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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 646

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Gefilte fish, a traditional Passover food. (Mushki Brichta , CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons)
April 18, 2024, 2:39 pm
Researchers study how to keep our gefilte fish healthy
Hebrew University team finds that breeding disease-resistant carp can make aquaculture more sustainable and profitable, and even keep other fish healthier
By ToI Staff
Screen capture from video of TV Host Jimmy Fallon trying gefilte fish for the first time. (YouTube)
December 17, 2020, 11:38 am
Gal Gadot gets Jimmy Fallon to try gefilte fish
‘Tonight Show’ TV host initially balks at traditional Jewish fish balls, but ends up enjoying them; ‘Wonder Woman’ actress gets her first taste of eggnog and Taco Bell
By Gabe Friedman
A cook with a pot of hamin, the traditional Jewish long-cooking stew, at the Maadaniyat Shef restaurant in the ultra-Orthodox city of Bnei Brak on January 16, 2020. (MENAHEM KAHANA / AFP)
February 11, 2020, 12:31 pm
Ancient Jewish dish of cholent is now a melting pot of Israeli cuisine
Eaten by Jews for Shabbat lunch since antiquity, the rich, slow-cooked stew also known as hamin is an old-new trend for the secular and religious, on weekdays as well
By Jonah Mandel
Illustrative: Elderly Jews attending the Rosh Hashanah dinner at Hesed Triaspol, Transnistria, in 2018. (Courtesy of JDC)
September 28, 2019, 3:57 pm
In poor European countries, gefilte fish isn’t just a symbol — it’s sustenance
As the Jewish New Year arrives, organizations are mobilizing to provide elderly members of Jewish communities with a heartening holiday meal
By Cnaan Liphshiz
Moshe Forman
March 30, 2018, 5:10 pm
Moshe Forman
The sad demise of the Gefilte Fish
At least the spicy Sephardic version shares the nutritious, educational, and religious benefits of this ‘brain food’
Linda Pressman
March 19, 2018, 2:43 pm
Linda Pressman
The worst scavenger hunt ever
Shopping for Passover, I realize I’ve become my mother… and my grandmother; then I go look for the gefilte fish
File: Linebacker Terrell Suggs of the Baltimore Ravens, seen playing in a game against the Pittsburgh Steelers at M&T Bank Stadium in Baltimore, Maryland, Nov. 28, 2013. (Patrick Smith/Getty Images via JTA)
August 24, 2016, 4:59 am
NFL player lost weight — by cutting down on gefilte fish
Baltimore Ravens linebacker Terrell Suggs just sacked the Passover patty, along with fried chicken and pizza, to get in shape
Jeffrey Yoskowitz and Liz Alpern at a culinary event (Shulie Seidler-Feller)
April 24, 2016, 6:06 pm
Culinary duo makes old-school Ashkenazi fare anything but bland
Trendy Brooklyn-based The Gefilteria serves up gourmet, sustainably-farmed gefilte fish that can now be found in your freezer section
By Cathryn J. Prince
The neurologist Oliver Sacks gives a TED talk in 2009 (CC BY Steve Jurvetson/Flickr)
September 12, 2015, 4:38 am
Before dying, Oliver Sacks craved gefilte fish
Famed author and neurologist penned posthumously published ode to traditional Ashkenazi Jewish delicacy
By Brian Schaefer
A plate of gefilte fish (CC-BY-SA Ovedc/Wikimedia Commons)
September 1, 2015, 5:39 pm
Clinton gefilte fish email is carrot atop trove
Former ambassador Michael Oren offers account on row involving then-secretary of state over export of ingredient in traditional Jewish dish
By ToI Staff
Getting the horseradish ready for some gefilte fish at Gefilterama, part of Polish Culinary Week (photo credit: Haim Yafim Barbalat)
December 1, 2014, 3:58 pm
Artists aim to hook gefilte fish fiends
Polish Culinary Week opens a pop-up shop dedicated to your yiddishe grandmother’s favorite boiled ball
By Jessica Steinberg
'You Have to F*cking Eat is Adam Mansbach's sequel to his 'Go the F*ck to Sleep.' (Courtesy of Akashic Books)
November 17, 2014, 1:08 pm
‘Go the F*ck to Sleep’ dad tackles meals
Adam Mansbach’s sequel to his profanity-laced bestselling picture book for parents pokes fun at parental anxieties surrounding eating
By Renee Ghert-Zand
A plate of gefilte fish (CC-BY-SA Ovedc/Wikimedia Commons)
April 15, 2014, 3:17 pm
Fish shortage means Passover problems
Scarcity of whitefish in the Great Lakes region is coming at an inconvenient time for Jewish families
By John Flesher
More gluten-free products are available at Passover, and an array of blogs offers recipes on how to use them. (Hillel Kuttler/JTA)
April 12, 2014, 2:42 am
For those with health concerns, Passover is liberating
Gluten and corn intolerances lead customers — Jews and non-Jews alike — to the kosher aisles during holiday
By Hillel Kuttler
Illustrative picture: Matzah (photo credit: Sophie Gordon/Flash90)
April 6, 2014, 9:20 am
Go free (from matzah meal) this Passover
Local chefs often sub in ground almonds in their schnitzel, cookies and salads
By Jessica Steinberg
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