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Samin Nosrat, celebrity chef who signed BDS pledge, shares stage with Israeli chefs

October 9, 2026October 9, 2026Jesse Orine

(J. The Jewish News of Northern California via (JR)) When celebrity chef and Bay Area food ambassador Samin Nosrat appeared this week at San Francisco’s JCC alongside two Israeli chefs, it was nearly three years since she pledged not to buy or promote Israeli food. The Chez Panisse alum and author of 2017’s smash hit “Salt […]

24 Iranian Jews remain in prison as government launches internal crackdown, sources say

June 30, 2025June 30, 2025Jesse Orine

Twenty-four members of the Jewish community in Tehran and Shiraz remain in prison as of Sunday after being arrested along with hundreds of others in a sweeping government crackdown in Iran that began as fighting ended with Israel. The arrests took in 35 Jews originally, according to a report put out Saturday by HRANA, the […]