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Fast Forward A Kosher Winery Grows in Berkeley
Jeff Morgan’s story is one best told over a glass of wine — preferably a robust cabernet by Covenant, the kosher wine company he has co-owned for more than a decade. A roving jazz musician and writer turned vintner, Morgan has spent most of the past 10 years working with California vineyards and wineries to…
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Fast Forward Poland Says Non-Commercial Kosher Slaughter Legal
Polish Jews who perform non-commercial ritual slaughter for the needs of the Jewish community are not violating the law, Poland’s parliament announced in a statement. The statement appeared in a position paper by the Sejm, Poland’s parliament, that parliament sent recently to the country’s Constitutional Tribunal, the Warsaw-based Dziennik Gazeta Prawna daily newspaper reported Wednesday….
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Fast Forward Kosher Nightclub Shahar Opens in Moscow
A Russian Jewish group is preparing to open a kosher nightclub in the center of Moscow. The opening of the new institution, the Shahar Club, is slated for April 5, the Russia-language Israeli news site izrus.co.il reported on Tuesday. “Jewish youth in Moscow should have somewhere with an easy, relaxed atmosphere to hang out, discuss…
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News Kosher Butchers Take Center Stage in Obamacare Supreme Court Debate
(JTA) — For 20 or so minutes last week, the issue of religious freedom was cast as a struggle between working women and Muslim and Jewish butchers. The pointed questions posed March 25 to the Obama administration’s chief lawyer by three U.S. Supreme Court justices got to the heart of whether businesses have the same…
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Food Is This Site the Kosher Seamless?
Brace yourself: you can now browse kosher restaurants and order food right to your doorstep at the click of a few buttons. It might sound a bit like Grubhub or Seamless, but founder Morris Sued says his startup, which carries only kosher restaurants, “Is like going to a non-kosher supermarket versus a kosher supermarket. You…
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Fast Forward Danish Zoo Killings Denounced by Rabbi as Hypocritical Amid Slaughter Ban
A Danish zoo’s slaying of healthy animals proves that animal welfare concerns are a false justification for Denmark’s recent ban on ritual slaughter, a prominent European rabbi charged. Citing the need to make room for new animals and prevent inbreeding, the Copenhagen Zoo killed four healthy lions earlier this week and a healthy giraffe last…
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Food Battle for Kosher Lower East Side Ends — Sadly
After a prickly debate that nearly became a referendum on the Lower East Side’s Jewish character, a non-kosher diner will fill the space that once housed Noah’s Ark Deli, the neighborhood’s last full-service kosher restaurant. The owner of Comfort Diner, an 18-year-old Midtown restaurant, was awarded the lease for the space next to the Seward…
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Fast Forward Hungary Vows To Defend Jewish Rites
A Hungarian official said his government is committed to safeguarding religious freedoms, including circumcision and kosher slaughter. Ferenc Kumin, a government spokesman, delivered the assurances Monday at a news conference by Nir Natan, a representative of the Brussels-based European Jewish Association. “In the past couple of years there has been a surge of legislation in…
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