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Michal Ansky celebrates spring’s bounty on Passover

Rob Eshman April 6, 2011

Here’s the first thing you notice about Michal Ansky: She’s beautiful. Tall, with long black hair and a strong, lean Israeli build. In the lobby of the Ritz-Carlton Marina del Rey, where we meet, people do double takes. She’s not quite famous here yet, though Fox TV selected Ansky from among all the cooking experts in the world to be one of three judges on its hit program, “MasterChef.” Padma Lakshmi, watch your back.

Restore kosher division, new N.Y. Gov. Cuomo urged

Jewish Journal January 3, 2011

Lawmakers, Jewish leaders and kosher businesses are lobbying New York\’s new governor Andrew Cuomo to restore the state\’s kosher law-enforcement division. Budget cuts and retirements over the last year have left the division with one employee, the division\’s director, according to The Wall Street Journal. The cuts in the department, which once employed 11 kosher inspectors, will save up to $1 million a year in salary, benefits and services, according to the newspaper, citing a state Department of Agriculture and Markets spokesperson.

Itzik Hagadol celebrates its first anniversary in Encino [RECIPES]

Judy Zeidler March 24, 2010

Arriving at the crowded restaurant Itzik Hagadol Grill in Encino is like entering the hustle and bustle of Israel. Large groups of happy, noisy people talk at once while consuming platters of wonderful salad dishes and grilled meats that overflow tables.

Rude Israeli Olympic medalist ticks off Chinese, Peres apologizes

Alison Klayman September 16, 2008

Israel’s biggest source of pride at the Beijing 2008 Olympics became its biggest blight this past week, after bronze medal-winning windsurfer Shahar Zubari called Chinese people “sh*ts” in an interview published September 5th in Israel’s Yediot Aharanot.

Food prices squeeze Israel’s needy

Dina Kraft July 21, 2008

As the price of food staples have risen, Israel\’s poor and the nonprofit groups that serve them have been hardest hit, with some impoverished Israelis skipping meals to pay their monthly bills

New generation has a new take on Israel

Julie Gruenbaum Fax May 15, 2008

Earlier this spring, David Weiner, a 32-year-old social studies curriculum publisher from Los Angeles, went on an unlikely pairing of back-to-back missions to Israel.

No food will be wasted if Joseph Gitler has his way

Orit Arfa April 11, 2008

Rescuing excess food from Israeli corporate cafeterias on a daily basis is just one of the projects Joseph Gitler conceived about five and a half years ago when, as a new immigrant to Israel, he decided he must do something about the disturbing reports of poverty in Israel.

Israelis develop a taste for goats’ and sheep’s milk cheeses

Orit Arfa June 14, 2007

As Israel becomes sophisticated gastronomically, consumers are favoring goat\’s and sheep\’s milk cheeses over cow\’s milk varieties. Unlike their bovine counterparts, most goats and sheep are free to roam and graze, antibiotics aren\’t usually a part of their diet, the cheese and milk contain less lactose and the taste is unmistakably distinct.

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