You know you've arrived if you get invited to any of these homes:
* Rabbi Marvin Hier Great conversation, fascinating guests
* Rabbi Ari Hier Charming erudite host
* Rabbi Elazar Muskin Great food, great Torah, a great long seder
* Rabbi Kalman Topp Understated rabbi who allows room for others
* Rabbi Yosef Kanefsky Gracious, stimulating
* Rabbi Robert Wexler Erudite, gracious, hospitable
* Rabbi Mimi Feigelson Great food, fascinating conversation
* Rabbi Dov Heller Great food, masters of hospitality
* Rabbi Nachum Braverman Understated empathic rabbi
* Rabbi Moshe Cohen Learned, funny
* Rabbi Boruch Sufrin Smart, funny
* Morey Levovitz Accomplished, generous
* Rabbi Yaacov Pinto
* Richard Horowitz Masters of hospitality, stimulating conversation
* Marc Firestone Masters of hospitality, low key, interested in others
* Peter Lowy – rich, generous, Australian
* David Sacks Funny, smart, unexpected
* Stuart & Enny Wax The gold standard for hospitality
* Sam Glaser Not your typical Orthodox home, this one is a lot of fun!
* David Suissa
* Monica Osborne
* Selwyn & Glynis Gerber Good Israeli wine, good food, Glynis owned Serravalle – the original gourmet Kosher meat restaurant in town
* Rabbi Marc Mandel
* Rabbi Uri Pilichowski
* Rabbi Lisbon (Chabad Bais Bezalel)
* Chazzan Netanel Baram
* Rabbi Sharon Brous
* Rabbi Bradley Shavit-Artson
* Don Etra
* Mark & Debbie Goldenberg
* Robert J. Avrech
* Mitch Julis
* Professor Aryeh Cohen
* Bob & Judy Millman
* Rabbi Aryeh Markman
* Rabbi Yitz Jacobs
* Rabbi Motti Shenker
* Fred and Susie Toczek
* Harold and Brenda Walt (Catering by Brenda!)
* Billie & Jenny Gelb
* Larry and Andrea Gill
* Jeff Fishman
* Richard Kellner
* David Nimmer
* Etan Cohen
* Steve Tabak
* David Nagel
* Ian & Lisa Tofler
* Steve & Daisy Cohn: Healthy food, hearty conversation
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Filed under Kosher, Rabbis by Levi Ben Avraham
August 19, 2009
Nana Restaurant/Cafe On Robertson
Nana has the hottest Israeli waitresses.
The food is largely Israeli.
My omelette wrap Sunday night seemed lacking in flavor, but I didn't care because the women all around me were so beautiful.
Filed under Kosher by Levi Ben Avraham
August 18, 2009
My Late Night At Delice Bistro
I got up at 5:30 am and took a cold shower.
In the evening, I went to yoga with Monica, a friend of mine who teaches Jewish Literature at UCLA. Then we all went to dinner at Delice Bistro with my buddy David. He pays!
Filed under Kosher by Levi Ben Avraham
August 3, 2009
Doheny Kosher Meat goes Glatt
Our Correspondent writes:
After staging a valiant fight for a long time, Doheny has caved into right wing pressure and become Glatt. That means regular (“Stam”) Kosher meat – the stuff most of our grandparents and great grandparents grew up with in Europe (when they could afford meat) is no longer available at Doheny.
Filed under Kosher by Levi Ben Avraham
September 21, 2008
Kosher Meat Too Expensive
With Rosh Hashana only a week away, Newton residents wanting to buy meat products from a kosher butcher will have to look outside the city, after their only local option decided to end its kosher supervision.
Filed under Kosher by Levi Ben Avraham
August 24, 2008
A Thumbs Down On Delice Bistro
I had a great experience at Delice Bistro and my friend the foodie and I agreed it was the best kosher restaurant in town.
Ellia Kassoff (CEO of Strategic Software Resources, Inc.) had a different experience.
Filed under Kosher by Levi Ben Avraham
August 18, 2008
Every Bite We Take
A gutsy op-ed in The New York Times has sharpened the debate over the Agriprocessors kosher meat factory scandal – and perhaps pointed the way toward rapprochement between Orthodox and non-Orthodox Jews.
Filed under Kosher by Levi Ben Avraham
July 13, 2008
Dinner At Delice Bistro – In What Life?
A month ago, I wrote on here that Delice Bistro was the best kosher restaurant in town.
I hadn't yet eaten at Delice. I wrote that post on the recommendation of a friend who knows food. I don't know food. My favorite restaurant in the world is Poquito Mas but I shouldn't eat there because it's not kosher.
Filed under Kosher by Levi Ben Avraham
July 10, 2008
Kosher Markets On Pico Blvd
Best Place to Get Into a Fender-Bender With a Black Hat: Elat Market Parking LotThe frenzied chaos that overtakes the Elat Market parking lot must be a testament to how good their groceries are. Whether it's innocent-looking Orthodox mothers (with infants in car seats) crossing off their produce list, or hungry men in traditional garb on a Talmud break, or eager yeshiva students racing for the last box of matzah, no one gets in, out of, or through the Elat Market lot unscathed. Just try to enter, exit or drive safely up Wooster Street without honking your horn, slamming on your breaks, stopping short, cursing your brains out and then, finally, getting hit — this is what happens when Jews go food shopping. 8730 W. Pico Blvd., Los Angeles. (310) 659-7070.
Filed under Kosher by Levi Ben Avraham
Rabbi Haim ben Yisrael Benvenisti penned the first ruling on the 'fish with the sword,' writing that Jews eat the fish, despite the fact that it does not have scales once it has landed, since 'when it comes out of the water, due to its anger, it shakes and the scales are thrown off'
Q All my teachers tell me that swordfish is not kosher, but my grandfather insists that his family ate it when he was a kid. Can you explain this?
Filed under Kosher by Levi Ben Avraham