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Celebrating Sukkot, remembering Africa

Jewish Journal October 2, 2012

There’s a certain bittersweetness to the festival of Sukkot. On the one hand, it’s z’man simchateinu, the season of our rejoicing: In ancient Israel, it marked the end of the harvest season, the time when the storehouses were full of sustenance for the coming agricultural year, the time of thanksgiving. We celebrate that today with wonderful meals for friends and family in our own sukkahs — a time of warmth, conviviality, plenty.

African migrants remain trapped at border following hearing

Jewish Journal September 6, 2012

A group of African migrants remain trapped at the border with Egypt after Israel\’s Supreme Court decided to hold another hearing next week on their situation.

A kiss of the grape — and other adult libations — in Jerusalem

Jewish Journal September 5, 2012

Wine bars, a new twist on an old theme, are drawing huge numbers of clientele in most metropolitan cities. What about the Holy City?

Circumcise your hearts

Rabbi Dan Moskovitz August 8, 2012

Consider the artichoke for a moment. It is an odd but instructive vegetable. An artichoke is prickly and surrounded by an armor of leaves protecting the soft center, the heart of the food. Boiling or steaming it loosens the protective leaves, permitting you to pick them off one by one, unwrapping the delicious gift that lies inside.

Israeli food aid groups talk of striking without needed gov’t funding

Jewish Journal May 31, 2012

Nonprofit groups that feed the needy say they may decide to go on strike for a day or two if they don\’t get up to $64 million in the upcoming budget.

Livestock disease spreads to Gaza

Jewish Journal May 2, 2012

A new case of a “novel strain” of foot-and-mouth disease has been detected in the Gaza Strip, the U.N.\’s Food and Agriculture Organization reported.

Mishap leaves Israeli brigade with seder meal of matzah and salami

Jewish Journal April 9, 2012

Israeli soldiers in the Kfir Brigade ate salami and matzah for their seder meal after a base chef heated up the real seder food inappropriately, rendering it unkosher.

Israeli needy to receive voucher for Passover food

Jewish Journal April 4, 2012

Israel\’s Social Affairs Minister Moshe Kahlon said his ministry will provide needy Israelis with a magnetic card to purchase food at local stores instead of handing out food packages.

Brooklyn food co-op rejects Israel boycott

Jewish Journal March 28, 2012

A well-known cooperative grocery store in Brooklyn voted to reject a boycott of Israeli goods. At a special meeting Tuesday night, members of the Park Slope Food Coop rejected by a vote of 1,005 to 653 a proposal to hold a mail ballot referendum for all members on whether to stop selling Israeli goods.

New boycott called over Israeli chocolate bars

Jewish Journal February 21, 2012

The leaders of Israel\’s cottage cheese boycott are calling for a new boycott over the high price of chocolate bars. The calls came earlier this week after an Israeli living in the United States posted a photo on Facebook of a receipt from a New Jersey supermarket showing that the popular Israeli chocolate bar Pesek Zman is being sold for one-third of its cost in Israel.

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Celebrating Sukkot, remembering Africa

African migrants remain trapped at border following hearing

A kiss of the grape — and other adult libations — in Jerusalem

Circumcise your hearts

Israeli food aid groups talk of striking without needed gov’t funding

Livestock disease spreads to Gaza

Mishap leaves Israeli brigade with seder meal of matzah and salami

Israeli needy to receive voucher for Passover food

Brooklyn food co-op rejects Israel boycott

New boycott called over Israeli chocolate bars

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