Genetically engineered salmon: Coming soon to a bagel near you?

Published on April 11, 2013

Do you want to be experimented on by eating sushi or bagels and lox made with a new type of salmon with eel genes in it – salmon which hasn’t been adequately tested for safety of human consumption?

PRO PROP 37: Should genetically engineered foods be labeled?

Published on October 3, 2012

Did you know that you have been enrolled in the largest research study ever conducted in the United States, but you never signed a consent form or agreed to participate? That’s because since 1996, you — and basically everyone you know — have been eating genetically engineered foods.

Salmonella outbreak linked to smoked salmon brand sold by Costco

Published on October 2, 2012

Smoked salmon tainted with salmonella bacteria has sickened hundreds of people in the Netherlands and the United States, sparking a major recall, health authorities said Tuesday.

What Happens in the Sukkah….

By Rob Eshman
Published on October 5, 2009

Remembrances of Passover Food Past

By Linda Morel
Published on March 21, 2002

Many people feel passionately about foods associated with Passover, the Jewish holiday claiming the largest number of courses per meal, but not everyone has the talent to weave tasty morsels into literature.

Piscatorial Compassion

By Jane Ulman
Published on February 22, 2001

"Fish is meat," announces Danny, my 9-year-old vegetarian son.

"Fish is fish," responds Larry, my 50-something pescetarian husband.

Judaism backs up Larry, classifying fish as pareve, neither dairy nor meat, and telling us that fish first appeared almost 6,000 years ago, on the fifth day of creation, when God commanded, "Let the waters bring forth swarms of living creatures" (Genesis 1:20). God later elaborated, "anything in water, whether in the seas or in the streams, that has fins and scales -- these you may eat" (Leviticus 11:9).