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This family’s blintzes resemble the ‘flat’ version of the Torah

ENCINO, Calif., May 18 (JTA) — Three thousand years ago, we would be preparing to sacrifice seven unblemished lambs, a young bullock and two rams. Instead, today, my two younger sons and I are in the kitchen, preparing a double batch of cheese blintzes. We’re engaged in a modern version of a burnt offering — […]

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NEWS ANALYSIS Gingrich visit does little to alter political realities

JERUSALEM, May 26 (JTA) — Before and during U.S. House Speaker Newt Gingrich’s visit to Israel this week, there were fears that he would set off a series of diplomatic land mines. But as the Georgia Republican concluded meetings with Israeli officials on Tuesday, it appeared that he did little to alter the realities of […]

10 deaf workers claim Manischewitz discriminates

NEW YORK, April 2 (JTA) — Just a week before Passover, 10 Russian Jewish workers are claiming that Manischewitz — famous for producing matzah, the food of liberation — discriminates against its disabled workers. “We can’t hear the fire alarms,” Semyon Freydel, a Russian immigrant who has been baking for Manischewitz for over 10 years, […]

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