Articles from Asaf Elia-Shalev

(JTA) — OXNARD, California — On Friday nights, in Jewish homes around the world, a familiar ritual unfolds: a blessing over wine, poured into a cup and passed around the table. That ritual, multiplied during Passover, may help explain why kosher wine is holding steady even as the broader wine industry struggles. Across the United […]

Asaf Elia-Shalev

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