Rob Eshman is a senior columnist for the Forward. Follow him on Instagram @foodaism and Twitter @foodaism or email [email protected].
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By Rob Eshman
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News Black Lives Matter. Unless they’re homeless
By the time I caught up to the 500 or more people marching in Venice on behalf of Black Lives Matter, they were turning east in front of a narrow traffic island near the Venice Public Library, chanting “No justice, no peace! No justice, no peace!” My iPhone camera caught the whole scene, and it…
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News What the old Jewish radical taught me about George Floyd
It was weird, frankly, waking up on Sunday to a still, beautiful morning. The downtown L.A. streets that were inflamed by protests and riot police the night before were clamped shut by waves of uniformed National Guards. Cops and clean up crews made their way through the debris at Beverly Blvd. and Fairfax Ave., where…
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Food Better-than-Ratner’s cheese blintz
If you’re from New York, the name Ratner’s gives you dewy-eyed nostalgia for the great dairy restaurant of yore. But I’m from LA, and Ratner’s just makes me think of my dentist, Dr. Farkas, whose office is on Ratner St. There’s a connection– Alex Ratner came west in 1914 to beat back tuberculosis, and he…
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Opinion Can Jewish journalism survive? It’s up to you.
Previous Article Next Article To understand how the COVID-19 pandemic will affect Jewish media, just look at non-Jewish media. For years now, the forces that have wreaked havoc, forced change and inspired innovation in the general media have done exactly the same in the confines of Jewish media. Tens of thousands of journalists had already…
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Food Jay Sanderson’s Beet Variations
A culinary Zoom with the CEO of The Jewish Federation of Greater Los Angeles
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Food Fermented stuffed grape leaves for #QuarantineShabbat
Anyone else feeling claustrophobic? I’m blessed, I get that. We have a yard, fruit trees and vegetable gardens I’ve been tending for two decades – even a hammock. As internal exile goes, it’s pretty sweet. But here in Los Angeles, county officials just announced the stay-at-home order may extend through August. And, as the quarantine…
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Food Chocolate olive-oil mousse and other blessings of a #QuarantineShabbat
My Instagram feed has news photos and food photos. This week the food photos showed some pretty wonderful, cozy quarantine feasts, challahs and sourdoughs. The news photos showed pictures of thousands of cars waiting in a giant parking lot for handouts from the Los Angeles Regional Food Bank. In case we’d been able to ignore…
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Recipes Quarantine Shabbat: Chicken and Artichoke Paella on a Wood Fire
In the best of times, food can transport and connect us. These days, when we are both stuck and disconnected, food has its work cut out for it. If we can’t get out, the right dish can at least give us the feeling of escape. That’s why I’m making paella on my Facebook Live webcast…
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