It’s the place to shop and be seen. On a sunny Wednesday afternoon, in between sips of overpriced lattes and bites of creamy frozen yogurt and zesty truffle bagels, four Upper East Side high school students gather around an outdoor table to giggle and gossip about who they might run into on their lunch break … Read more
The food fight over banning Israeli products from Brooklyn’s lefty Park Slope Food Coop is getting rotten — and members are saying a few bad apples are ruining the bunch. Longtime members have divided into factions — and Jewish shoppers say they have been subjected to threats of violence and intimidation for publicly opposing the … Read more
The color red has become synonymous with Coca-Cola — so why are loyal customers seeing bottles with a yellow cap in the spring? The yellow top indicates that the bottle is kosher for Passover, a Jewish holiday in which certain foods and ingredients are not consumed in observance of religious restrictions. While the classic Coca-Cola … Read more
Tali Friedman is the kosher cooking guru to politicians and celebrities — if they know who to ask. “I don’t advertise or do any marketing,” said the Jerusalem-based mother of four. “People find me by word-of-mouth.” Last summer she was spotted leading Ivanka Trump and Jared Kushner, who are Jewish Orthodox, through Jerusalem’s bustling Machane Yehuda … Read more
Rabbi Eli Chitrik’s phone buzzes. A woman is about to show up at his Doha hotel to pick up her lunch: two bagel sandwiches. It’s one of many calls and messages Chitrik is receiving these days for bagel sandwiches, freshly made in a designated kosher kitchen set up for Jewish World Cup fans who want … Read more