Kosher

September 21, 2008

  • Kosher Meat Too Expensive

    From Boston.com:
    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. (…)

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. (…)

August 18, 2008

  • Every Bite We Take

    Andrew Silow-Carroll writes:
    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. (…)

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. (…)

July 10, 2008

  • Kosher Markets On Pico Blvd

    From the Jewish Journal:
    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. (…)

  • Battlefish

    Rabbi Shlomo Brady writes:
    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'

July 7, 2008

  • I Had Lunch At The Pico Cafe

    It is right next door to the kosher subway (I notice the crowds are a lot smaller at this subway compared to six months ago). (…)

June 22, 2008

  • Missing Ethics

    Rabbi Avi Shafran writes for The Jerusalem Post:
    A reader asks why I haven't seen fit to address ethical concerns raised by news reports about a kosher slaughterhouse/meatpacking concern in Postville, Iowa that was the subject of an Immigration and Customs Enforcement raid in May, during which hundreds of illegal immigrant workers were arrested. (…)

June 17, 2008