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Fast Forward WATCH: Jared Kushner Dubbed ‘Jared Kosher’ By Fox And Friends
Jewish words are hard. Jewish names are sometimes harder. “Manafort and Pres Trump’s son-in-law Jared Kosher met with Veselnitska,” read the Fox and Friends chyron the morning of July 12. Jonathan Levine, senior editor of Mediaite, pointed this gaffe out in a shared tweet the same morning: “Jared Kosher” pic.twitter.com/VqFXkQNczR — Jon Levine (@LevineJonathan) July…
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Recipes How To BBQ The Best 5-Ingredient Summer Skewers
This is the third column in the new series I’m writing exclusively for the Forward, my goal being to share with YOU exactly how I cook. My most popular cookbook, “Quick & Kosher: Recipes From The Bride Who Knew Nothing” (now in its 7th printing), features glimpses into the story that is my life and…
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Recipes Easy, Awesome Greek Chicken Kabobs
A pretty and palette-pleasing way to make your chicken look as good as your beef at your next barbecue. 2 boneless, skinless chicken breasts cut into ½-inch chunks 1 tablespoon olive oil Zest and juice of 1 lemon 1 teaspoon dried oregano 10 grape or cherry tomatoes 1 small red onion, cut into 10½-inch chunks…
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Fast Forward Food Distributor Slapped With Fine For Sending Fake Kosher Cheese To Jewish Camps
(JTA) — A food distributor accused of sending cheddar cheese to Jewish summer camps falsely labeled as kosher was fined $25,000 by a court in Ontario. The Canadian Food Inspection Agency in May accused Ontario-based Creation Foods and its vice president, Kefir Sadiklar, with forging documents to make it seem as if the cheese sent to…
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Fast Forward Florida Bank Robber Uses Kosher Bakery Truck As Getaway Car
An armed gunman entered a Miami-area TD Bank branch at 11 a.m. on Thursday morning, ordering employees and customers onto the ground and firing two shots into the ceiling. No one was injured, but the shooter escaped with a substantial sum of money — and a stolen kosher bakery van. The truck belongs to local…
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Food Trailblazing Kosher Chef Makes Meal Replacement New Mission
If anyone can make meal-replacement powders not only nutritious but also delicious, it is the pioneering celebrity kosher chef, cooking teacher and cookbook author Levana Kirschenbaum. The ebullient Moroccan-born Kirschenbaum, who co-owned Levana Restaurant on New York’s Upper West Side for over 30 years, has just released a new line of meal-replacement products that is…
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Fast Forward Scottish Prison Launches Investigation Into Inmates Going Kosher
(JTA) — Inspectors have demanded an investigation into why a Scottish jail is serving up kosher meals to more than 100 prisoners when hardly any of its inmates are Jewish, a British weekly reported. The daily cost of normal prison meals per prisoner is about $2.50, but a report by the Inspectorate of Prisons for…
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Food Facebook War Erupts After Popular Pizzeria Loses Kosher Certification
Last Sunday, the OK Kosher Certification agency removed certification from a Crown Heights gourmet pizza restaurant — one that had recently been involved in a separate drama. The restaurant, Basil, which sued a neighboring pizza restaurant in the local beit din, or rabbinical court, last winter, allegedly violated the terms of its certification agreement when a…
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