California Briefing: The race to replace Dianne Feinstein
Plus: Seth Rogen's bizarre new project, and an unexpected tribute to Steven Spielberg
Plus: Seth Rogen's bizarre new project, and an unexpected tribute to Steven Spielberg
We regret to inform you that at least one Ashkenazi digestive tract was harmed during this investigation
Here’s a name drop I don’t deserve: Many years ago I attended Slow Food’s Terra Madre food conference in Turin, Italy. I happened to be standing in line to get a slice of freshly-made focaccia di Recco, and next to me stood Alice Waters. We watched the bakers stretch impossibly thin sheets of rolled-out dough…
(JTA) — A British police sergeant will face a disciplinary hearing after he allegedly dangled a slice of pepperoni pizza over the food of a Jewish fellow officer. A piece of the pepperoni then fell into the food of the Jewish officer and he could not eat his meal, the Sussex Police said in a…
Vacuum packing is ideal for some food products but other items are too delicate to survive the process without being squashed, says Michel Habib, founder and chairman of Israel-based Timeless Foods Technologies Ltd. Founded in 2012 and based in Ramat Gan, a town in the Tel Aviv area, Timeless Foods develops a firm disposable plastic…
There is a short passage in the book of Exodus that has beguiled and befuddled rabbinic scholars throughout the ages. It occurs immediately after the burning bush sequence, as Moses, his wife Zipporah, and their son, leave Zipporah’s homeland and travel to Egypt, where Moses plans to demand freedom for the enslaved Israelites. Suddenly, the…
(JTA) — A teenage student at a prestigious British private school was suspended for trying to force-feed a slice of ham pizza to a Jewish student while others watched. The incident at Clifton College in Bristol, in southwest England, occurred in December but was first reported by the local media on Wednesday. The Jewish student,…
Pizzeria worker Shlomi Madar used a wooden pizza board to help subdue a suspected terrorist who had begun to stab patrons at a nearby restaurant in an Israeli town, according to the Times of Israel. “I heard screams coming from the shawarma shop two stores down and I immediately understood what was happening,” he said….
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