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Food Chicken Soup With Crunch
I never once considered the possibility that a chicken soup-flavored potato chip would soothe my soul. Then I journeyed to the fictional land of Ten Acre village, where I discovered to my surprise that this snack was not only appealing to my vegetarian palate but actually quite tasty. And I wasn’t even cheating. The flavored…
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Food Kosher Dining Hall Comes to College of Charleston
Dara Rosenblatt, the Jewish student life program coordinator at the College of Charleston, at an Israel fest celebration on campus, April 23, 2015. Renowned for its gracious architecture and signature Southern charm, Charleston is increasingly celebrated as a foodie heaven. The trouble is, in a city whose culinary specialties embrace (and glorify) oysters, she-crab soup…
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Fast Forward Florida Prisons Ordered To Provide Kosher Meals to Inmates
Inmates in Florida’s prisons who request kosher meals must receive them, a federal judge in Miami ruled. U.S. District Judge Patricia Seitz issued the order late last week after the Justice Department filed a lawsuit against the state Department of Corrections on behalf of 13 inmates. The decision is the latest following years of legal…
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Fast Forward Russia Rabbi Leads 500 Shoppers at Paris Rampage Kosher Supermarket
Russian Chief Rabbi Berel Lazar is slated to lead a delegation of 500 young Jews to the Hyper Cacher supermarket near Paris where four Jewish shoppers were murdered. The delegation of 18-28 year olds from across Russia is scheduled to leave from Moscow on May 1 for Poland, Berlin and France, Lazar told JTA. In…
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Fast Forward Australia Kosher Stamp Dropped Amid Halal Questions
A number of companies in Australia have removed kosher certification symbols from their packaging due to pushback over halal certification. Rumors that money raised from halal certification helps fund terrorism are spurring the pushback, the general manager of the Kosher Australia certification, Yankel Wajsbort, told the Australian Jewish Times, and companies have called the Victorian-based…
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Fast Forward Did Kosher Grocery Killer Plot Jewish School Massacre?
The Islamist who killed four Jews at a kosher supermarket near Paris may have attempted to murder children at a Jewish school shortly beforehand, French media reported. The report Tuesday on BFMTV is based on an interview with a woman who witnessed the Islamist, Amedy Coulibaly, make a traffic accident and then kill a police…
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News Why Did French TV Pinpoint Hideout of Kosher Market Terror Victims?
Prosecutors in Paris are examining whether a local television station broke the law when it broadcast live reports about the location of hostages who tried to flee the killer of four Jews in January at a kosher supermarket near the French capital. The investigation was launched this week following complaints by survivors of the Jan….
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Food Manischewitz Names Industry Vet New CEO
Manischewitz has a new president and chief executive officer. The world’s largest matzo maker and one of America’s leading kosher food brands, the company has announced the appointment of industry veteran David Sugarman. Sugarman served as president and CEO of the Allan Candy Company, a division of Hershey. “I am honored to be selected as…
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