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In town founded by Jews fleeing Hitler, The Penguin is among the last public vestiges of Nahariya’s German roots
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Fast Forward Israeli Burger Chain Won’t Open In Dearborn, Michigan Due To BDS Threat
(JTA) — A Michigan restaurateur said he will “step away” from opening a Dearborn branch of a burger chain founded in Israel following boycott threats. Sam Zahr will open two other Burgerim restaurants, in nearby Oak Park and Redford Township. The Lebanese American told the Detroit Free Press that he will not open in Dearborn…
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Food Vibrant Tel Aviv Food Scene Set To Vanish As Africans Face Deportation
Anwar Mohamed beams as he sets down a yellow-and-white speckled plate of ful, stewed fava beans redolent of hard-boiled egg and salty cheese — and reminiscent of simpler times. The heaping plate, from a Sudanese eatery near Tel Aviv’s old central bus station, is a working man’s breakfast at a working man’s price, a rarity…
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Food Israel’s Top Chef Brings Haute Middle Eastern To Manhattan
Soon after I sat down at a banquette in the back of Nur, the new kid on the block of East 20th Street that’s also home to Gramercy Tavern, chef Meir Adoni brought over a warm, golden, sesame-seed-studded oval bread paired with a dish of what appeared to be hummus. But hummus it was not….
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Food Fat Tuesday Our Way — The Best Jewish Food In New Orleans
Until Alon Shaya opened his amazing James Beard-award-winning Israeli restaurant in New Orleans, the city didn’t register as a place to go for Jewish food. But it turns out that Shaya is far from the only eatery offering excellent Jewish cuisine, whether Israeli or of the deli variety. Jews have been living in New Orleans…
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Food Top Israeli Restaurant, Rama’s Kitchen, Burns to Ground in Wildfires
An iconic restaurant in the Judean Hills burned to the ground on Friday, a victim of wildfires that have been ragiing across a large swathe of Israel since early this week. Related Rama’s Kichen, the 20-year-old restaurant in Nataf owned by Rama Ben Zvi and her family, was [featured] in Roger Sherman’s film In Search…
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Food BDS and Anti-Semitism Shutter Israeli Restaurant in Munich
Did Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions (BDS) put a Jewish eatery out of business in Germany? The Jewish owner of Munich’s Schmock Israeli restaurant announced he’s closing after 16 years because of rising anti-Semitism — and strong anti-Israel sentiment — in the Bavarian capital. Florian Gleibs even placed a large sign in Schmock’s window reading: “We are…
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