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Fast Forward Cocaine Kingpin Wins Damages Over Kosher Prison Food — Then Loses It In Clawback
A jailed drug dealer won nearly $6,000 from the British government after being denied kosher food in prison — only to see the government take back the money as it tries to claw back his ill-gotten profits. Frederick Colverson was convicted of conspiring to supply class A drugs and sentenced to 25 years in prison…
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Food How Wildfires Tested Kosher Winemakers’ Craft — And Faith
On Sukkot, Jews build huts to recall their voyage through the desert, to remember how vulnerable they were, and still are — though we may try to pretend otherwise. For the only two kosher vintners of Northern California wine country, there is no denying the frightening reality. They received a horrific, present-day reminder of our…
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Food Experience Crown Heights’ Vibrant Kosher Food Scene At This Sunday’s Food Crawl
Food crawls are a great way for tourists and locals alike to experience a city or neighborhood’s unique subculture in all its gastronomic glory, especially in a vibrant foodie community like Chinatown or Little Italy. Crown Heights has had a kosher-food revolution in recent years — with gourmet restaurants representing all kinds of flavors and…
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Fast Forward Human Trafficker Sues Over Nonkosher Prison Meals
A human trafficker has sued the Canadian attorney general because he was allegedly denied kosher meals in prison. Reza Moazami claims that he is half-Jewish and strictly follows his religious teachings. He was convicted of luring 11 teenage girls into prostitution by promising them drugs, alcohol and even a puppy. According to Moazami’s complaint, correctional…
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Food ‘Kosher Pizza Wars’ Restaurant Regroups With New Chef And Improved Menu
Yesterday, Basil Pizza and Wine Bar — a Crown Heights-based kosher dairy hotspot — was closed for business. But only temporarily. According to a report from hyperlocal news site, COLlive, Basil is undergoing a remodel of sorts. It will reopen on Wednesday, October 18, with both a new chef and a new menu. The owners…
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Life Do Orthodox Jews Need Their Own Eating Disorder Programs?
“Airplane food. That’s what they gave me to eat while I was trying to recover from an eating disorder — airplane food. For 10 weeks! Everyone else had these normal-looking meals, and I had prepackaged stuff that looked exactly like you’d get it on a plane.” Sitting in a busy kosher cafe in midtown Manhattan…
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Food Santa Cruz Is Introduced To Kosher Food — And It’s Unlike Any You’ve Ever Eaten
What do you get when you mix a kosher food wasteland, a Nigerian convert to Judaism and vegan cuisine? No, that isn’t the set-up to a bad joke: Nigerian-born Akindele Bankole just opened the only kosher restaurant in Santa Cruz, California, a vegan eatery called Veg on the Edge. According to an article by Alix…
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Fast Forward Michigan Prisoners Sue For Kosher Meals
(JTA) — Jews incarcerated in Michigan prisons are seeking class-action status in a lawsuit that claims they are being denied kosher meals. The lawsuit filed on Monday in U.S. District Court in Flint, Michigan against the Michigan Department of Corrections claims there are 50 to 100 Jewish prisoners approved to get kosher meals and that…
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