This is the Forward’s coverage of kosher food, which follows Jewish dietary law.
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News Meat and Poultry Recipes
Beef: A Deli-Lover?s Barbecue Brisket Con Chipotle Brisket in Wine Sauce Chile Rubbed Brisket (created by Ivry Stark, Executive Chef of Dos Caminos Park Avenue South in Manhattan) Citrus London Broil Ella Sax?s Sweet and Sour Meatballs Floymen Tsimmes (Honey-Sweetened Brisket With Vegetables and Prunes) Khalia Kauffman/Ferst Family Brisket Mafrum Meat Cholent Meat Cholent Ronnie…
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The Schmooze Kosher Food on Shabbos at Mets’ Stadium?
If you believe Kosher Sports Inc., keeping kosher matters more to the Mets than to Rabbi Shmuel Heinemann, who has been an orthodox “Kashrus Administrator” for 28 years. According to an article in yesterday’s New York Post, Kosher Sports – which operates three kosher food stands at Citi Field – is suing the Mets. It…
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The Schmooze Court Rules Catholic Woman Has To Raise Stepson as Orthodox Jew
Divorce is never easy, and mixing in the rules of Orthodox Judaism certainly doesn’t make it easier. But that’s precisely what happened when Laura Derbigney became entangled in a custody battle between her Catholic husband and his Jewish ex-wife over the ex-couple’s 7-year-old son. Derbigney, a Chicago resident, is being forced by a court to…
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The Schmooze The Kosher Toothpaste Debate
The Orthodox Union, which certifies as Kosher more than 400,000 products, includes a long discourse on toothpaste on its web site. Though most dentifrices contain glycerin, an animal product that is “unquestionably” non-kosher, it’s not completely clear whether they’re treyf; the OU quotes some complicated rabbinical rulings involving flavor and usage of the product. “If…
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Opinion Gwyneth Paltrow’s Kashruth Tips, and a Corny Jewish Jokes Video Archive
If you’re a fan of Jewish Geography (The “Guess Who’s Jewish” Game) like me, here’s a wow tidbit. Gwyneth Paltrow, screen goddess, interfaith progeny of the late Hollywood producer-director Bruce Paltrow and actress Blythe Danner, and descendant of a distinguished line of rabbis, participates in a blog called Goop.com where she shares tips on living….
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The Schmooze Kashrut 911
SOS. Kashrut emergency. You’ve got a dozen people waiting for dinner, you have just used a milky spoon in a pot of chicken soup, and you want to know if the soup is still kosher. Oh, and you’re Haredi, so you can’t draw on the expertise of Rabbi Google (Haredi leaders have banned the Web)….
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The Schmooze Bread Masquerading as Matzo
It looks like matzo, it tastes like matzo, but it’s really…. bread. The Chief Rabbinate’s Fraud Division has put out a statement urging all Israeli shoppers to be on the lookout for certain brands of matzo thought to have been baked in contravention of Passover rules, meaning eating it on Passover is, religiously-speaking, the same…
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The Schmooze Get Your Kosher Cupcakes!
If you’re starting to dread that cupboard full of bland matzo and granular honey cake mix, rest assured that Crumbs Bake Shop, the seven-year-old cupcake boutique with a cult following, has you covered. In celebration of the Israelites’ Exodus from Egypt, the chain is offering a Passover Collection, which includes four divinely themed flavors. There’s…
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