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    The Salt
    Genie Milgrom, pictured in 2013, stands in the entryway of her Miami home wrapped in a long family tree, filled with the names of 22 generations of grandmothers. Raised Catholic, Milgrom traced her family's hidden Jewish roots with the help of a trove of
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    Trove Of Recipes Dating Back To Inquisition Reveals A Family's Secret Jewish Roots

    Dec 22, 2019
    Many Jews were forced to convert during the Inquisition, a history often lost to their descendants. Finding recipes adhering to Jewish food customs helped one woman unearth her family's hidden past.
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    The Salt
    Challah, borscht and a bialy are among the items listed in <em>The 100 Most Jewish Foods.</em>
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    'Debatable' List Of '100 Most Jewish' Foods Leaves Plenty Of Room For Kibbitzing

    Apr 14, 2019
    As families around the country fill their freezers with matzo balls and gefilte fish in preparation for the coming Passover Seder, a new book asks: What does it mean for a food to be Jewish?
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    The Salt
    The bagels for sale at Skokie's New York Bagel & Bialy, which opened in the Illinois town in 1962, are as good as any you'd find in the Big Apple. In the post-World War II era, the town became a hub for Jewish Holocaust survivors, and synagogues sprouted
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    Skokie, Ill., Has Great Bagels — And An Even Better Story Behind Them

    May 16, 2018
    When Jewish sisters were hunting for bagels to properly mourn their mother's passing, their hometown came through. The town has been a hub of Jewish soul food — and survival — since post-WWII.
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    The Salt
    Rabbi Avremi Zippel, the program director at Chabad Lubavitch of Utah, during an appearance on Fox 13 to talk about Passover food.
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    For Passover, These Orthodox Jews Are Cooking On Live TV

    Mar 30, 2018
    Chabad-Lubavitch Jews don't watch TV, but they'll often appear on on local news across the U.S. during holidays. Their goal: to share recipes, promote Jewish observance and educate the general public.
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    The Salt
    Syrian-Style Haroset, a Passover spread made with apricots and pistachios.
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    Move Over, Brisket. There Are Fresher Foods 'Too Good To Passover'

    Mar 29, 2018
    If the idea of the same-old brisket is giving you the Passover blues this year, author Jennifer Abadi will inspire a lighter, brighter table with Jewish recipes from all over the world.
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    The Salt
    Bagels and lox from New York-based "appetizing shop" Russ & Daughters. "Especially when people aren't engaging in other parts of the practice, bagels and lox get elevated to something ritually symbolic. It's a lot of power to put on a bagel," says Leah K
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    How Yom Kippur Fasts Became All About The Feasts

    Sep 29, 2017
    The Jewish holiday of reflection and hope tends to bring everyone to the heaping table of traditional foods when fasting is over, But celebrating with a huge feast was not always the case.
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    The Salt
    Joan Nathan's recipe for hard-boiled eggs with spinach originated in Greece.
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    A World Of Flavors In A Single Dish: How Jewish Food Spread Across The Globe

    Apr 11, 2017
    Cooking legend Joan Nathan documents the worldwide reach of Jewish food in her new book, King Solomon's Table. One example is haroset, a Passover staple that's been adapted to suit many local tastes.
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    The Salt
    To make matzo brei, crumble leftover matzo, soak it, drain it and beat it with an egg or two. Then, fry it up, scrambled or omelet-style.
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    Wake Up And Smell The Matzo: A Passover Breakfast Tradition

    Apr 10, 2017
    A dish of soaked and scrambled matzo might not sound terribly exciting. But for many Jews, matzo brei is a Passover treat they look forward to all year.
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    The Salt
    Ron and Leetal Arazi kick off a NY Shuk community dinner.
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    The Jewish Food Society Wants To Save The Recipes Of Grandmas Everywhere

    Apr 03, 2017
    A new project aims to celebrate Jewish food and culture in all its diversity. It's collecting recipes from the Jewish diaspora and staging public events where stories behind the recipes are the stars.
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    The Salt
    One of the vendors at Berlin's food hall during Nosh Berlin, the German capital's first food week, sold <a href="http://www.npr.org/sections/thesalt/2014/02/22/280231765/cholent-the-original-slow-cooked-dish">cholent</a>, which he dubbed "Jewish soul foo
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    A Food Festival Celebrates The Rebirth Of Jewish Life In Berlin

    Mar 24, 2017
    The German capital is experiencing growing Jewish immigration, despite a rise in anti-Semitism. Organizers of the city's first Jewish food festival are hoping it can help foster unity and pride.
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    The Salt
    Kevin Rodriguez salts the matzo by hand. He later invested $8,000 in an antiquated salting machine to help with the process.
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    Matzo Makeover: Can The Bread Of Affliction Become A Snack Addiction?

    Mar 13, 2017
    A pair of longtime pals are trying to cheer up the flavorless Passover staple by creating an artisanal matzo that (hopefully) jumps right into the market aisle with all of the other cool crackers.
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    The Salt
    Jews commemorate Hanukkah by eating fried foods. For most American Jews, that means latkes — potato pancakes fried in oil. But other cultures toss different foods into pots of boiling oil. Take, for example, these fried and jam-filled doughnuts, called
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    Beyond Latkes: 8 Nights Of Fried Delights From Around The World

    Dec 24, 2016
    Jews commemorate Hanukkah by eating fried foods. For most American Jews, that means latkes — potato pancakes fried in oil. But other cultures toss different foods into pots of boiling oil.
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    The Salt
    Matzo ball soup is a classic recipe straight from Eastern Europe. But not all Jews from the region came to the New World via Ellis Island, as reflected in this jalapeño-inflected family recipe from chef Pati Jinich.
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    For Rosh Hashana, A Matzo Ball Soup By Way Of Mexico

    Sep 30, 2016
    Matzo ball soup is a classic straight from Eastern Europe. But not all Jews from the region came to the New World via Ellis Island, as this jalapeño-inflected recipe reflects.
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    The Salt
    Alpern and Yoskowitz want to revitalize Old World Jewish foods for the modern palette.
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    'The Gefilte Manifesto:' A Loved, And Loathed, Jewish Staple Gets Updated

    Sep 13, 2016
    Gefilte fish was a staple of old world Jewish cuisine. But many Americans can barely look at the stuff. Now two chefs in Brooklyn want to reboot gefilte fish and other classic Jewish foods.
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    The Salt
    A Passover Seder table. During Passover, Jews avoid leavened bread. But whether legumes, corn and rice are OK has long been a point of contention among Jews of European and Middle Eastern ancestry. Now, rabbis have weighed in.
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    Beans And Rice For Passover? A Divisive Question Gets The Rabbis' OK

    Apr 23, 2016
    For 800 years, Jews of European and Middle Eastern and Spanish ancestry have been split on the question of whether legumes, corn and rice are kosher for Passover. Rabbis have finally weighed in.
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    The Salt
    Manischewitz is closely associated with Jewish tradition, but it was once a huge crossover success. Sammy Davis Jr. was its spokesman in TV advertising. At one point, the typical drinker was described as an urban African-American man.
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    'Man, Oh Manischewitz': When The Jewish Wine Was Big With Gentiles, Too

    Apr 22, 2016
    The wine associated with Jewish tradition was once a huge crossover success. At one point, the typical drinker was described as an urban African-American man.
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    The Salt
    The author's mother-in-law, Jan Dale, pictured with her granddaughter Maya in the late '80s. (Maya got married this year and baked all her wedding cakes herself.)
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    Keeping Loved Ones' Holiday Recipes Alive, Long After They've Left The Table

    Sep 22, 2015
    NPR's Marc Silver lost his mother-in-law in 2005. But she remains a presence at family meals this Jewish holiday season, through his dogged trial-and-error attempts to re-create her favorite treats.
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    The Salt
    "Honey cake is considered the fruitcake of the kosher kitchen," jokes cookbook author Marcy Goldman. "The same resistance people may have to fruitcake, a lot of people have about honey cake." With her recipe — now the go-to recipe for thousands of fami
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    The Jewish Fruitcake: Honey Cake Is A Sweet And Stodgy Tradition

    Sep 13, 2015
    In symbolic hope for a sweet new year, many Jews will mark the start of Rosh Hashanah with honey cake. The cake is sentimental, but not always beloved. Here, a delectable update to the ancient recipe.
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    The Salt
    A worker stacks matzo wafers at Streit's matzo factory on the Lower East Side of New York in 2012.
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    Mourning The Matzo: Iconic N.Y. Factory To Leave Former Jewish Hub

    Apr 02, 2015
    It's the end of an era: After nearly a century, the Streit's matzo factory is leaving Manhattan's Lower East Side. This Passover will be its last there. Streit's plans to move to a new factory.
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