fall. Brisket is their favorite; brisket, apparently, is forever. I’ve never attempted to host a Seder without matzo ball soup, but it’s no secret that…
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Fast Forward Israeli Researchers Grow Truffles Worth More Than Uranium
(JTA) — Researchers in Israel said they have succeeded in cultivating commercially desert truffles whose market price reaches $120 per pound — slightly less than the cost of silver and four times that of uranium. The researchers from the Ramat HaNegev Desert Agriculture Center in Israel’s south made a breakthrough in stimulating a symbiosis between…
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The Schmooze Ben Platt Enjoys A Bit Of Lox
Attention, universe. Ben Platt has done it again! He’s updated his social media accounts, and this time, it’s lox related. Ben Platt has never once let us down. The Jewish singer-actor who bared his soul nightly on the Broadway stage in Dear Evan Hansen is now giving us even more to relate to. Platt stopped…
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Food The Secret Jewish History Of Pancakes
The pancake is an ancient, primal delicacy that has traversed the globe and inserted itself into many a culture, from Danish to Roman to Jewish. When we speak of Jewish pancakes, as we are compelled to on this National Pancake Day of wonders, we speak of latkes, that iconic Ashkenazi innovation. Latkes are potato pancakes,…
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Food Rolled Beef, A Lost Jewish Delicacy
A deli delicacy that is facing extinction, rolled beef is relatively unknown, even among many Jewish communities. Its near demise is no surprise: The cost of making this pastrami-like item is high, while the demand for it is low. But according to Eddie Weinberg, owner of A to Z Kosher Meat Products in Williamsburg, Brooklyn,…
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Food Roasting Rabbi Coffee Is Here To Change Your Life, One Blessed Cup At A Time
Legend has it that coffee was born on one auspicious day in 6th or 7th century Ethiopia — or so Rabbi Micah Becker-Klein tells me — when a goat farmer named Kaldi noticed that his goats were acting livelier than their usual sluggish selves. The goats had been eating red berries. Kaldi tried some himself…
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Food Poland’s Proposed New Law Limiting Kosher Slaughter Is Anti-Semitic. Here’s Why.
A new Polish bill proposes to limit kosher slaughter, in a move that has been internationally interpreted by Jews as anti-Semitic. But kosher slaughter is evil, you protest. Surely the world is better off free from the scourge of cruel, old-fashioned, unnecessary ruthless murder and torment that haunts Eastern Europe? Not so fast. Poland has…
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Food The Bittersweet History Of Hamantaschen Might Not Be So Bitter After All
If you’ve been getting ready for Purim by obsessively baking varieties of these triangular cookies (may I advise avoiding the chocolate chips and using fresh, tart raspberry jam instead) — you might be wondering exactly how they came to be such iconographic representations of Judaism. Worry not, because you’re about to find out. If you…
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