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Food Don’t Worry, Ben’s Deli Is Staying Kosher
Keep calm: Ben’s Kosher Deli is not turning treyf. The owners of the iconic eatery on W. 38th Street in Manhattan’s Garment District were overwhelmed with panicked calls this week after Crain’s New York Business reported Ben’s is “pondering the unthinkable” and might “break with tradition to reduce costs” as it expands beyond the New…
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Food Tel Aviv’s 5 Best Kosher Restaurants
Blue Sky, a chef restaurant featuring Meir Adoni’s cuisine. Photo by David Bachar (Haaretz) — Diners who keep kosher have been increasingly demanding gourmet restaurants that meet their dietary requirements. The result has been a wave of excellent kosher restaurants. Following are the five best in Tel Aviv. Blue Sky: Chef Meir Adoni’s new restaurant…
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Fast Forward 130,000 Poles Call for Referendum To Protect Kosher Slaughter
More than 130,000 Polish voters have signed a petition calling for a public referendum on an amendment that would legalize Jewish ritual slaughter, or shechitah, in Poland. The petition, circulated by the National Council of Agricultural Chambers, or KRIR, was submitted last week to the Chancellery of Polish Parliament, or Sejm. The parliament has two…
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Fast Forward Britain’s Top Veterinarian Backs Kosher Slaughter Ban
The president-elect of the British Veterinary Association called for a ban on slaughtering cattle without first stunning it, which in effect would outlaw traditional kosher slaughter. In an interview with the Times, John Blackwell called for prohibiting kosher and halal slaughter because it causes pain to the animal for “five or six seconds,” according to…
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Food Is Holy Schnitzel Lower East Side’s Kosher Savior?
Kosher shops and restaurants once dotted the streets of the Lower East Side. Now, a small campaign is working to bring a kosher restaurant back to the neighborhood. Photo: Wikicommons A front-runner has emerged in the fight to replace Noah’s Ark Deli, the last full-service kosher restaurant on the Lower East Side. As the Forward…
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Food What To Watch at San Francisco’s Jewish Food Film Fest
If you’re very squeamish, or if you believe that Jews should eat only kosher food, then the film “Meat Hooked!” is not for you. Otherwise, you’ll find it an interesting cinematic study on the renaissance of the art of (non-kosher) butchering. Filmgoers will have a chance to catch a screening of the 2012 documentary as…
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Food Holy Kosher BBQ Truck Rolls on L.A. Streets
Photo: Facebook More than 2 million hot dogs are sold every year at Dodger Stadium — more than at any other stadium in America. Which comes as a pretty big surprise in a city known for its obsession with hamburgers and tacos. But here in Los Angeles, we do love our hot dogs. And these…
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Fast Forward Jews and Muslims Push Denmark on Kosher Slaughter
A joint delegation of observant Muslims and Jews made the case to the Danish ambassador to the United States that his country’s ban on ritual slaughter was harmful to its reputation. Leading the 10-person delegation to meet Peter Taksøe-Jensen on Feb. 27 were Rabbi Marc Schneier, the president for the Fonmdation for Ethnic Understanding, and…
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