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Israel Ranks 6th World-Wide For Veganism Popularity In 2018
In a recent Chef’s Table analysis of world-wide vegan habits, Israel was ranked 6th for the second year in a row, with a Vegan Popularity Score of 78. This is no surprise, considering that at least 5.2% of Israelis follow a vegan diet, and even fast food pizza brand Domino’s decided Israel was the place…
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Celebrity Israeli Chef Opening Gluten-Free Restaurant ‘Arba’ In NYC
The Israeli culinary migration to New York is continuing apace. What was originally planned as a pop-up for a few months, starring Chef Nir Tzuk, is turning into a new restaurant in every way. To be called Arba, it will open in early February in the Upper West Side, and is now in final preparations…
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Woke Jews Are Finding Environmental Meaning In Tu B’Shvat
Ask any Jewish elder what Tu B’Shvat is and you might get a confused glance. But ask any younger coastal dweller with a Twitter handle, and they might be able to tell you: it’s an agricultural New Year’s Day for the trees, and the people who appreciate this holiday are trending younger and younger. Akin…
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Meet Israel’s Angriest Vegan, Tal Gilboa
In 2012, there were 70,000 vegans in Israel. But most Israelis didn’t know what the word vegan meant. In 2018, at least 5% of Israelis are vegan. In Gil Golan’s “One Angry Vegan,” which premiered at the Chelsea Film Festival, he sets out to document the militant vegan whose star ascended as she became the…
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USDA Gives $1.2 Billion Food Donation To The Hungry – But 45% Of It Is For Pork
As trailers and trailers of soybeans, sorghum and pork pull up to the Food Bank For NYC’s enormous Bronx Warehouse, kosher soup kitchen owners are gnashing their teeth at the lack of kosher commodities. In August 2018, the USDA spent 1.2 billion dollars in commodity foods “to assist farmers in response to trade damage from…
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WATCH: Your Jewish Grandmother’s Cure For The Common Cold
The arrival of cold season is loudly heralded by advertisements for flu shots and the sounds of sniffles on buses and trains. Colds are inescapable and still, year after year, armed with folk medicine and fierceness, we resolve to cure the incurable. Thankfully, Jewish tradition, from Maimonides to the shtetl, offers us some guidance for…
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A Forged Kosher Symbol Leads To $19K Fine
A Canadian company has been ordered to pay about $19,000 to Canadian kosher certification agency COR, run by the Kashruth Council of Canada, for using its logo on products that aren’t certified kosher. In small claims court, Adee Flour Mills has been accused of causing “spiritual trauma” to Jews mistakenly eating non-kosher products labeled as…
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The Israeli Subscription Box Company Doing Its Apolitical Best
Emily Berg comes from a totally secular background in Toronto, Canada, and she doesn’t have Israeli parents or cousins. But for some 1,000 Diaspora Jews (and Matana subscribers), Berg is now the face of Israel’s small businesses. “It’s a pretty cliche story,” says Berg, the founder of Matana, a subscription box dedicated to supplying Diaspora…
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Jews Try Pork For The First Time, Despite Taboo. So How Did That Go?
As every Jew knows, trying pork for the first time is a loaded experience, filled with guilt, shame and the fear of betraying your ancestors. Pork is seen as more non-kosher than any other non-kosher food, from octopus to lobster to caviar, so no matter what kind of Jew you are, and whether you eat…
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All The European Countries Where Kosher and Halal Meat Production Are Now Forbidden
A ban on the Jewish and Muslim methods of ritual slaughter of animals in Belgium’s northern Flemish region went into effect on January 1. The region’s capital is Antwerp, home to approximately 20,000 Jews. This is just another step in a larger trend across Europe — which we’ve mapped out below, with individual restrictions and…
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A Bagel With Shmear And Lox In NYC Can Cost You Anywhere From $7 To $24
From budget-friendly to big-ticket bagels, tapping into the Jewish ancestral tradition of chowing down on a circular carb can get a little complicated. But we’re here to help. This chart takes a look at the top bagel shops in New York and examines how much a good old-fashioned bagel with lox and a schmear will…
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