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The Food Issue: Kosher Wars

Oct. 10, 2008
An emerging Jewish food movement seeks to expand kosher values to include sustainability and social-justice issues. What would God say?
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Snigdha Nandipati of San Diego, California watches confetti rain down as she wins the two-day Scripps National Spelling Bee championship, May 31, 2012, in National Harbor, Maryland. Nandipati successfully spelled the word .* guetapens *, meaning to lure or ambush. UPI/Mike Theiler