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by Ben Murane · April 28th, 2008

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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Leah Koenig Says:
April 28th, 2008 at 10:59 am
I 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??
valereee Says:
April 28th, 2008 at 3:11 pm
With the food crisis as it is, I would think even a punk band would rethink the idea of rolling in food.
Michael Croland Says:
May 1st, 2008 at 9:54 pm
valereee, 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. :-)