Miscellaneous Features

On the Jewish food scene: Kosher pork

By Rabbi Rachel Esserman

That headline got your attention, didn’t it? Well, the teaser in the e-mail, “Kosher certified pork-flavored potato chips to be discontinued,” certainly got mine. The Orthodox Union revoked its certification after receiving complaints about a product that fea…

Jewish Online Resources 8/25/23

By Reporter staff

A variety of Jewish groups are offering educational and recreational online resources. Below is a sampling of those. The Reporter will publish additional listings as they become available. 

Qesher will hold the following virtual programs, all of which take place at 3 pm:…

Jewish Online Resources 8/11/23

By Reporter staff

A variety of Jewish groups are offering educational and recreational online resources. Below is a sampling of those. The Reporter will publish additional listings as they become available. 

My Jewish Learning is holding a virtual “Mi Sheberach Moment” on Mondays at 1…

On the Jewish food scene: The Jewish national dish

By Rabbi Rachel Esserman

Question: What is the Jewish national dish? Before you rush to answer, please note that this question comes from reading “National Dish: Around the World in Search of Food, History, and the Meaning of Home” by Anya von Bremzen. The author, who came to the U.S. …

Jewish Baseball Players: Goldfarb, Cohen and Rotenberg: Father’s Day

By Bill Simons

The names Goldfarb, Cohen and Rotenberg more readily conjure up a yeshiva or a Jewish riff on the poetic, double-play refrain “Tinker to Evers to Chance” than an actual ballpark. However, on Father’s Day, Sunday, June 18, Jakob Goldfarb, Adam Cohen and Arnold Rotenberg…