This is the Forward’s coverage of kosher food, which follows Jewish dietary law.
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Fast Forward Penn State Offers Kosher Food Option
(JTA) — Pennsylvania State University has begun providing a kosher food option for campus dining on a one-year trial basis. Penn State Senior Aaron Goldberg of Philadelphia last year approached Lisa Wandel, director of residential dining, about the need for a kosher dining option, bringing 10 pages of requests from other students and ideas about how…
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Food Best New Kosher Packaged Foods
These are the nominees for the Forward Food Choice Award for best new kosher food product. Learn more about the awards and vote for your favorites here. Bertinelli Parmigiano-Reggiano Cheese In 2015, the Bertinelli farm became the first in the world to produce an authentic wheel of Parmigiano-Reggiano made according to kosher laws under the…
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Fast Forward Jewish Woman Sues Denny’s Over Bacon In Veggie Omelet
A Jewish woman has filed a lawsuit against a Detroit-area Denny’s restaurant for serving her bacon. Angela Montgomery, 30, of Sterling Heights, Michigan, said she found bacon in the “loaded veggie” omelet served to her last month at her neighborhood Denny’s. The lawsuit says Montgomery “is a practicing Jew whose religion forbids the eating of…
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Fast Forward Your ‘Blessed’ Emoji? Rabbi Brands It Idol Worship.
Could adding an emoji to that text message make you idolatrous? Rabbi Shlomo Aviner, a France-born Israeli cleric, said that the popular praying hands digital emoji is not kosher — and that Jews should beware, as they may be committing avodah zarah, or “foreign worship,” one of the worst sins in Judaism. “The source is…
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Fast Forward French Schools Ordered To Serve Pork-Free Lunches To Jewish Students
(JTA) — A French court ruled that schools should provide an alternative to lunches containing pork for Muslim and Jewish students. The decision on Monday came after a Muslim organization sued the local authority at Chalon-sur-Saône in Burgundy, about 180 miles from Paris in east-central France, challenging its decision in 2015 to stop providing a…
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Food WTF: In An Emergency Like Harvey, Can Observant Jews Eat Non-Kosher Food?
As the floods roar through Houston and the surrounding areas, over 30 individuals have lost their lives, countless homes and businesses have been damaged — and the Jewish community is nearly out of kosher food. As my colleague Ari Feldman noted, kosher food is already hard to come by in Houston under normal circumstances —…
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Food As Waters Rise, Here’s How Chabad Is Helping Houston Jews Keep Kosher
When the leader of Houston’s Chabad Teen Network (CTeen) was forced from her home by floodwaters, she took shelter with friends who happened to live near the local Chabad house, Chabad of Uptown. Naomi Bier, a 28-year-old Houston resident, has been volunteering there ever since, and created an Amazon Wishlist to gather donations of food…
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Fast Forward Houston Runs Low On Kosher Food As Harvey Floods Delivery Routes
As Hurricane Harvey prepares to dump another two feet of water on the Greater Houston area, the city’s Orthodox Jewish community is running low on kosher food. A refrigerated truck filled with kosher meat left for Houston from Miami Tuesday morning, Chabad.org reported. However, it is unclear if the roads will be passable by the…
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