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Israeli scientists find brain’s ‘hunger switch’

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When Hebrew University of Jerusalem medical student Hadar Israeli studied a family with multiple members suffering from severe obesity and plagued with constant hunger, she found that they all shared a common mutation affecting...
Chef Elli Kriel at work in her kosher kitchen in the United Arab Emirates. Credit: Courtesy.

Delicious diplomacy: From Dubai to Akko, food as the great equalizer

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Jewish identity is invariably related to food, as witnessed through Jewish dietary laws, holiday traditions and consciousness. Retaining this identity is a matter of pride for many, and in our globalized, modern world, the...
The "North Abraxas" restaurant in Tel Aviv, on Feb. 22, 2017. Photo by Miriam Alster/Flash90.

Tel Aviv ranks among world’s top six culinary destinations

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Prestigious American magazine Food and Travel has chosen Tel Aviv among six of its most recommended culinary destinations around the globe. Other cities on the list are Palermo, Sicily; Chania, Crete; Vienna, Austria, San Sebastian, Spain;...
Dor Pintel, an Israeli tour guide who found roots in an agricultural and food venture with a friend since travel has been virtually nil since the start of the coronavirus, looks out over the Galilee, Februay 2021. Credit: JNF-USA.

With no tourists in the country, Israeli guide plants new roots (literally)

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One morning about a year ago, Dor Pintel was fast asleep, resting up for the next day’s work—guiding a family from Chicago on a professional tour of Ein Gedi and the Judean Desert. At...
Common duckweed. Credit: Wikimedia Commons.

Study: Green Mediterranean diet lessens liver fat, cuts non-alcoholic liver disease by half

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A green Mediterranean (MED) diet reduces intrahepatic fat more than other healthy diets and cuts non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) in half, according to a long-term clinical intervention trial led by Ben-Gurion University of...
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Toasting to a new normal in 2021

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After almost 10 months, who would have thought that we’d still be hunkering down and battling COVID-19 with another dark few months on the horizon? This New Year’s Eve, there will be no riotous...
Teens and their siblings can take the lead helping prepare meals. Credit: Pixabay.

Last call for summer supper!

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Even though I live in the Northeastern United States, where the coronavirus hit early and hard this spring, but is relatively in check for the moment, life is still much quieter than normal. Vacations...
Members of the rabbinic team at the ribbon-cutting ceremony at Csengele kosher slaughterhouse opening in Hungary, July 2020. Chief Ashkenazi Rabbi David Lau is at center; Chabad Rabbi Shlomo Köves of Hungary is second from right. Photo by Zsolt Demecs.

For the first time, foie gras gets glatt-kosher stamp

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The Chief Rabbinical Council of Israel approved on Monday the importation of glatt-kosher certified foie gras to Israel—an item that has not been non-glatt-kosher in the past. A member of the Chief Rabbinical Council, Rabbi...
Staff from JLM Food Rescuers take and use food from the Givat Shaul food market that would otherwise be thrown out. Credit: Courtesy.

Agencies grapple with food security in the Jewish state, as they also cultivate new...

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In early July, Knesset member Tzachi Hanegbi maintained on Israel’s Channel 12 news that those who claim to have reached the point of starvation because of economic struggles during the coronavirus outbreak are speaking “nonsense.” Israel, like...
Zucchini at a farmers’ market. Credit: Pixabay.

Staycation summer (sort of) with delicious distancing

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 Believe it or not, summer has arrived, and with it, the staples of the season. This year will be one to remember—not for the excitement and many activities, but at least for quality time...