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• New flavors and fresh ideas raise hopes for a revival of Chicago area’s kosher restaurant scene

  July 12, 2018 5:07pm

  CHICAGO (JTA) — This city’s kosher restaurant scene has long lagged behind other metropolises like New York and Los Angeles — but changes might be coming. A bold forthcoming restaurant, an authentic taqueria and reports that two established neighborhood eateries are looking to change hands are raising hope for kosher diners who want more options…

• It’s the end of an era for America’s first all-kosher supermarket

  April 10, 2018 5:31pm

  CHICAGO (JTA ) — America’s first all-kosher supermarket is set to change hands, marking the end of an era for Hungarian Kosher Foods, a Chicago-area landmark for 45 years. Holocaust survivor Sandor Kirsche trademarked the slogan “All kosher, only kosher,” and since 1973 it has applied to the forward-looking kosher supermarket he founded, Hungarian Kosher Foods,…

• Why 30,000 Orthodox women belong to this recipe-sharing Facebook group

  November 2, 2017 4:28pm

  (JTA) — Getting dinner on the table is a challenge for any busy, modern family. With larger-than-average family sizes and religiously mandated dietary restrictions, however, mealtimes can be even more complex at Orthodox Jewish homes. There’s a limited number of kosher restaurants in any given area, and home-cooked Shabbat meals are often considered the highlight…

• Tufts University activists publish guide calling Israel a ‘white supremacist state’

  September 8, 2017 12:59pm

    (JTA) — Tufts University’s Hillel is described as “an organization that supports a white supremacist state” in a student-written guide to activist life at the university. The Tufts University Disorientation Guide offers information on social, spiritual, health and academic resources at the Boston-area university, but singles out Hillel and its support for Israel for…