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Rachel Ringler

JTA correspondent

Posted inFood, U.S., Jewish Life, News

From L.A. to NYC, can Israeli bourekas enter the American fast-food mainstream?

by Rachel Ringler April 2, 2025April 4, 2025

(JTA) — When Gal and Uzi Waizman opened a shop in their Los Angeles neighborhood that was solely devoted to bourekas, a stuffed pastry ubiquitous in their native Israel, they weren’t sure whether locals would go for them. “The first day we made a batch and said, ‘OK, let’s see how this goes,’ and Uzi […]

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Joan Nathan, pioneering Jewish food maven, dishes all in her new autobiography

by Rachel Ringler April 15, 2024April 15, 2024
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Israeli American artist creates ‘regendered’ version of the Hebrew Bible

by Rachel Ringler February 29, 2024March 6, 2024
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New cookbook showcases Auschwitz survivors’ recipes — and resilience

by Rachel Ringler and JTA September 1, 2022

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