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The goal of Tzohar Organization of Rabbis is not to replace, but to rework. “No one likes competition. But there is a great buzz now, and they are shaking. As a result, they understand that they must make changes, and this was our goal,” says co-founder Rabbi Rafi Feuerstein.
“We are glad the French government will not be applying its discriminatory and unlawful policies, pending the outcome of the case,” said Lawfare Project executive director Brooke Goldstein.
Celebrating a weeklong emphasis on food, family, friends, tradition and the great outdoors.
The earliest evidence of cereal-based beer-brewing derives from the Natufians, semi-stationary hunters in the Eastern Levant between the Paleolithic and the Neolithic eras, succeeding the last Ice Age.
Falafel is supposed to represent a universal symbol of peace—the oily bond between Muslims and Jews, even as the Middle East fries in violence. But in Berlin, it has become a cause for concern.
When food-deprived test subjects were given different-sized plates, they ultimately identified the same portion of pizza, debunking a theory that choosing a smaller-size plate may trick the mind into believing that the amount of food on it is more ample than on a larger plate.
An Israeli technology firm is providing takeout-food delivery services to Icelanders in Reykjavík, expanding its supply routes from one to 13.
While everyone wants a traditional High Holiday meal, no one wants to spend a week shopping, chopping, boiling, baking and freezing dish after dish.
Its closing on June 30 leads to a question people hunger for: Why are there so few Jewish delicatessens left in the Big Apple?
An exposé by Israel’s Kan news station revealing Barkan’s ban on Ethiopian employees handling the wines sparked national outrage over the implication that Ethiopian Jews were not Jewish and raised condemnation of the company for discriminatory practices.
Congresswoman Grace Meng has long called for kosher and halal meals to be made available to students who attend the largest public-school system in the world.
A group of 60 Federation philanthropists, musicians and a celebrity chef work to bridge differences at home and abroad.