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Culture Kosher pork and Jews riding sows — how pigs came to define Jewish identity
It might be forbidden, but Jews have a long and complicated relationship with the pig
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Fast Forward Patis, NYC’s largest and buzziest kosher bakery chain, files for bankruptcy
The company sold gift cards to raise capital. Now customers are racing to cash them in.
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Culture RFK Jr.’s brain worm has a Talmudic history — and may be a punishment for eating pork
The candidate’s parasite calls to mind a different leader’s brain bug
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Culture Done with gefilte dogs, Manischewitz launches a new look in time for Pesach
The kosher food titan is aiming for a more casual, welcoming brand
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Fast Forward ‘Nearly impossible’: Canadian Jewish groups raise alarm about threat to kosher slaughter
Three of the country’s five kosher butchers have ceased operating since the country’s food agency began enforcing new regulations last year
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Fast Forward Top European rights court upholds Belgian ban on kosher slaughter
The ruling dashed the hopes of Jewish advocates who had been lobbying against the bans
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News As war rages in Mideast, Oberlin students revived a kosher-halal dining co-op
But the future of the project is uncertain
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Fast Forward Israel just became the first country to approve the sale of lab-grown beef
Whether the futuristic meat is Kosher or not is still up for debate
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Fast Forward Anxiety, concern and hope: How swing-state rabbis, and their communities, are reacting to Trump’s win
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News For some Orthodox Jews, joy and a little schadenfreude as their candidate reclaims the White House
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