Welcome to the Forward’s coverage of kosher food, which follows Jewish dietary law.
Welcome to the Forward’s coverage of kosher food, which follows Jewish dietary law.
Kosher
The Latest
-
Food Is Vegan The New Kosher? This Chef Says Yes.
(JTA) — With the temperature in the mid-80s, it was not the night to kick off Shabbat dinner with chicken soup, or rather, given our family’s eating mishegas, vegan chicken soup (yes, there is such a dish). So where or whom do I turn to for a seasonal alternative? Answer: Chef Mark Reinfeld, who as…
-
Food Jewish Food Renaissance Is Here To Stay, According To Hazon Food Conference
When I sat down recently with Mitchell Davis, executive vice president of the James Beard Foundation, in the great hall of the Isabella Freedman Jewish Retreat Center in Falls Village, Connecticut, the air in the room was still fragrant with lacto-fermenting pickles and lavender oil from the DIY Fair and Shuk that was held the…
-
Food This Kosher BBQ Fest Is A Smokin’ Hot Ticket
Song and dance are only a fraction of the fun to be had at Hava Nagrilla Smoke BBQ Festival, the smokin’ hot event taking place this Sunday, August 27, in Philadelphia. The first kosher barbecue competition in the area to be sanctioned by the estimable Kansas City Barbecue Society, the event is hosted by the…
-
Food Idaho Jewish Prisoners Can Now Get Kosher Food
Four Jews locked up in Idaho prisons will finally be able to eat kosher. A federal judge has ruled that Idaho’s Department of Correction is required to provide kosher meals in all of its facilities. After the prisoners were only able to consume fruit and matzah during Passover because they were not provided with kosher…
-
Fast Forward Barcelona Van Terror Attack Kills 13 Near Kosher Restaurant
A van crashed into dozens of people near a kosher restaurant in the center of Barcelona on Thursday and Spanish media said at least 13 people were killed. Police said several people were injured and described the incident on Twitter as a “massive crash.” The incident took place outside Maccabi, a kosher restaurant in the…
-
Fast Forward Will Swiss Lawmakers Vote To Ban Imports Of Kosher Meat?
(JTA) – Lawmakers in Switzerland are set to vote on a bill proposing to outlaw the import of meat from ritual slaughter of animals, which is already illegal in the Alpine country. The bill, which was submitted in June by Matthias Aebischer, a federal lawmaker for the Social-Democratic Party of Switzerland – the country’s second-largest…
-
Food WATCH: Learn How To Make 2 Perfect Beet Salads (In Yiddish!)
I hate beets. Even though I have some Russian blood through my mother’s side, I have never really gotten the appeal. Sure, they’re gorgeous to look at. Sure, they’re fun to cook with because they stain your hands like you’re a victim of the Texas Chainsaw Massacre. But delicious? No. However, this video by the…
-
Food Is This Meme On Kashrut Symbols Funny? Forward Editors Weigh In
Someone who shall remain nameless sent this meme to me today. I don’t know where it’s from or who made it [update: I was just informed that this meme originated from a Modern Orthodox meme Facebook page called “Torah U’Memeda”], but it states that one should “take some time to learn different kosher symbols before…
Explore
Most Popular
- 1
News Dutch Jews grapple with ‘weaponization’ of their fear following attack on Israelis
- 2
News What a Secretary of State Marco Rubio would mean for American Jews and Israel
- 3
Fast Forward Trump AG nominee Matt Gaetz has left a trail of antisemitic comments
- 4
News Your complete guide to Trump’s Jewish advisers and pro-Israel cabinet
In Case You Missed It
-
Opinion Will Trump’s efforts to fight antisemitism help degrade democracy?
-
Culture A Jewish snowman movie would have made a lot more sense than Netflix’s ‘Hot Frosty’
-
Fast Forward Rep. Josh Gottheimer, a Jewish Democrat, launches bid for New Jersey governor
-
Fast Forward Pete Hegseth, Trump’s defense secretary nominee, has multiple Christian and Crusades-inspired tattoos
-
Shop the Forward Store
100% of profits support our journalism
