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After several grueling months caring for coronavirus patients in Paris, kosher-keeping Jewish doctors and nurses are finally getting the gourmet baguettes they deserve — stuffed amply with smoked salmon, watermelon radish, red onions and caper dill mayonnaise. They’re all courtesy of Ellie Balouka, a 33-year-old Ohio-born chef whose colorful salads, creative stuffed baguettes and poke […]
Harsh condemnations by both Gov. Andrew Cuomo and Mayor Bill de Blasio of charedi Orthodox Jews who are flouting social distancing rules have driven a wedge, though perhaps a narrow one, between friends, straining the carefully cultivated ties that have taken years to establish. The Jewish Week reports on the politically advantageous relationship the politicians […]
Despite a steady growth in scholarly interest in the subject over the past two decades, many details of the lives of Jewish women in medieval England remain elusive. Their ways of worship, their minhagim (customs), and their interpersonal relationships are subjects of conjecture. However, one aspect of their lives in particular sheds vital light on […]