This is the Forward’s coverage of kosher food, which follows Jewish dietary law.
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Israel News Religious Activists Challenge the Way Israel Does Kosher
Carousela is an offbeat Jerusalem cafe with ornate wooden seats, vintage photographs of Yemenite women, posters of the British Mandate-era “Palestine Post” and a menu with several different types of shakshuka, or eggs poached in tomato sauce. But that’s not what makes this restaurant so unusual. That would be its kashrut status. Carousela is one…
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Food DIY Pork-Detector Kit Hits France
A new way to detect whether food contains pork traces will soon be available online JTA – Worried that the food you thought was kosher, or at least kosher style, has some hidden pork? Now, using a few test tubes, water and a small pregnancy test-like strip, you can find out in a few minutes…
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Fast Forward Test to Check Food For Traces of Pork Hits France
(JTA) — Worried that the food you thought was kosher, or at least kosher style, has some hidden pork? Now, using a few test tubes, water and a small pregnancy test-like strip, you can find out in a few minutes whether your food contains pork traces. HalalTest, a new product developed by two French entrepreneurs, does…
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News German Kosher Butcher Sells Treyf for Years
A kosher butcher in Frankfurt, Germany, admitted in court that he sold doctored tons of non-kosher meat for years as glatt kosher. A verdict is expected next month in Frankfurt District Court in the case against the owners of the now-bankrupt Aviv kosher butcher store. Leslie W., 48, and his partner Akiwa H., 56, are…
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Food Kosher Barbecue Comes to Crown Heights
Photographs courtesy of Izzy’s BBQ Addiction New York’s got spots for kosher sushi (Butterfish), kosher tapas (Mason & Mug), even kosher deconstructed BLTs (Pardes). But aside from food trucks like The Wandering Que, fans of kosher barbecue have had no place to call their own. That’s about to change. Sruli Eidelman, the self-taught pitmaster behind…
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Fast Forward British Lawmaker Says Stunning Animals May Be Kosher
A British lawmaker who advises the government on meat production said he hoped to prove to Jews and Muslims that slaughtering with the stunning method is ultimately compatible with their faiths. Neil Parish, who heads the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Beef and Lamb, was quoted by the news site Jewishnews.co.uk on Thursday as saying: “If…
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Fast Forward Lithuania Parliament Votes in Favor of Kosher Slaughter
The parliament in Lithuania passed a law permitting ritual slaughter in the country, spurring a protest by animal rights activists. The measure passed Tuesday stipulates that animals can be killed by slitting their throat without first being stunned — a requirement in religious Jewish law and by observant Muslims — the Baltic News Service reported….
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Fast Forward Philadelphia Kosher Butcher Shop Vandalized With Anti-Semitic Graffiti
A kosher butcher shop in Philadelphia was defaced with anti-Semitic graffiti. Crude swastikas were painted on the butcher shop, Simon’s Glatt Kosher meats, between the evening of Sept. 10 and the next morning, the Jewish Exponent reported. The butcher store has been at its location for 20 years. A nearby synagogue was similarly vandalized in…
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