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Food Israeli Chef Eyal Shani Packs Paris Into a Pita
JTA — In the elegant silence of a narrow street near the River Seine, David Moyal takes a breath of fresh winter air and enters a noisy restaurant in the French capital. Inside Miznon, he is transported to another world, filled with the cacophony of Hebrew voices and Israeli music. A bustling new bistro that…
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Food Titanic’s Kosher Butcher Shop To Be Preserved
Galkoff’s kosher butcher in Liverpool that once supplied the Titanic with meat hasn’t sold a Shabbos brisket — or anything for that matter — since it closed its doors 35 years. But, the building’s historic façade, won’t be going anywhere anytime soon thanks to a donation from philanthropist Isaac Wolfson. English Heritage recently ruled the…
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Food Quinoa Ruled Kosher for Passover
Rabbi Shoshan Ghoori meets with South American farmers during quinoa fact-finding mission Jews around the world can breathe a sigh of relief: Quinoa is kosher for Passover. The Orthodox Union (OU), the world’s largest kosher certification agency, announced last week that it would begin certifying the popular food for use during the festival of freedom….
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Breaking News Hebrew National ‘100% Kosher’ Case Goes to Court
A Minnesota court is hearing an appeal of a lawsuit arguing that Hebrew National is falsely labeling its products as “100 percent kosher.” The original lawsuit, filed in May 2012 by 11 plaintiffs claiming fraud and breach of contract, was dismissed in January by U.S. District Court Judge Donovan Frank on the grounds that the…
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Food Israel Approves Female Kosher Supervisors
In a landmark decision earlier this month, the Israeli Chief Rabbinate agreed to allow women to take the necessary steps to becoming certified kosher supervisors. The decision comes after a lawsuit filed with the High Court of Justice by Emunah, an organization which offers an array of services including vocational schools and a women’s college….
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Breaking News Federal Judge Orders Florida Prison System To Reinstate Kosher Meal Plan
A U.S. federal judge has ordered the Florida prisons service to provide kosher meals to all prisoners with a “sincere religious basis” for doing so. The ruling issued earlier this month requires the order be implemented by July 1, the Miami Herald reported Tuesday. The ruling comes after the Florida Department of Corrections has dragged…
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Food In the Kitchen With Brooklyn’s Kosher Revolutionary
On a crisp morning earlier this fall, I met chef Itta Werdiger Roth outside a small storefront in the Prospect Heights neighborhood of Brooklyn. The windows were still covered with newspaper, but inside was the beginning of Mason & Mug, a new artisanal kosher restaurant she is set to open on November 25 with her…
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Breaking News Kosher Slaughter Gets New Hearing in Poland
The Polish Constitutional Tribunal has accepted for review an appeal by the Polish Jewish Community on the delegitimization of shechitah. Representatives of Jewish community were informed on Tuesday that the Constitutional Tribunal will consider the appeal. “It’s a promising sign on the eve of Chanukah,” Piotr Kadlcik, president of the Union of Jewish Communities in…
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