This is the Forward’s coverage of Jewish food, which draws influence from Israeli, Middle Eastern, Ashkenazi, Sephardic, Mizrahi, and Palestinian traditions, among others.
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Fast Forward Celebrated German Jewish bakery closes, saying ‘the hatred reached Berlin’ after Oct. 7
Babka & Krantz's Israeli immigrant owner was the first Jewish master baker accepted into the Berlin Bakers' Guild
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Culture Despite what (Ashkenazi) tradition says, not everyone eats dairy on Shavuot
From beer to berbere-spiced bread, culinary traditions from across the diaspora harken back to ancient foodways.
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News Reese’s Pieces are now kosher pareve. Carnivores rejoice.
A morsel of good news for kosher consumers
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Culture Move over Thomas Edison, this deli savant is the Garden State’s newest inventor
In his Jersey City lab, Jason Stahl and his alter-ego Hank Schwartz whip up mind-blowing variations on Jewish deli standards
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Culture Could my love of oysters actually be kosher?
At the turn of the 20th century, rabbis argued that bivalves were OK to eat — which is good news for a Jewish oyster shucker like me
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Culture Can Manischewitz make matzo ball soup hot again?
The age-old brand ran an art show in an attempt to build cool-kid hype for Jewish brands
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Culture I attended a world record-breaking Shabbat dinner. You won’t believe how much we ate.
At ‘The Big Shabbat,’ the food just kept coming
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News Beer is no longer automatically kosher, rabbis say. Will observant Jews skip the Dos Equis?
Pour one out for craft breweries
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