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Fast Forward Ben And Jerry’s Launches Three New Vegan ‘Ice Cream’ Flavors
Ben and Jerry’s added three vegan ice cream flavors to their lineup this month, increasing the options available to those who keep kosher or who can’t eat dairy. The new flavors, Cherry Garcia, Caramel Almond Brittle, and Coconut Seven Layer Bar, join the original lineup of four flavors introduced last year. All seven of the…
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Fast Forward Tennessee Wife Killer Sues For Better Kosher Food
(JTA) — A prison inmate in Tennessee filed an over 200-page lawsuit alleging that the prison system is trying to force him to break the Jewish laws of kashrut by providing him with substandard kosher meals. Perry March, who has served 10 years of a 56-year sentence for the 1996 murder of his wife (though…
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Food Jared Kushner Connection at Kosher Wine Show?
Sipping my way through Monday’s Kosher Food & Wine Experience at Chelsea Piers, I was struck by a palpable excitement in the air. The place was packed, the mood was convivial and the wines I tasted were notably high quality. Among the highlights was the 2014 Covenant Israeli Syrah from Covenant Winery’s new Israeli vineyard…
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Food 5 Fab Kosher Restaurants That Will Fool Your Non-Kosher Friends
Although kosher restaurants aren’t necessarily known for their quality, in recent years several have opened that are not only excellent by kosher standards, they are excellent by non-kosher standards as well. Using seasonal ingredients, small menus and a splash of creativity, these establishments have perfected the art of making kosher versions of classically non-kosher foods…
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Fast Forward Orthodox Nutritionist Sells ‘Kosher’ Workouts, and 90-calorie Challah
NEW YORK (JTA) — It’s that time of year again, when tons of people — eager to fulfill New Year’s resolutions to get in shape or drop a few pounds — flock to gyms and weight-loss centers. But for Tanya Rosen, a Brooklyn-based nutritionist specializing in weight loss, it’s business as usual. Rosen’s rush will…
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Food How To Open a Kosher Restaurant in Moscow
Asian and Mediterranean cuisines are the stars at Jaffa, a new kosher restaurant in a high-end Moscow mall. The menu also dives into what’s known as Odessa cuisine — “traditional dishes of Eastern European Jews,” according to general manager Semen Boguslavsky. “Moscow has just a few kosher restaurants, so people who keep kosher have to…
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Food 5 Smart Answers to Stupid Kosher Questions
If you keep kosher and have a diverse group of friends and dining partners, it seems inevitable that you will at some point have to explain yourself. Kosher can be complicated, and of course a 3,000-year-old practice will never be as fashionable as the diet du jour. Then again, Paleo came back from the Stone…
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Food Does This Mean You’re, Like Totally Orthodox?
SHORT, SERIOUS ANSWER: Either, “Yup, totally Orthodox!” Or “I keep kosher, but of the three main levels of Judaism, Orthodox, Conservative and Reform, I’d consider myself…” whichever the case may be. MORE EFFECTIVE RETORT: “Yeah, I keep kosher and many people who keep kosher don’t pray nine times a day or have curly sideburns.” Again,…
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