Miami kosher restaurant Mutra made history as the first of its kind to earn a Michelin star, one of the most prestigious honors in the culinary world.

“Growing up in Jerusalem, I was surrounded by incredible flavors, spices and food that told stories. I wanted to bring that same feeling here, not only for the local Jewish community, but for all of South Florida.”

Chef Raz Shabtai and his team celebrate as they learn that their… pic.twitter.com/Jdd1Bp6mIm

— Hen Mazzig (@HenMazzig) May 28, 2026

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The airline has not indicated whether the flight attendant involved would face any consequences or if staff would receive additional training on respecting religious dietary requirements.

By Jewish Breaking News

Air France is facing scrutiny after a flight attendant allegedly labeled regular meals as kosher and served them to a Jewish family on a flight from Mauritius to Paris last month.

Traveling with eight family members, including children as young as 3 and an elderly relative of 73, Divora Marinelli had ordered kosher meals in advance for their 12-hour flight.

Upon check-in, the family was informed their kosher meals wouldn’t be available. Already facing a long journey without proper food, they boarded the plane resigned to hunger, she tells DansDeals.

What happened next went beyond mere inconvenience.

After takeoff, flight attendants served the family meals with “KSML” written on them—the standard industry abbreviation for kosher meals. But Marinelli quickly realized something was wrong. The meals weren’t kosher at all.

Instead, a flight attendant had apparently taken regular meal trays and simply written “KSML” on them, presenting them as kosher-compliant.

By the time Marinelli discovered the deception, some of her children had already begun eating the non-kosher food. Her son had even directly asked a flight attendant if his meal was kosher, to which the attendant reportedly confirmed it was.

Marinelli immediately alerted the lead flight attendant, who investigated the situation. According to Marinelli, the supervisor confirmed that another crew member had indeed marked regular meals as kosher and distributed them to the family under false pretenses.

The lead flight attendant then proceeded to document the incident in an official report.

According to DansDeals, the airline’s response has been minimal. Each affected family member received a 30 Euro voucher as compensation.

More troublingly, Air France has not indicated whether the flight attendant involved would face any consequences or if staff would receive additional training on respecting religious dietary requirements.

When the story gained traction on social media, Air France issued a statement claiming otherwise.

“Due to a supply shortage at the local caterer, customers were informed when they arrived at the airport that their special meals would be unavailable and that vegetarian product trays would be provided as a replacement. Once on board, these trays were served to them, marked by the local caterer KSML, purely so that they could be identified by the crew to facilitate service,” the Airline wrote on X.

“Air France regrets this confusing identification and points out that the crew never intended to mislead customers about the quality of the tray offered and that customers were well aware of the vegetarian meal served.”

However, Marinelli firmly says she was “absolutely not informed” that a vegetarian product would be offered and would have refused that, noting that other religious Jews were on the flight as well.

She also disputed Air France’s claim about unintentional mislabeling, referencing the report filed by the lead flight attendant.

When asked by DansDeals whether they would provide a copy of the report, Air France responded, “We do not have any further comments beyond the statement we shared.”

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Elite non-kosher Tel Aviv eateries get temporary kosher certification to provide meals for IDF soldiers.

By World Israel News Staff

Restaurants in Tel Aviv catering to the city’s largely secular diners have become kosher – albeit temporarily – to aid in the war effort against Hamas and other Gaza terrorist organizations.

Among them is the “Ha’Achim” Israeli-style bistro on Tel Aviv’s Ibn Gabriol Street, founded by brothers Assaf and Yotam Doktor twelve years ago.

A decidedly un-kosher establishment, Ha’Achim was issued a temporary kosher certification, after its kitchen underwent a special process to render it fit to prepare kosher food for the war effort.

Along with other restaurants, Ha’Achim is preparing and packing meals for soldiers.

After initial shipments were declined at the Nevatim base, due to the soldiers’ religious needs, multiple elite Tel Aviv restaurants decided to kasher their kitchens, rendering them suitable for cooking kosher meals. In some cases, restaurants were assisted by the Tzohar outreach organization.

Aware that the change is temporary, Tel Aviv’s chief rabbinate is provided oversight and kosher certification through Friday.

Temporary Kosher certification for Ha’Achim restaurant in Tel Aviv. (Twitter)

Other restaurants in Tel Aviv who have gone kosher for the war include “a,” a Japanese-style restaurant in the Azrieli Sarona Tower, and Taizu, which specializes in Southeast Asian cuisine.

“On Sunday, we turned the restaurant into a logistical center for preparing and distributing food for everyone who needs it,” Ha’Achim co-owner Yotam Doktor told Globes.

“Since Sunday, we’ve been sending out about 20,000 meals per day.”

“This arrangement worked without a problem until Monday evening, when a truck carrying 2,000 meals to the Nevatim base was not allowed in. The food was thrown away and the soldiers went hungry.”

“It was very frustrating for us and we did not understand why it happened.”

Yotam said that in the name of Israeli unity, particularly after the divisive national debate over the judicial reform, he and his brother decided the restaurant would become kosher.

“This war, like all the wars until now, will be won by Israeli society. One of the reasons we got into this situation is because Israeli society wasn’t united. If we don’t wake up and come together, our situation will get even worse. The IDF reflects all of Israeli society.”

“Let’s work together, let’s cooperate.”

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“Where I saw anything against the Jewish community, it was coming from the EU,” said former Northern Ireland secretary of state Brandon Lewis. 

By Debbie Reiss, World Israel News

The European Union tried to block Jewish access to kosher food in Northern Ireland, the country’s former secretary said in response to allegations made by British Conservative leadership contender Liz Truss about the “woke” civil service.

Truss last week said “wokeism” in the civil service has led to “creeping antisemitism.”

Sky News‘ Niall Paterson queried former Northern Ireland Secretary Brandon Lewis about the claims of “widespread” antisemitism in the civil service, asking, “Where is it?”

Lewis, now the Member of Parliament for Great Yarmouth, answered: “Where I saw anything against the Jewish community, it was coming from the EU who were trying to block the Jewish community of Northern Ireland from getting access to kosher products.”

Truss “outlined that she came against challenges in the Foreign Office about having to deal with some of these issues. She broke through that,” he went on.

“Where I saw anything against the Jewish community it was coming from the EU who were trying to block the Jewish community of Northern Ireland from getting access to kosher products. That’s what dealing with the Northern Ireland protocol was all about,” he added.

Truss’ allegations prompted outrage from civil service union leaders and Labour MPs, who attacked her comments.

Last year, the Jewish community in Belfast, Northern Ireland’s only surviving Jewish community, suffered meat shortages, which were attributed to post-Brexit paperwork, the UK Jewish Chronicle reported at the time.

Patterson on Monday pressed Lewis, saying that every civil servant he had spoken to had refuted Truss’s claims of antisemitism.

Lewis said: “I don’t think that’s the point she was making at all. The Liz Truss I’ve worked with, whether it’s on Northern Ireland issues or defending and protecting the Jewish community has been absolutely at the forefront of what is right.”

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