Where has all the Butter gone? Butter is disappearing from Israeli...
It is our family tradition on Pesach to spread butter on matzos for breakfast. But this past year, the supermarket shelves were empty of...
A Slip of a Knife // Mashgiach Yossi Goldstein was hard...
“Don’t call my wife yet,” Yossi told his boss at the meat processing plant where he was employed.
Meat was Yossi’s specialty, having worked in...
Celebrity Reporting Left Me Hungry // Kosher living nourishes me
Keeping kosher was not a priority in my childhood home in Shaker Heights, Ohio. My parents’ priorities included raising us to pursue a university...
A Man on a Kosher Mission // GE Appliances president and...
It started with a random text message from my editor early one afternoon. “Want to go to Kentucky tomorrow?”
I chuckled at the way the...
Reporting on the World of Kashrus // Rabbi Yosef Wikler of...
For most kosher consumers, the extent of their contact with the kashrus industry is when they check packages of food at the grocery store...
Revolution Redux // Political upheavals once again hit the Mideast
Last week the prime ministers of Lebanon and Iraq were forced to resign in the face of widespread popular protests. The people said they...
Rabbi Firer Fighting a Firestorm // Another left-wing attack on...
Today in Israel, words like “exclusion of women” ring very loudly, even when it comes to a musical performance held to help the sick....
Between Iraq and a Hard Place // Anything is possible,...
Recently, Turx was invited to join a group of American journalists in covering Iraq's first nationwide elections since the eradication of ISIS from its...
Impeach the President // Exclusive interview with Republican Congressman ...
One of the downsides of being in the public eye is that far more attention is paid to one’s gaffes and controversies than to...
Last Jew in Afghanistan Gets New Tefillin // Kudos to everyone...
During the three days I spent in Afghanistan in early September, I had the opportunity to spend quality time with the troubled country’s last...
