A few years ago, walking down the hallway in my children’s school, I turned to a friend and said, “Is it my imagination, or are the kids getting heavier?” She smiled indulgently. A study done in ...

SECAUCUS, New Jersey (JTA) — At Kosherfest, the world’s largest kosher trade show, Yiddish and Hebrew is heard alongside English. Some 6,000 kosher-food insiders packed the massive hall, chatting, ...

NEW YORK (JTA) — When the world’s first lab-grown burger was introduced and taste-tested Monday, the event seemed full of promise for environmentalists, animal lovers and vegetarians. Another group ...

Another role played by religion in the vegan craze is more indirect. Vegan-style eating has been made easier, thanks in part to the laws of kashrut, which have spawned many parve food products to ...

When I first started keeping a kosher home, the biggest change was dessert. True there were new sets of dishes to keep track of, and combinations of foods that were not allowed, but the thing that ...