Entries Tagged as 'kosher'

Monday, November 26th, 2007

“Unlocking the Benefits of Garlic” NYtimes

In a study published today in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, researchers show that eating garlic appears to boost our natural supply of hydrogen sulfide. Hydrogen sulfide is actually poisonous at high concentrations — it’s the same noxious byproduct of oil refining that smells like rotten eggs. But the body makes its […]

Monday, November 19th, 2007

Kosher Restaurants:From Biblical Times to Modern Times by E. Kornblum, Publisher

So, when was the first restaurant created?
Could it have been when Adam and Eve went to the all-you-can-eat buffet at the “Garden?” But as Adam and Eve found out, when it comes to buffet night, there is always something that we undoubtedly want that’s not on the menu.
Perhaps, we could point to another ancestor who […]

Friday, November 9th, 2007

Yellow Pages: Circumcisers

Full Credits:Client: Isreali Yellow Pages
Agency: Young & Rubicam, Tel Aviv/Shalmor Avnon Amichay
Executive Creative Director: Gideon Amichay
Creative Director: Tzur Golan,Yariv Twig
Art Director: Shirley Bahar Copywriter: Hadar Orpaz,Eyal Padan
creativity-online.com

Monday, November 5th, 2007

Moishe’s Falafel 46th and 6th Street Food

Location: Usually on the corner of W46th and 6th Avenue
Haven’t been hitting the street food circuit lately but my coworker Joe told me about Moishe’s so we walked down and checked it out last Friday. He says there’s normally a mob around this food cart but today it was relatively calm. Probably because we got […]

Tuesday, October 23rd, 2007

Hasidim Get a Food Truck

Two months ago, Nathan Lichtenstein launched a business he hopes will become an empire — or a fleet, really. Sub on Wheels is a kosher food truck catering to the Hasidic community in Williamsburg, but which welcomes us all.

Thursday, October 11th, 2007

NYT:”As Farmers and Fields Rest, a Land Grows Restless”

“That presumably worked fine in a primitive economy before decent fertilizer, but shmita presented problems for the new Jewish state. Zionism was founded on the notion of a return to the land, but a modern country cannot live on what falls to the ground.” NYtimes

Monday, October 8th, 2007

Brooklyn Experiencing Building Boom of Luxury Kosher Condos

Touting “kosher amenities” — including two-sink kitchens, balconies pre-fit for sukkahs, gyms with separate schedules for men and women — these new condominiums are being custom-built for Orthodox populations that are growing in both absolute numbers and wealth. In Flatbush-Midwood, construction is about to start on a new luxury condominium targeting Orthodox Jews. In Williamsburg, […]

Monday, October 8th, 2007

Israelis debate Torah-mandated sabbatical for the land

JERUSALEM: As Israel’s Jews start a new year, the country finds itself in the middle of a fierce religious dispute about the sanctity of fruits and vegetables.Rabbis are pitted against one another, the interests of the state and the religious authorities are in conflict, the Supreme Court is involved, the devout are confused and the […]

Monday, July 30th, 2007

Israelis Seek to Influence U.S. Kosher Market

New York… Israeli venture capitalists continue to eye the U.S. kosher market as a potential windfall. KosherToday has learned that a number of Israeli-based investors are looking at the U.S. kosher market as a “point of entry” into the lucrative U.S. food industry. Several have made adjustments to plans laid in […]

Monday, July 9th, 2007

From New York to Cancun

Druk explained that her confidence was rooted in the knowledge that she and her family were fulfilling the directives of the Lubavitcher Rebbe, Rabbi Menachem Mendel Schneerson, of righteous memory, to inspire fellow Jews wherever they may be found. From his Brooklyn headquarters, the Rebbe sent out thousands of emissaries to all corners of the […]

Sunday, July 8th, 2007

Agriprocessors Inc. Recalls Nearly 36,000 pounds of Meat Products

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Agriprocessers, Inc in Iowa is recalling more than 35-thousand-800-pounds of frozen beef and chicken because they may contain egg albumen, which is a known allergen - and is not […]

Friday, June 29th, 2007

Haredi public shuns singer who sounds like girl

The songs of 20-year-old Eliyahu Faizkov, a yeshiva student from Netanya, were recently banned by haredi pirate radio stations because his voice is uncannily feminine.”At first my songs were received positively by the haredi radio stations,” Faizkov told the Ynet Web site. “But I suddenly noticed that they stopped playing my songs. It was as […]