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Making Meat Kosher: Between Slaughtering and Cooking

Blood must be removed from kosher meat, usually by salting and soaking, before it may be cooked and consumed.

Kashrut & Physical Purity

A traditionalist perspective Kashrut on gives us a physical sense of purity.

Vegetarianism and Kashrut

Moral and theological implications of vegetarianism can be seen as a challenge to the rabbinic tradition.

Kashrut Themes: Contemporary Concerns

Modern Jews balance their secular knowledge and Jewish commitments in forging attitudes toward traditional dietary laws.

Why Keep Kosher: Traditional Views

Reasoning from Maimonides, Nahmanides, and the kabbalists.

The Knish

Small Russian pies, made with a variety of fillings.

Mediterranean Food

The Jews of Turkey and Greece ate foods inspired by Ottoman cuisine.

Jewish Indian Cuisine

India's three Jewish communities have unique histories and unique cuisines.

Middle Eastern Cuisine

Like their non-Jewish neighbors, the Jews of Baghdad and Persia cooked great rice dishes, flavored with herbs.

Masgouf: Iraqi Fish

The famous fish dish eaten along the Tigris.

Red Sea Cuisine

Jewish foods of Yemen, Ethiopia, and Egypt.

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