Devra Ferst
By Devra Ferst
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Israel News Hummus Wars
Battles over the origins of hummus have raged across the Middle East for generations, with Israelis and Lebanese arguing over which group can claim rights to the first ever recipe and who makes the precious dip better. Recently, however, the war has reached new heights. In downtown Beirut on October 24, 300 Lebanese chefs mixed…
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Israel News We Remember, on Facebook
It seems like an oxymoron to be a Jew and be a “fan” of Auschwitz, but there are more than 10,000 such fans. They’re not fans of the infamous concentration camp, but rather “fans” of the Auschwitz Memorial page on Facebook, the social-networking Web site. The Auschwitz Museum in Poland launched the page October 14,…
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Life Jewish ‘Fans’ of Auschwitz?
It seems like an oxymoron to be a Jew and be a “fan” of Auschwitz, but there are thousands of such fans. They’re not fans of the infamous concentration camp, but rather “fans” of the Auschwitz Memorial page on Facebook. The Auschwitz Museum in Poland launched the page earlier this week, and museum officials have…
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Israel News Jews Claim Spot on Out 100 List
It’s the ultimate who’s who of who’s gay around the globe: Out magazine’s 15th annual Out 100 list. And this year, Jews, an Israeli among them, are proudly claiming their spots on it. The 2009 edition of the Out 100, which will hit news stands in early November, will list the gay culture magazine’s picks…
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Life Missing Ruth Reichl’s Gourmet
It is with a heavy heart and a deep longing for a bowl of comforting matzo ball soup that I read about the closing of Gourmet magazine, which was announced on Monday. The culinary giant of Condé Nast, which has been a staple of both the New York and national food scene since its birth…
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Israel News Self-Reflection Comes to Broadway
‘Ten Days. Ten Questions,” is the philosophy behind a creative campaign called doyou10q.com that is posing introspective questions to Jews and non-Jews alike in a most unusual spot. Unlike our Jewish ancestors, who contemplated their actions and life during the 10 Days of Awe between Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur in privacy and solitude, modern…
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News Women Take Kashrut Out of the Kitchen
Religious Jewish women, the primary cooks in Orthodox families, have long ruled kosher kitchens and served as crucial, informal kosher watchdogs for their families and guests. But those women are rarely trusted with the even more powerful, formal task of professionally supervising the production of kosher food. This may be starting to change. For the…
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Israel News Lost & Found – 2,000 Years Later
Late summer excavations in Israel have turned up what archaeologists say are two remarkable findings that illuminate Israel’s history. In mid-September, the Israeli Antiquities Authority announced the discovery of a small but significant engraving — 2,000 years old — of a menorah in an ancient synagogue in the Galilee. “This is the first time that…
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