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Catchword for “parve”

Catchword: parve

Filed under: Hebrew

Part of speech: n.

Quotation: “They think it’s impossible for someone to live in Israel, breathing Israeli air, and have no position.” She shook her head. “They would rather have an enemy like Momo to argue with than a parve like me.” In the kosher lexicon, parve foods contain neither dairy nor meat.

Article or document title:
“Engaged to Disengage” (URL)

Author:
Barak Zimmerman

Article, document, publication, web site:
CityBeat

Publishing location:
Los Angeles, California

Dateline:
Israel

Date of publication:
Sept. 1, 2005

This catchword has yet to be researched.

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