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Revolutionary Cult Kosher Cereal Brand
When thinking of new products on the market upending their industries, it is unlikely that a cereal brand comes to mind. Revolutionary startups have usually been relegated to the tech world. That is beginning to change in a “slowly then suddenly” fashion where companies in all kinds of verticals innovate their categories and offer their …
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September 2020 Kosher News Brief
The famous Miami bakeshop, calledย Zak the Baker, has opened a falafel pop up.ย ย The annual Kosherfest conventionย has been postponedย due to COVID-19, and a new date has not been announced. It was scheduled for the beginning of November. Patis Bakeryย is opening a Crown Heights location in the storefront that used to be Izzy’s Taqueria. The now-shuttered …
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Passover Programs Still In A State Of Limbo
Passover programs are still in a state of limbo as to whether they will be operating for 2021. We have seen some offerings being advertised for Sukkot, and we expect there to be at least some programs for Passover unless there is another lockdown. Raphi Bloom of TotallyJewishTravel.com, where operators advertise their programs, stated: “In normal …
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Jordache Is A Story Of Reinvention
If there is a poster story for the American dream, the family that built Jordache Enterprises, the Nakashes, would likely be prime candidates. Founded by a Jewish family of Syrian origin, the business began as Jordache Jeans decades ago. Through catchy and celebrity-laden T.V. campaigns, the brand gained immense popularity throughout the ’70s and ’80s. With the …
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Israel & UAE Peace Brings Kosher To Abu Dhabi
Since the Trump administration’s surprise announcement on August 13, 2020, of a peace accord between the UAE and Israel, things have been moving fast on the political front. Known as the Abraham Accordย and brokered by Jared Kushner and his consigliereย Avi Berkowitzย has created a tenuous yet hopeful prospect of greater peace amongย Arab Gulf countriesย and the Jewish …
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Jewish Owned Century 21 Department Store Latest COVID-19 Casualty
Century 21, a famous department store with multiple locations concentrated in the northeast, is the latest business casualty of the COVID-19 pandemic.ย The brand,ย founded in the ’60s by the Gindis, a Syrian Sephardic Jewish family, found great success by catering to bargain hunters seeking designer fashions at discounted prices.ย The first location was on 86th …
Parisian Vibes For NYC’s Kosher Restaurants
The trials and tribulations over the last few months brought on by the COVID-19 pandemic are wide-ranging. However, on the business continuity front, few businesses were initially hit as hard as those that depend on in-house dining. At the pandemic’s peak, numerous New York kosher restaurants closed their doors altogether, not even servicing takeout and …
Popular Investing Apps In The Jewish World
An overview of investing apps popular in the Jewish world where you can get free shares of stock as a bonus for signing up without even spending money.ย While much of the Jewish world passionate about personal finance has focused on the opportunities present in free travel from credit card points, there is a new …
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COVID-19 Upends Passover Programs
Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) has upended the global economy in ways that even the most prolific trend forecasters would have trouble imagining. While there are sectors such as grocery home delivery that have seen considerable increases in use, for almost every other business, the realities are immensely bleak. The travel category has been one of the …
Falafel Tanami Adding A Shawarma Location
UPDATE – The shawarma location has closed, but you can visit the original Falafel Tanami. Visit The Founding Location: Visit Shwarama Tanami’s sister and founding location, Falafel Tanami. Many have deemed this one of the best kosher falafels in the city, as evidenced by its stellar Google Reviews, and in 2023, it made the New …