This is the Forward’s coverage of kosher food, which follows Jewish dietary law.
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Food Check Out Yelp’s First Kosher Heat Map
Keeping strictly kosher often means making dinner plans in advance — picking a restaurant, price point and neighborhood. There’s little opportunity to wander through the streets on a warm summer evening and pick your dinner locale based on what you feel like eating at that very moment. But Yelp, the massive peer review site, is…
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Fast Forward Group Sues Chief Rabbinate Over Denying Kosher Supervisor Positions to Women
Emunah sued Israel’s Chief Rabbinate to compel the body to recognize the kosher supervision certificate offered for the first time by the women’s group. The lawsuit filed last week calls on the Chief Rabbinate to allow the 16 female graduates of the group’s course in kosher supervision to work in their chosen profession. It also…
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Food A Herring Mecca: Raskin’s Fish Market
Raskin’s Fish Market is a store from another era — it’s the kind of store your bubbe probably shopped at. Located in the heavily Jewish neighborhood of Crown Heights, Brooklyn, Raskin’s has been dolling out fresh fish for more than five decades. Walking down Kingston Avenue, Raskin’s faded pink-and-blue letters that hang from the limestone…
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Fast Forward Kosher Slaughter Under Polish Court Microscope
A court in the Polish city of Bialystok has asked the Polish Constitutional Tribunal to rule on whether the country’s ban on ritual slaughter is compliant with the constitutional freedom of religion. The case is connected to the ritual slaughter of one cow which took place in March in Tykocin. Beginning on Jan. 1, Poland…
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Food Hooked on Meat: a Nice Jewish Girl’s Film on Bacon
“Why is a nice Jewish girl like me making a film about pigs and bacon?” Suzanne Wasserman the writer and director of the new documentary “Meat Hooked!” in the beginning of her movie. The question is a good one but not one that’s easily answered. Wasserman, who comes from a meat loving family, set out…
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Books The Kosher Ice Cream Caper
Earlier this week Timothy D. Lytton wrote about a recent scandal at a kosher meat market in L.A. and organized crime and kosher food certification. His blog posts are featured on The Arty Semite courtesy of the Jewish Book Council and My Jewish Learning’s Author Blog Series. For more information on the series, please visit:…
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Food Summer Shabbats Are for Grillers
During the winter I long for summer meals — laugh if you must, but I dream of grilling and cold beer. There is nothing better than food that’s been cooked over an open flame and is served only moments later on a table in a backyard. Since Shabbat comes late in the evening during summer…
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Recipes Mixing Bowl: Shabbat Dessert; Kosher BBQ
We think the name Hakodosh BBQ is fitting for an amazing kosher pop up. But not everyone in the kosher community agrees. Some are fighting to change the name. [Yeah That’s Kosher] Here’s summer Shabbat dessert that you can make after work — and still impress your guests with. Seven steps to the perfect galette….
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