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Even after Agriprocessor scandal, inhumane methods still used in kosher slaughtering overseas

Jewish Journal October 13, 2011

Agriprocessors’ 2008 kosher slaughter scandal provoked solemn vows of reform among producers of glatt kosher meat in the U.S. But despite some industry improvements, America’s leading kosher certification authority continues to authorize the sale of millions of pounds of glatt kosher beef slaughtered by means that animal welfare experts condemn as inhumane, a Forward investigation has found.

No fly-by-night arts complex

Ryan Torok October 12, 2011

The Santa Monica Art Studios is located in a historic hangar on the southern edge of the Santa Monica Municipal Airport, but co-founder and co-director Yossi Govrin thinks of the space’s mix of skylights, white walls and towering ceilings in religious terms.

Steps from another dimension

Jewish Journal October 12, 2011

Hofesh Shechter is unlike any other choreographer. Not only are his charged and awe-inspiring steps instantly recognizable, the 36-year-old Israeli also writes the powerful and personal music that accompanies them. And he often plays it himself, live.

Chef Micah Wexler goes global, and local, at Mezze

Jewish Journal October 12, 2011

Chefs often speak of a magical moment during their childhood, when something they tasted — a food so new and bold that it shocked them — changed their life and sent them straight to the kitchen. For Micah Wexler, 29, the chef at West Hollywood’s Mezze, there was no such moment, just a childhood spent in his mother’s kitchen.

Food Forward, gleaning the neighborhoods

Ryan Torok October 12, 2011

On a recent weekend morning, sunlight lit up a band of eager workers in jeans and T-shirts who had ventured into a backyard at a home in Northridge. They were there to pick oranges.

Soups are super for the sukkah

Jewish Journal October 11, 2011

Cold or hot, soup is ideal for the sukkah. What better way to warm up on a chilly night or cool off on a warm afternoon?

Art Spiegelman: Behind the Mouse Mask

Susan Freudenheim October 10, 2011

Wearing a three-piece suit and looking more elder statesman than the artist he is, Art Spiegelman addressed an audience of about 100 at the high-toned Soho House on the Sunset Strip in West Hollywood late in the afternoon of Oct. 9. The occasion was the taping of a conversation with book scholar Michael Silverblatt, host of the KCRW public radio program “Bookworm,” who on this occasion was recording for a new online-only program, “UpClose,” which KCRW will edit and then post on the Web on Oct. 19.

Theater as deception

Jewish Journal October 5, 2011

“The theatre has the power to both reveal the truth and hide the truth,” according to Spanish playwright Juan Mayorga, whose internationally acclaimed work, “Way to Heaven,” is currently being presented by the Odyssey Theatre.

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