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Food Crumbs, Kosher Cupcake Chain, Folds for Good
Getty Images (Reuters) — Cupcakes still lined the counter of an empty and unlit Crumbs Bake Shop on 42nd Street in New York City on Tuesday afternoon, the day after the largest U.S. cupcake retailer announced it was closing. Crumbs, which specializes in oversized cupcakes and went public in 2011, shuttered its nearly 50 locations…
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Food Does Vegan Mean Healthy?
When I decided to go vegan this past February, I expected to feel healthier and to have a clearer conscience regarding my dietary and shopping choices. I found that while it was easier to eat food that technically fit the requirements of being vegan than I had imagined, it did not always mean more healthful…
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Food Injured Fan Says Stadium Hot Dog Toss Not Kosher
(Reuters) — This lawsuit may cut the mustard. A longtime baseball fan has persuaded the Missouri Supreme Court to revive his negligence lawsuit against the Kansas City Royals over a detached retina he claimed to suffer when a hot dog tossed by the baseball team’s mascot struck him in the face. The court said the…
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Opinion Move To Ban Kosher Slaughter Really Not About the Animals
A number of European countries have recently sought, with some success, to ban the ritual slaughter of four-legged animals by Muslims and Jews. Denmark did so in February, following Poland in January. Proponents framed the discussion in terms of animal welfare. They have a point. Executed properly, animals suffer less when stunned — that is,…
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Food The Lower East Side Is Now Kosher-Less
Update: June 12th: It would appear that the close of Shalom Chai was temporary. And while the owner owes thousands to the landlord, the pizza shop is in fact open. More details coming soon. It’s over: The last kosher restaurant on the Lower East Side is gone. As if to highlight kosher’s tragic state downtown,…
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Fast Forward Jewish Inmate Demands Transfer in Alabama Prison Kosher Food Fight
A Jewish man being held in an Alabama prison who sued the federal government demanding to be served kosher food has asked a federal judge to grant a transfer to another prison. Rafael Alberto Lloveras Linares, a federal immigration detainee from Venezuela, has asked to be transferred to a facility in Miami or Newark, N.J….
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Food Urban Adamah Slaughters Chickens Privately After Controversy
thinkstock Urban Adamah privately slaughtered 15 chickens that were scheduled to be killed as part of a public kosher slaughter workshop on May 4 that was canceled after community outcry. Adam Berman, executive director of the Berkeley farm and education center, disclosed the news in an email to J. this week. The chickens, which were…
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Life Get Out of Our Beds, Shmuley Boteach!
(Haaretz) — As everyone in show biz knows, if you want attention, you’ve got to have a gimmick, and more than a decade ago, Rabbi Shmuley Boteach came up with a great one. In 1999, Boteach published Kosher Sex: A Recipe for Passion and Intimacy. It wasn’t the first time sex advice was offered from…
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