On the other hand
Olim from New Zealand, Australia and Britain will be familiar with that quintessential popular food called fish and chips.
It used to be served up in shops selling nothing else, with the end product smothered in salt and sprinkled with a liberal lashing of vinegar. Wrapped in newspaper, this piping hot concoction provided hungry customers with a quick and easy meal.
Those of us who kept kosher had a problem because, in most cases the fish was cooked in treif fat, and one could never know whether the fish had been substituted by a shark, which of course, was off limits.
Therefore imagine our delight now that fish and chips are a standard feature of most non-meat restaurants in Israel, with the added bonus that it complies with all kashrut requirements. At our local winery restaurant, less than a ten-minute drive from our home, we can indulge in mouth-watering fresh fish, in beer batter with non-greasy chips and dips. Although no vinegar is in sight and newspaper wrappings are unheard of, this culinary blast from the past is not to be missed.
SPINAL SURGERY INNOVATION
Another innovative medical achievement developed by an Israeli company and used for the first time on US patients.
STANDING PROUD
Facing the challenges of the present and future.
A POWERFUL INTERVIEW
Can Israel, despite all its problems, teach the USA and Europe how to succeed?
Watch this right to the end – it’s riveting.
