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News Kosher Supermarket Owner Mourns His Wife: ‘I Have To Do It All Without You’
On a Jersey City street, a crowd of men dressed in black hats and coats stand on the sidewalk and flood out into the street. A white bus stamped with “Chaverim of Rockaway” flanks the crowd. Speakers tower over them, projecting a tremulous voice. That voice belongs to Moishe Ferencz, the husband of Mindy Ferencz,…
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Fast Forward An Orthodox Executive At OpenTable Can’t Eat At 99.99% Of The Restaurants On His App
Joseph Essas, the chief technology officer of the restaurant reservation and take-out app OpenTable, is an Orthodox Jew. That means he keeps kosher, which means he can only eat at about 30 of the 55,000 restaurants that use his company’s app, Business Insider reported. It has led to some awkward situations when restaurants try to…
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Fast Forward U Of Toronto Student Union Apologizes For Saying Kosher Food Is Too Pro-Israel
(JTA) — The Graduate Student Union at the University of Toronto has apologized for “unintentionally caus(ing) harm toward the Jewish community” after a union official suggested that the executive board would not support a campaign by the school’s Hillel to make kosher food available on campus since it is “pro-Israel.” The union’s External Commissioner in…
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Life 8 Amazing Kosher Wines To Try – For Under $25
Jews around the world will soon kick off the holiday season with two days of Rosh Hashanah prayers, rituals, meals and celebrations. If I have anything to do with it, they’ll also elevate their festive meals with delicious wines — without breaking the bank. While the Rosh Hashanah holiday is often associated with dipping apples…
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Fast Forward Trump’s Washington Hotel Adds Kosher Food To Attract Orthodox Customers
The Trump International Hotel in Washington, D.C. has started a kosher menu in order to attract more Orthodox Jewish customers, The Jerusalem Post reported Saturday. The meals will come pre-sealed from a kosher catering company in Maryland, the Post reported. Washington has long been known for its lack of kosher restaurant options — there’s only…
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Food Finally, Manhattan Gets Kosher Al Fresco Dining
I’ve been living in New York City for ten years now, and on countless occasions, I’ve walked by chic little restaurants with diners seated outside, and wondered out loud — Wouldn’t it be lovely to have a kosher Manhattan restaurant with outdoor seating? With our large population, our resources, and our ingenuity, why can’t we…
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Fast Forward Scottish Prison Cracks Down On Inmates Claiming To Be Jewish For Better Food
In 2016 there were nine Jews in Her Majesty’s Prison Edinburgh. The next year, there were 100. Now, there are 23. What is going on? Scottish prison authorities recently cracked down on inmates claiming to be Jewish in HMP Edinburgh in order to receive kosher — and better — food, The Scotsman reported. The prison…
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Fast Forward Israeli Ambassador Roasted On Twitter Over Attempt To Scribble Out Lobster Dish In Photo
Israel’s ambassador to Brazil found himself in hot water earlier this week, not long after his lunch had found itself in a bit of hot water, too. On Sunday, Yossi Shelley posted a picture of himself having lunch with Brazilian president Jair Bolsonaro, a far-right populist. But the source the lunch’s infamy wasn’t Bolsonaro’s policies,…
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