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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 535

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Illustrative photo of bagels. (CC-BY-SA, Rattfink Press/Ellen Arnstein, rattfinkpress.blogspot.com)
March 14, 2025, 3:55 pm
US bagel shop comes back around after quitting Jewish food fest over Israel pressure
Isaac’s Bagels bites off more than it can chew; is roundly criticized for signing up for and then for backing out of event organized by Jewish federation in North Carolina
By PHILISSA CRAMER
Social media influencer and motivational speaker Chris Caresnone, also known as the Babka King. (Courtesy)
January 24, 2025, 3:59 am
The ‘Babka King’ is bridging cultural gaps on Instagram — one blintz at a time
Chris Caresnone has grown a social media following of over half a million posting about foods from different cultures — and has been welcomed into the Jewish community
By Cathryn J. Prince
A sign for The New York Times hangs above the entrance to its building, on May 6, 2021 in New York. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan, File)
December 30, 2024, 6:24 pm
NYT game misspells Hanukkah in Festival of Lights-themed puzzle
‘Strands’ puzzle irks Jewish users with several gaffes, including listing challah and brisket as Hanukkah foods; ‘like putting “egg nog” in a puzzle about Easter,’ says one player
By PHILISSA CRAMER
Matzah Ball Soup (bhofack2/iStock)
December 6, 2024, 4:20 pm
Innovation delivers an array of instant matzah ball options
The food industry is putting a different spin on the old Jewish classic, making the comforting staple available to those lacking the time (or temerity) to cook them
By Rachel Ringler
Steven Cook and Michael Solomonov shot the pictures for 'Zahav Home' in Solomonov's Philadelphia house. (Courtesy CookNSolo/via JTA)
September 20, 2024, 4:21 pm
Chef Michael Solomonov aims to simplify Israeli classics for home cooks in new book
‘Zahav Home’ inspired by COVID-era home cooking; author says loyal customers boosted support after post-Oct. 7 protests outside his restaurant due to his fundraising for Israel
By Rachel Ringler
Katarzyna and Artur Goławski, co-managers of the Kuzmiuk Bakery, hold their signature cebularz, once called pletzel by Lublin's Yiddish-speaking Jews. (Shira Li Bartov/ JTA)
August 27, 2024, 3:39 pm
Owners of Lublin’s oldest bakery learn it had belonged to Jewish family killed by Nazis
Before 99% of the city’s Jews were murdered, the Kuźmiuk Bakery brought customers from near and far; the descendants of the family who took over only learned of its origins in 2017
By Shira Li Bartov
The closed storefront of the Detroit Institute of Bagels in Detroit, Michigan, after staff walked out in protest of the store's new 'Zionist' owner, July 31, 2024. (Andrew Lapin/JTA)
August 11, 2024, 1:43 am
A Jewish bagel shop in Detroit closes after staff walk out on new ‘Zionist’ owner
Tensions over perceived gentrification and the ongoing Israel-Hamas conflict came to a head last month when workers publicly quit, making waves throughout the metro area
By Andrew Lapin
A large sculpture of a bowl of borscht by artist Robin Schwartzman is the centerpiece of 'And Such Small Portions! Food and Comedy in the Catskills Resort Era' exhibit at the Borscht Belt Museum in Ellenville, New York. (Courtesy Borscht Belt Museum via JTA)
July 26, 2024, 1:19 pm
A museum exhibit on Jewish food and humor puts the ‘borscht’ in Borscht Belt
Running at the Borscht Belt Museum in Ellenville, NY, through November, ‘And Such Small Portions!’ reflects a bygone era where guests found comfort in food, laughs and one another
By Andrew Silow-Carroll
Naama Shefi, founder of the Jewish Food Society and Asif: Culinary Institute of Israel, enjoys a Shabbat picnic with friends and family, also included as a chapter in 'The Jewish Holiday Table' cookbook, by Shefi with Devra Ferst (Courtesy Penny De Los Santos)
April 18, 2024, 5:08 am
This Passover, two new cookbooks focus on Jewish holiday meals and family recipes
Naama Shefi’s ‘Jewish Holiday Table’ brings Jewish dishes and stories from around the world, while Micah Siva’s ‘Nosh’ offers a plant-based twist to traditional foods
By Jessica Steinberg
Owner and proprietor Tzvi David makes baba qadrasi at Konditorei David, March 2024. (Courtesy)
March 23, 2024, 8:14 am
Heavenly Purim treats at this Iraqi Jewish confectionery are a window into a bygone era
Customers line up in Petah Tikva for an ancient nougat named for manna and a trip back in time, as they fear 70-year-old Konditorei David may too soon be a thing of the past
By Eliyahu Freedman
Jeremy Freeman, in the kitchen of his Freeman Shokudo restaurant, in Tokyo, Japan. (Jordyn Haime via JTA)
August 23, 2023, 10:39 am
US expat brings Jewish comfort food to Tokyo’s hip culinary scene
Jeremy Freeman and his wife Maiko opened Freeman Shokudo in 2021 after moving to Japan, selling classics like pastrami sandwiches, but also some deeply unkosher choices
By Jordyn Haime
An undated photo of Marlena Spieler, who died July 6, 2023. (Roving Feast, Substack via JTA)
July 11, 2023, 7:16 pm
Marlena Spieler, traveling Jewish cookbook author, dies aged 74
US-born writer won numerous awards for her works; spent a year in Israel; said her mostly Yiddish-speaking grandparents ‘fled terrible things’ in Europe
By Andrew Silow-Carroll
Screen grab from a GIF tweeted by The Sims account (Used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
May 18, 2023, 12:13 pm
‘The Sims’ video game adds Jewish foods after players’ campaign
Update allows players to serve foods such as challah and matzah ball soup, in move to increase representation
By PHILISSA CRAMER
Mimi Sheraton (Eric Etheridge/Workman Publishing via JTA)
April 10, 2023, 9:32 am
Mimi Sheraton, groundbreaking food critic and scholar of the bialy, dies at 97
Brooklyn native was first woman to serve as New York Times’ chief restaurant critic and wrote 16 books exploring the history of food during her six-decade career
By Andrew Silow-Carroll
Busy in Brooklyn food blogger Chanie Apfelbaum's 'Totally Kosher,' launched March 2023, with plenty of Passover options. (Courtesy: Lauren Volo)
April 10, 2023, 8:48 am
Brooklyn food blogger gets creative with kosher recipes in latest cookbook
Busy in Brooklyn’s Chanie Apfelbaum launches ‘Totally Kosher,’ with more adventures in Jewish food, including Passover favorites
By Jessica Steinberg
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