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Trayf That Isn’t Trayf
Take the bug, leave the pig
When you look at lists of kosher foods, invariably nestled alongside the usual suspects (cow, chicken, fish with scales), you see some wild-cards: Gazelle, for example, and addax, whatever addax is (looks a lot like gazelle). Last week in Jerusalem, some folks cooked up a special feast featuring exotic-but-kosher animals, prepared under the laws of kashrut, and had themselves quite a time. Swordfish! Buffalo! Grasshopper? Hrmm. Maybe just let us know when you find the kosher versions of lobster and bacon.
The Mideast Crack-Up
Robert Worth, David Goldman, Edward Luttwak, Amos Harel, Nathan Thrall, and Lee Smith on the new Arab map
When Berlin Meant Business
Berlin was once home to 50,000 Jewish-owned businesses. A historian is now obsessively reconstructing their demise.
In Praise of Dairy Restaurants
A visit to B&H Restaurant on Second Avenue brings back memories of milchig establishments of yore
Curse of the Survivor
Singer Vera Gran was haunted by allegations of Nazi collaboration. A new book asks if survival made her guilty.
