Mishegaas Leftovers
Briefly:
- Streit’s factory in Manhattan closes to relocate in a cheaper locale after 80 years. (Forward)
- The Forward also features a profile of food maven Arthur Schwartz.
- Over 160,000 2-liter bottles of kosher-for-Passover Coca-Cola is made in Texas. The Texas mashgiach reports. (Jewish Herald-Voice)
- Israeli punk band YIDcore has finally given up rolling in hummus as its signature stage gig. (Australian Jewish News)
- As if fundamentalist kashrut could go no further, the waters of the Kinneret were disconnected from Jerusalem so that ultra-Orthodox Jews wouldn’t have to risk eating crumbs that washed downriver, despite several levels of filtering. Give me a frickin’ break. (London’s Jewish Chronicle)
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3 Responses to “Mishegaas Leftovers”
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Leah Koenig Says:
April 28th, 2008 at 10:59 amI learned about a lot of new-to-me Passover precautions this year. I thought shaking potential bread crumbs out of benschers (or buying a whole new set for Passover) topped the list…but disconnecting the Kinneret? Wow. At least they (maybe) weren’t buying bottled??
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valereee Says:
April 28th, 2008 at 3:11 pmWith the food crisis as it is, I would think even a punk band would rethink the idea of rolling in food.
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Michael Croland Says:
May 1st, 2008 at 9:54 pmvalereee, good point! The hummus is just the beginning, though. While onstage, Yidcore has had food fights with latkes and bagels (on separate occasions), taken Manischewitz shots out of a shofar, and made a falafel “sandwich” in the singer’s mouth for all to see.
It would seem that the reformed behavior should extend beyond the hummus moratorium. :-)
