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Anna Rahmanan, a writer and editor in New York, is founder of the site Pretty Kosher.

The 84-year-old told JNS, on a tour of his American Jewish Historical Society retrospective, that wanted to document “Jews who didn’t look like Jews.”
“I don’t think it’s particularly brave to rip into Israel,” Eli Lebowicz, a stand-up comedian in New York City, told JNS. “It’s more brave to defend Israel.”
The Academy of the Hebrew Language “determines the need for new Hebrew words through both professional demand and public inquiry,” its academic secretary told JNS.
“There’s been a demonization of alcohol in the past three to five years, and I think some people don’t want to stop drinking but want to have a bit of a conscience,” Philippe Dallacorte, who owns a kosher wine store, told JNS.
“We find it troubling that divisive political issues are being introduced into our workplace,” a Breads Bakery spokesman told JNS.
Daniel Septimus, who will lead the JCC Association’s new Center for Jewish Peoplehood, plans to live in Texas and to travel often to New York and the rest of the country.
“Nothing has ever surpassed the traditional jelly in terms of demand and nostalgia,” Rafael Hasid, co-owner of Miriam, told JNS.
“The problem is that the Holocaust is not the trump card in dealing with antisemitism,” Edward Rothstein, a “Wall Street Journal” critic, told JNS.
The works come from the Judaica collection of lawyer and art patron Max N. Berry, who has been a board member at many major U.S. museums.
“It wasn’t just a celebratory dinner,” Rabbi Joshua Davidson, of Temple Emanu-El, told JNS. “It became an important demonstration of Jewish pride.”
Gadi Peleg, the Jewish founder of Breads Bakery, shared the bakery’s recipe for babka pie, which can be made kosher, with JNS.
“I think not a lot of bagel shops outside of New York get a lot of respect,” a first-time festival attendee told JNS. “It’s definitely impressive that they won.”