Kosher Baker Mom Competes on Food Network’s “Candyland” & Other Orthodox Jews in the News

Times Bares Its Anti-Hasidic Bias in Covering COVID-Era Weddings
When is the religion of wedding guests worth reporting in the era of COVID-19? For the New York Times, only if it is Hasidic Jews getting married.

How a South Florida Kosher Baker Became a Dairy Queen on Food Network Show ‘Candy Land’
At her home in Hollywood, Florida, cake decorator Miriam Adar bakes nondairy kosher cakes for Jewish clients. But on TV she’s a dairy queen, firing up sweet, buttercream-y confections for Food Network’s new baking competition series “Candy Land.”

UAE Hosts its First-Ever Orthodox Jewish Wedding in Dubai
The United Arab Emirates hosted its first-ever Orthodox Jewish wedding, staging a lavish event in Dubai. The event took place at the Park Hyatt Dubai Hotel and featured some 150 participants. About half of the guests came from Israel and other countries, with the rest of the attendees being curious tourists, who had no connection to the families.

Dead Pig Found on Doorstep of NJ Rabbi’s Home in Apparent Bias Crime
A dead pig was left on the doorstep of a New Jersey rabbi over the Jewish Sabbath — an incident that’s being probed as an apparent bias crime, police told The Post on Monday. The small dead pig was discovered at the rabbi’s Treetop Lane home in Lakewood at about 7 a.m. Saturday during the weekly Jewish Shabbos that began at sunset Friday.

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