richards | April 5, 2015
ROSH HA'AYIN, Israel Israel's visceral election campaign has exposed a rift that many here thought had long subsided the deep-seated schism between Jews of European and Middle Eastern descent. Mizrahi, or Middle Eastern, Jews heavily backed Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's Likud Party, while Ashkenazi, or European, Jews mostly identified with the opposition Zionist Union. That dynamic has been going on for a while, but passions have run particularly high this time, with jarring results
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richards | March 31, 2015
Haggadah Denounced Ashkenazi Injustice But Not God ippa Say You Wanna Revolution?
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richards | March 31, 2015
Kulanu Ran on Platform of Economic Change Getty Images Big Fish in Small Pond: Led by Kahlon, the son of Libyan immigrants, the Kulanu party ran on a platform of economic change. Jerusalem In Israels recent election, Yaakov Shalev, an 86-year-old Iraqi Israeli, broke his 38-year Likud streak to vote for a newcomer on the political playing field: the Kulanu party. Kulanu means all of us in Hebrew, but the party has special resonance among Mizrachim, or Jews of Arab origin.
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richards | March 30, 2015
Kulanu Ran on Platform of Economic Change Getty Images Big Fish in Small Pond: Led by Kahlon, the son of Libyan immigrants, the Kulanu party ran on a platform of economic change. Jerusalem In Israels recent election, Yaakov Shalev, an 86-year-old Iraqi Israeli, broke his 38-year Likud streak to vote for a newcomer on the political playing field: the Kulanu party. Kulanu means all of us in Hebrew, but the party has special resonance among Mizrachim, or Jews of Arab origin
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richards | March 26, 2015
Imagine if this Ben & Jerrys truck were filled with 10 flavors of kosher-for-Passover ice creams. (Wikimedia Commons) A few weeks after Ben & Jerrys founders indicated thatmarijuana-infused ice creammay one day join its product line, the companys kosher-for-Passover charoset flavor has beengenerating buzz
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richards | March 23, 2015
People listen to a broadcast of the funeral services for the seven children of the Sassoon family who were killed in a house fire in Brooklyn, New York.
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richards | March 21, 2015
Jibuk bajasheja - Oren Ashkenazi in Uruguay !!!! Gracias Gonzalo por filmar y sacar fotos! Momento mgico! Uruguay Roked 20 - 21 - 22 y 23 de Marzo 2015. By: Anairam Zerep
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richards | March 18, 2015
An Israeli voter casting her ballot in Tel Aviv, March 17, 2015. Photo by Tomer Neuberg/Flash90 Relaxing on a bench on Rothschild Boulevard here, first-time voters Ellie Ashkenazi and Ziv Oran, both 18, talked about wanting to oust Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. But they couldnt agree on which party to support to meet that end.
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richards | March 18, 2015
Brisket-stuffed cabbage. Photo courtesy of The Nosher Like many other traditional Ashkenazi Jewish foods I didnt really grow up eatingstuffed cabbage
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richards | March 18, 2015
Schmaltz is the liquid gold of traditional Ashkenazi Jewish cooking, used by peasants in the shtetels of eastern Europe and those who later immigrated to America, to make matzoh balls, chopped liver and potato pancakes, or latkes. But rendered chicken skin fell out of favor when health advocates started linking saturated fats to heart disease and clogged arteries. Local chef Jonny Hunter, however, has embraced it anew
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