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Tag Archives: kosher restaurant
How Does A Kosher Restaurant Deal With Employees Who Want To Eat Non-Kosher?
Most employees at kosher restaurants in America are not Jewish. Most of them are immigrants from Mexico, most of them probably here illegally, and most of them like to eat pork products. So what does a kosher restaurant do when … Continue reading
Posted in Kashrut
Tagged bagel factory, garbage pails, kosher restaurant, kosher restaurants, separate dining room
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San Francisco Is A Tough Place To Be An Orthodox Jew
Heshy Fried blogs: “San Francisco isn’t like other cities, for a city its size it has a dismal amount of Jewish services for the observant folks. It has two kosher restaurants and a butcher, one of the kosher restaurants is … Continue reading
Posted in Heshy Fried, San Francisco
Tagged heshy, jewish services, kosher restaurant, kosher restaurants, mikvah, orthodox jew
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Jewish Journal Preparing Blockbuster CA Kashrut Expose
This well-researched story should hit the stands in a month. I’ve done some independent research and the following story is about Schwarma Express in the San Fernando Valley. It is a kosher restaurant under the supervision of Rabbi Yehuda Bukspan … Continue reading
Posted in Kashrut, R. Avraham Teichman, R. Yehuda Bukspan
Tagged jewish company, kehilla, kosher restaurant, rabbi avraham, rabbi yehuda, torah scholar
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Delice Bistro – The Best Kosher Restaurant In Pico/Robertson
The owner, Julien Bohbot, makes you feel like you are stepping into his home. He has the European class of the master restauranteur. This isn’t just a business for him, it’s a passion. The chef, Jean Claude Lashkar, is also … Continue reading
Posted in Kashrut, Pico/Robertson
Tagged ambience, first class, jean claude, kosher restaurant, lashkar
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David Suissa: ‘I Heart Shuvuot’
I got a sneak peak at excerpts of David Suissa’s column in next week’s Jewish Journal: In most suburban congregations, other than the occasional blintz offering, no one really talks about Shavout, but last week I had lunch with an … Continue reading
Posted in David Suissa, Satire
Tagged azure magazine, bagel factory, blintz, israel consulate, Jewish Journal, kosher restaurant, moroccan woman, Orthodox Union, shuvuot, vexing issues, yiddishkeit
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My Worst Experience At Delice
I’ve been going there for two years. It’s a delicious kosher restaurant on Pico Blvd just east of La Cienega. It’s a popular hang out for frum Jews. I take my cheap dates there. I usually order the same thing … Continue reading
Posted in Kashrut
Tagged bad experience, bakery, beautiful girl, cheap dates, cheese, clue, coke, correct answer, cucumber, customer satisfaction, delice, experiences, first person, five minutes, inconvenience, Jews, kosher restaurant, lunch, lunchtime, mini pastries, new friend, pico blvd, rocks, sandwich, several times, soft drink, tomato
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Only Jews Who Don’t Know Who They Are Want To Build Bridges To The Black Community
If you are leading an observant Jewish life, you don’t have time to build bridges to other communities. How can you eat with them? You can only do it in a kosher restaurant. You can’t eat on their turf. Jewish … Continue reading
Posted in Orthodoxy, Race
Tagged black mayor, close relationships, commonalities, distinct culture, fantasy world, flare ups, gentile, greenberg, jewish coalition, jewish community, jewish federation of greater los angeles, jewish law, jewish life, jewish tradition, kosher restaurant, majority culture, observant jews, orthodox jews, religious communities, tom bradley
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Mamash Bites The Dust
It’s over. MAMASH IS HISTORY. It’s closed tonight. That’s the second of two great new upscale Kosher restaurants that have closed in the past few weeks after Prime Grill recently shuttered its doors and has now been sold to a … Continue reading
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Tagged doors, fame, jewelers, kosher restaurant, kosher restaurants, mediocre food, no doubt, premiere restaurants
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PrimeGrill bites the dust? Mamash next?
Rumors are circulating that PrimeGrill has been sold to a non-Jewish group and it’s days as a Kosher restaurant are over. Stand by for further information and confirmation over the next few days. Is Mamash next? Jane IMs: "I was … Continue reading
Posted in Pico/Robertson
Tagged Beverly Hills, confirmation, few days, Israel, jewish group, kosher restaurant, lecturer, rabbi nachum braverman, Young Israel
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My Beard Bothers The World
In February 2008, I read an essay in Commentary magazine by the clean-shaven Rabbi Meir Soloveitchik on the role of the beard in Judaism. It laid out the reasons for why the beard (as opposed to the clean-shaven look) was … Continue reading →