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Welcome to the Forward’s coverage of kosher food, which follows Jewish dietary law.

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Orthodox Nutritionist Sells ‘Kosher’ Workouts, and 90-calorie Challah

NEW YORK (JTA) — It’s that time of year again, when tons of people — eager to fulfill New Year’s resolutions to get in shape or drop a few pounds — flock to gyms and weight-loss centers. But for Tanya Rosen, a Brooklyn-based nutritionist specializing in weight loss, it’s business as usual. Rosen’s rush will…

By Josefin Dolsten Jan 29, 2017 | 4 min read
Food
How To Open a Kosher Restaurant in Moscow

Asian and Mediterranean cuisines are the stars at Jaffa, a new kosher restaurant in a high-end Moscow mall. The menu also dives into what’s known as Odessa cuisine — “traditional dishes of Eastern European Jews,” according to general manager Semen Boguslavsky. “Moscow has just a few kosher restaurants, so people who keep kosher have to…

By Michael Kaminer Jan 23, 2017 | 3 min read
Food
5 Smart Answers to Stupid Kosher Questions

If you keep kosher and have a diverse group of friends and dining partners, it seems inevitable that you will at some point have to explain yourself. Kosher can be complicated, and of course a 3,000-year-old practice will never be as fashionable as the diet du jour. Then again, Paleo came back from the Stone…

By Amy Atkins Sawyer Jan 22, 2017 | < 1 min read
Food
Does This Mean You’re, Like Totally Orthodox?

SHORT, SERIOUS ANSWER: Either, “Yup, totally Orthodox!” Or “I keep kosher, but of the three main levels of Judaism, Orthodox, Conservative and Reform, I’d consider myself…” whichever the case may be. MORE EFFECTIVE RETORT: “Yeah, I keep kosher and many people who keep kosher don’t pray nine times a day or have curly sideburns.” Again,…

By Amy Atkins Sawyer Jan 22, 2017 | < 1 min read
Food
You Can’t Eat Pepperoni Pizza?

SHORT, SERIOUS ANSWER: “No, because it’s pork, and because we don’t eat meat with milk, so we don’t eat meat with cheese.” MORE EFFECTIVE RETORT: “No milk with meat is TRADITION!” Crucial here, according to Nemko, is to say it like Tevye from Fiddler. CONCISE COMEBACK: “The Lord wouldn’t strike me dead… but why take…

By Amy Atkins Sawyer Jan 22, 2017 | < 1 min read
Food
What Exactly Can You Eat If You Keep Kosher?

SHORT, SERIOUS ANSWER: “There are levels of keeping kosher. For the non-Orthodox, the laws really aren’t that restrictive once you get used to it.” MORE EFFECTIVE RETORT: “Ask me!” By offering an interactive response, you’re having a fun conversation, not giving a lecture, he says. CONCISE COMEBACK: “We take pity on piggies and shrimp makes…

By Amy Atkins Sawyer Jan 22, 2017 | < 1 min read
Food
What’s With the Two Dishwashers?

SHORT, SERIOUS ANSWER: “Having two sets of dishes and two dishwashers keeps anything that touches meat and milk products separate.” MORE EFFECTIVE RETORT: “There’s a part of me that wonders about it too, and yeah it was an extra $400 for a dishwasher, but the world is not going to end. Some people buy shoes…

By Amy Atkins Sawyer Jan 22, 2017 | < 1 min read
Food
How to Cook Like the Chef at a Top Kosher Steakhouse

This is an occasional column in which the writer evaluates a new cookbook by making some of its recipes, sharing the dishes with friends and asking her guests what they think of the results. She recently cooked her way through “Le Marais: A Rare Steakhouse…Well Done” by Mark Hennessey and Jose Meirelles (Gefen Publishing House)….

By Alix Wall Jan 5, 2017 | 5 min read

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