The Faces and Fruits of Mumbai’s Crawford Market: A Photo Essay

By Elana Horwich
Published on April 29, 2013

Supermarkets say: Please don’t buy the dreck we sell

By Marty Kaplan
Published on March 4, 2013

I couldn’t believe my eyes. I was in a Minneapolis branch of Byerly’s, an upscale grocery chain in Minnesota. Scanning the aisles for a small extravagance for my dinner hosts, I noticed that the shelf labels included not just the price-per-unit, which I’m used to, but little blue and white linked hexagons marked on a scale of 1 to 100 – a “NuVal” score.

Putting the brakes on runaway shopping carts

By Jonah Lowenfeld
Published on September 5, 2012

On a recent Friday afternoon, Mariz Mosseri went shopping for groceries, as she does on most Fridays. She trolled the aisles of Elat Market and Glatt Mart, Pico-Robertson’s two largest kosher supermarkets, which sit side-by-side on Pico Boulevard.

A Synagogue Isn’t a Market

By Susan Esther Barnes
Published on July 11, 2012

Trader Joe’s comes up against some tough cookies

By Julie Gruenbaum Fax
Published on May 17, 2012

Trader Joe’s got slammed last week by a combination of hysteria and hoarding by kosher bakers when word leaked out that its semisweet chocolate chips were going from pareve to dairy.

Crisis-hit Greek Jews fear for their future

Published on April 5, 2012

Patricia Alcalay, 24, has been unemployed since she finished her nursing degree in December 2010. Her father lost his job four months ago, a year shy of retirement. Her older sister, who was studying abroad, meanwhile, found work in the Netherlands and is not coming back to Greece anytime soon.

Following the carp — the fish in gefilte — from lake to plate

By Jonah Lowenfeld
Published on March 29, 2012

Big fish, cheap fish; sport fish, gefilte fish. With apologies to Dr. Seuss, that’s a decent summary of the situation for carp today.

Express Lines, Personal Space, Stupid People & Meeting Weird Men

By Ilana Angel
Published on August 5, 2011

Apparent arson destroys N.Y. kosher market set to reopen

Published on April 28, 2011

An apparent arson attack destroyed a renovated kosher supermarket in New York City that was set to reopen. The Seasons market in the Kew Gardens Hills neighborhood of Queens reportedly was set alight early Monday morning, during the Passover holiday. The attack ruined the inventory and destroyed most of the building, according to the New York Post. The New York Police Department is investigating the incident.

Not a Ralphs fan in the least

By Julia Bendis
Published on December 27, 2010

Table for none?

By Amy Klein
Published on May 5, 2008

They open, they close -- will this latest entry in the kosher restaurant wars survive a year?

Community-supported agriculture grows on local Jews

By Jane Ulman
Published on January 3, 2008

Growing taste for kosher boils in U.S. melting pot

By Buzzy Gordon
Published on November 30, 2006

Kosher has come a long way from designating merely a set of obscure dietary restrictions that are strictly observed by only a minuscule fraction of the world's population. According to a 2005 Mintel Organization International report, Kosher is a $14.6 billion industry and ranks among the fastest-growing segments in the retail food business.

Smith Barney doesn’t manage this portfolio. My heart does.

By Dara Lehon
Published on September 14, 2006

Affairs of the heart are a big investment for this conservative, long-term investor.

R.E. Hard Crash? Soft Landing? Bursting Balloon? Leaking Balloon?

By Marc Ballon
Published on August 31, 2006

The Jewish Journal spoke to Cohen about the recent reversal in the local housing market.

The Circuit

By Norma Zager
Published on April 27, 2006

Circuit events news.

The Ultimate Taste Test

By Judy Bart Kancigor
Published on April 6, 2006

While this was the third year for Kosher World, it was the first time the show joined with the ethnic and halal markets, under the umbrella of the World Ethnic Market.

Valentine’s Day.com

By Amy Klein
Published on February 9, 2006

"J-ated," as in "jaded," might be the best way to describe the ennui that has set in among many JDaters these days, singles tired of the merry-go-round of endless possibility and disappointment.

In spite of that, or because of it, new dating Web sites seem to pop up every day.

Israel Real Estate Sales to Foreign Buyers on the Rise

By Greer Fay Cashman
Published on January 19, 2006

Americans seeking to buy in Jerusalem prefer the neighborhoods of Talbiyeh, Rehavia, Katamon, Baka and Sha'arei Hessed, and are willing to pay up to $1million for apartments of less than 100 square meters, Hershkowitz said. Recently they have discovered Nahlaot, he added, and many people are now buying their holiday homes in this more colorful part of Jerusalem.

Zagat for Dating

By Amy Klein
Published on December 15, 2005

Here in Los Angeles, our services are more important than our dates. (I learned this the hard way by dating my mechanic's assistant -- a budding screenwriter -- and soon had to find a new mechanic. Not worth it.)

Watch Out Ladies, Dad’s Dating Again

By Howard Leff
Published on November 3, 2005

Sure, I've dated a fair amount, but the over-70 age range is one even I haven't yet ventured into. Don't have a clue as to what those gals have on their mind. But judging from the women I do know, I'm guessing cats and jewelry wouldn't be too far off.

The Circuit

By Julie G Fax
Published on May 12, 2005

Shoshanim, a magazine for Jewish teenage girls, is celebrating its fifth year in publication with a newly designed Web site, new features and an upgraded layout.

Let My People Merlot

Published on April 14, 2005

In the beginning, there was sweet wine. Really, really sweet wine. But as the kosher market broadened, a trickle of new wines targeted to a more sophisticated audience began to raise expectations among Jewish wine lovers.

Blintzes, Cupcakes and Pasta—Oh My!

By Kelly Hartog
Published on April 14, 2005

Back in the day, Passover meant meat, matzah and potatoes for eight days of the Passover.

Latin America Aims for Northern Palates

By Larry Luxner
Published on April 14, 2005

Guarding the entrance to Bodegas Barberis, a family-owned winery in western Argentina, is a small ceramic statue of the Virgin Mary, known locally as the Virgen de la Carrodilla.

Ex-Communist ‘Burb Makes Menorahs

By Carolyn Slutsky
Published on December 2, 2004

All the menorahs made at the factory have seven branches, a departure from the nine-armed versions most American Jews light to celebrate Chanukah.

Pico’s Familiar Slice

By Julie G Fax
Published on August 5, 2004

The new Kosher Nostra is a tiny storefront on Pico Boulevard east of La Cienega Boulevard, just a block or two outside the beaten path of kosher establishments on Pico.

A Solemn Day in Santa Monica

By David Finnigan
Published on July 8, 2004

Santa Monicans call it "the accident." Upon further reflection, some residents also concede that while this word is accurate, it does not capture the enormity of what happened on July 16, 2003.

Plan Seeks to Cure High Cost of Drugs

By Idan Ivri
Published on April 22, 2004

In this presidential campaign year, the figure is ubiquitous: One out of four Americans, about 70 million people, do not have health insurance.

Israel Growing as Arms Dealer

By Leslie Susser
Published on March 4, 2004

To every black cloud, they say, there is a silver lining. Under constant threat from terrorists and hostile neighbors, Israel has become an expert in security -- and that expertise is generating huge profits.

A Sweet Dream Come True

By Naomi Pfefferman
Published on February 19, 2004

The tip jar at CremaLita in Santa Monica reads, "Make Me Fat," which is the opposite of why patrons frequent this new, kosher fat-free ice cream chain in Los Angeles.

Where the End Justifies the Beans

By Gaby Wenig
Published on October 30, 2003

Businessman Allen Gochnour is a regular at the Coffee Bean and Tea Leaf on La Cienega Boulevard, and like many of the people who wait in the line that often stretches out the door, he's not just there to grab a cup of java and run.

Slicing the Kosher Cheese Market

By Gaby Wenig
Published on July 3, 2003

Compton company Anderson International Foods (AIF) is trying to carve out a portion of the kosher cheese market for itself.

A Cup of Irony

By Amy Klein
Published on May 29, 2003

Raised Conservative and a member of a Reform temple in Seattle, Howard Schultz said it was his first trip to Israel. "I was blown away. I had a sensory overload," he told me for a story in The Jerusalem Post.

7 Days In Arts

Published on May 29, 2003

Linda Richman types be warned. The American Cinematheque's "Can't Stop the Musicals!! A Celebration of Hollywood Musicals of the 1970s and 1980s" presents the plotz-inducing Barbra Streisand Double Feature tonight.

Shuk Shopping

By Keren Engelberg
Published on May 8, 2003

Elbows out. That was the lesson that began my initiation into the ways of Valley Produce market in Reseda.

On The Road

By Amy Klein
Published on April 24, 2003

Here's what you miss when you go on an organized mission to Israel: You miss the closed-top market in Rosh Ayin, where sellers out-shout
each other over megaphones, "Underwear, girls' underwear, three for 10 shekels."

State Fund to Keep Israel Investments

By Buzzy Gordon
Published on March 27, 2003

Campus activist groups -- led by Arabs in Students for Justice in Palestine and Jews for a Free Palestine -- had been gaining ground in their campaign for divestment from Israel, to the point where the UCLA Daily Bruin editorially endorsed divestment last July.

The Set Up

By Dave Kessler
Published on March 27, 2003

For some reason, it's rare that anyone sets me up. You would think being a thin, employed, Jewish heterosexual with a full head of hair, long eyelashes and a great sense of humor would be a gimmie.

Made in Israel

By Michael Aushenker
Published on March 27, 2003

The marketing campaign was launched earlier this month in a collaboration by the Southern California Israel Chamber of Commerce, The Jewish Federation of Greater Los Angeles, the Government of Israel Economic Mission and the Israel Export and International Cooperation Institute.

Community Briefs

Published on March 13, 2003

Boost Israel's gross national product while buying its grocery products.

Honor Thy Butcher

By Si Frumkin
Published on July 25, 2002

"Stalin is our fighting strength, Stalin is our youth.... Singing, struggling and victorious, our people go with Stalin." -- from a popular Soviet song.

Changes in Attitude

By Eric Silver
Published on April 5, 2001

There were more police than customers in Jerusalem's Mahane Yehuda market last Friday morning, when Jewish families would normally stock up for the weekend. Downtown, the strolling, shopping and coffee-bar crowds had deserted the Ben-Yehuda pedestrian mall for the fashionable German Colony.