RSS Feed
What Is Tahini? From healthwholeness.com Tahini is an oily Middle Eastern paste made from ground sesame seeds. You can get light or dark tahini – the light one is made out of white sesame seeds, creating a light golden paste and the dark one is made from black sesame seeds and has a much more […]
Posts Tagged ‘hummus’
The health benefits of Tahini plus 24 Healthy Recipes (That Aren’t All Hummus!)
December 22nd, 2021 
Awake Goy 
Posted in 
Tags: 
There is nothing ‘Israeli’ about shawarma, hummus, falafel, or arayes
July 2nd, 2021 Awake Goy A “Taste of Home” food festival to be held in Philadelphia on June 20th initially included a truck for Israeli food, but the invitation was withdrawn after Palestinian solidarity activists objected to its inclusion. A furor followed from pro-Israel advocates, and organizers decided to cancel the event in its entirety. Philadelphia’s “Taste of Home” food festival disinvited […]
How a former Israeli Hummus maker ended up running for Dutch parliament
October 9th, 2020 Awake Goy Download App© Haaretz Daily Newspaper Ltd. All Rights Reserved News and Partnerships Life and Culture Columnists and Opinion Haaretz Heb and TheMarker Haaretz.com, the online edition of Haaretz Newspaper in Israel, and analysis from Israel and the Middle East © Haaretz Daily Newspaper Ltd. All Rights Reserved Views: 0
With Bamba and authentic hummus, an Israeli ‘makolet’ grows in NYC
August 22nd, 2020 Awake Goy NEW YORK — Holyland Market is geographically located in the East Village neighborhood of Manhattan, but a peruse through its narrow aisles takes you straight to Israel. Stocked almost entirely with Israeli products, one could easily be convinced that they’re having a snack attack in Tel Aviv, Jerusalem, Kiryat Shmona or Ashkelon. If you haven’t […]
Letters to the editor: Respect the hummus people
August 18th, 2020 Awake Goy 
Download App© Haaretz Daily Newspaper Ltd. All Rights Reserved News and Partnerships Life and Culture Columnists and Opinion Haaretz Heb and TheMarker Haaretz.com, the online edition of Haaretz Newspaper in Israel, and analysis from Israel and the Middle East © Haaretz Daily Newspaper Ltd. All Rights Reserved Views: 0
No, Rachael Ray, hummus is not Israeli: How and why Palestinian culture gets erased
December 30th, 2017 Awake Goy Rachael Ray, an American celebrity chef and television personality, posted a tweet claiming hummus to be an Israeli dish, alongside tabbouleh, meze stuffed grape leaves, and an assortment of dips familiar to the Arab world. So, here’s the thing: the state of Israel was created in 1948, but the indigenous Arab occupants of what is […]
Ellen DeGeneres gets pushback for promoting Sabra Hummus
May 14th, 2017 Awake Goy We regard it as newsworthy when human-rights-supporters call out American cultural figures over the Palestine question, because we see this as a hopeful trend; and the latest example is Ellen DeGeneres doing a promotion for Sabra Hummus as “America’s favorite hummus” and her ad getting panned by a bunch of folks on her twitter feed. […]
Watch Google's new Project Wing drone deliver a package
October 20th, 2015 Awake Goy Attendee Aaref Hilaly, a partner with Sequoia Capital, tweeted the video (below) together with the message: “Watching baby steps of drone delivery, courtesy of Google X.” Hilaly added that the Mountain View company’s new drone should be able to hit speeds of up to 60 mph. A short while later, Google’s new CEO, Sundar Pichai, retweeted Hilaly’s message. […]
