Michelin-Starred Israeli Chef Eyal Shani Brings Kosher Restaurant “Malka” To NYC
At a time when much of the news coming out of Israel is about the horrific events of October 7th and the war that followed, positive news is in short supply but more than welcome. The exciting development comes as Michelin-starred Israeli chef Eyal Shani brings kosher restaurant “Malka” to NYC, his first kosher-certified restaurant …
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Jews Are Simply Unwelcome At Cornell and Can Dine Elsewhere
The Israel-Hamas War, a response to the massacres of Hamas on October 7, 2023, against civilians in towns on the southern border of the country, has tensions running very high. The fact that tensions are at a fever pitch is of little surprise though. The bodies of dead children, whether Israeli or Palestinian, are more …
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Even McDonald’s Is A Casualty Of The Israel-Hamas War
McDonald’s, the globally loved American brand, can be added to the list of casualties as a result of the Israel-Hamas War. The war was in response to the horrific massacres in Israel on October 7, 2023, when the Israeli security establishment was caught wildly flat-footed. After a mass mobilization, McDonald’s Israel announced that it donated over …
Burgers Bar Of Israel Returns To Brooklyn After A Hiatus
Burgers Bar of Israel returns to Brooklyn after a hiatus of several years from a presence in the United States. While the brand once had three locations in the United States, the Israeli burger chain has more than thirty locations throughout Israel, including in Jerusalem and Tel Aviv. The new Burgers Bar is now open …
Falafel Tanami: The Brooklyn Kosher Falafel Joint in The NY Times’ Top 100 List
It is not often that a non-descript falafel joint in the heart of the Flatbush Jewish community makes a “best of” food list in the mecca of food. Falafel Tanami is a non-descript falafel joint in the heart of the Midwood Jewish community in Flatbush, Brooklyn. Since its opening in 2018, it has steadily made a …
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The High Price of Kosher Restaurants For Jewish Teens
A pain point among Jewish kids who only eat kosher and who often have limited allowances centers around the high price of kosher food when compared to non-kosher alternatives. Ask any Jewish kid who only eats kosher about the feeling of passing by a fast food joint advertising a burger or sandwich for a few …
A Kosher Burger Joint Joins The “Gold-Plated Fad”
For a while, plating food with gold, whether a burger or wings, worked to garner press and business, and we thought the fad might have run its course, but it seems not. There was a time when a flurry of restaurants decided to coat whatever they could in gold, charge a ton for the item, …
Why Are So Many Kosher Restaurants So Bad?
Statistics and perspectives about why so many kosher restaurants are so bad, including insights on how they are operating against a “stacked deck” in more ways than just the added cost of kosher certification. It is no secret that the restaurant business is notoriously difficult to see success in. After all, a sizable portion of restaurants …
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The OU Certifies Lab-Grown Chicken
One of the most widely accepted and recognized kosher certification organizations has certified lab-grown chicken as kosher but not pareve. The kosher landscape of lab-grown and alternative meat products is incredibly dynamic. What was a nascent segment only several years ago is now a growing section of your neighborhood supermarket. On offer for a few …
The Top 7 Jewish Influencers
Before the smartphone age, complex and costly infrastructure was needed to broadcast media to the masses. For the most part, this reality allowed only a select few media behemoths that owned TV or radio assets to reach a large audience. With the adoption of the internet, the advent of smartphones, and the subsequent widespread use …