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Kosher Restaurant Update in Atlanta, GA

Exciting news for those of you visiting Atlanta as the city has added two new kosher meat restaurants so far this year! Moshe’s Mediterranean Cuisine is located in Dunwoody. They offer a more upscale restaurant experience with a great variety of Israeli and Sephardi foods. Their lunch menu is well-priced, and dinner offers a more [...]

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Pesach Program Review: Lenny Davidman’s Pesach at the Leonardo Plaza, Dead Sea

This was my first ever Pesach not at my home (or parents’ or in-laws’, etc.), but I now understand what one of my family said over dinner one night, “I can understand how a program like this could put you off making Pesach at home forever.” The Food An unlimited supply of meats and fowl [...]

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✈ Birmingham, AL

Contributed by: Daniel Wenger | Last Date of Travel: Several visits in early 2010 Kosher Info: Not much going on here, I’m afraid. Birmingham’s shining star is the Publix supermarket on Overton Road which, in addition to having a larger-than-usual Kosher section in the regular shopping aisles, has a refrigerator case of fresh meat, chicken, [...]

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✈ Keeping Kosher in Atlanta, GA

Contributed by: Daniel Wenger | Last Date of Travel: [Author lives in Atlanta] Original article was posted in May 2008 and has been updated for 2010 Kosher Info: Atlanta has the largest amount of Jewish/Kosher resources south of Maryland and north of the southern Florida hotspots. The Toco Hills community is the focal point of [...]

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✈ Keeping Kosher in Central New Jersey

Contributed by: Daniel Wenger | Last Date of Travel: Fall 2007 Major Towns: Deal, East Brunswick, Edison, Elizabeth, Highland Park Up and Coming: New Brunswick, Linden, Long Branch Kosher Info: Supermarkets throughout the area feature large Kosher sections, and many store-brand items are certified. Central Jersey is a bit more spread out than its northern [...]

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✈ Keeping Kosher in Northern New Jersey

Contributed by: Daniel Wenger | Last Dates of Travel: [Author grew up in N. NJ] Major Towns: Englewood, Fair Lawn, Teaneck, West Orange Up and Coming: Bergenfield, Fort Lee, Paramus, Passaic Kosher Info: Supermarkets throughout the area feature large Kosher sections, and many store-brand items are certified. The Rabbinical Council of Bergen County (RCBC) is [...]

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✈ Keeping Kosher in Atlanta, GA

Contributed by: Daniel Wenger | Last Date of Travel: [Author lives in Atlanta] Kosher Info: Atlanta has the largest amount of Jewish/Kosher resources south of Maryland and north of the southern Florida hotspots. The Toco Hills community is the focal point of this activity, with fully-stocked Kosher sections in the local Kroger and Publix supermarkets, [...]

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✈ Keeping Kosher in Bangor, ME

Contributed by: Daniel Wenger | Last Date of Travel: June 2004 Kosher Info: We relied on Brookline, MA, for our Kosher food supply for all of Maine, as well as Shabbat in Bangor. As far as I can tell, that’s still the closest place to stock up on major kosher supplies. The Shul did have [...]

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✈ Keeping Kosher in Portland, ME

Contributed by: Daniel Wenger | Last Date of Travel: June 2004 Kosher Info: We stocked up in Brookline, MA, on our way up to Maine, purchasing enough food there for our trip as well as Shabbat. There were no Kosher restaurants or stores in Portland, but the Shul was hosting a Shabbat lunch for an [...]

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