Israel – Decision to Change from Borekas to Low-Fat Yogurt Sparks Ministerial Food Fight

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    Jerusalem – Israeli Cabinet Secretary Zvi Hauser has apparently succeeded in doing what Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has not been able to achieve with controversial plans and statements – dividing the cabinet. Acting unilaterally, Hauser changed the menu of snacks available to ministers at cabinet meetings, the Yediot Ahronot daily wrote Monday.

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    In place of the usual fare of pastries, croissants and borekas (a dough-like pastry filled with cheese or potato), ministers were forced Sunday to sit through the weekly cabinet session munching on granola, vegetables, low-fat yogurt, and wash it all down with water instead of the usual sweetened fruit juice.

    “I reached the conclusion that the ministers needed a healthy menu with as little dough and fat as possible,” the daily quoted Hauser as saying.

    “The plan is that unlike previous governments, this government will serve its complete term of four full years. I’m just trying to make sure that all of its members will reach the finish line on their feet,” he said.

    While the agriculture minister was ecstatic about the change in menu, seeing it as recognizing “the value of agriculture in Israel,” Yediot wrote, other minsters, fearful of emerging from the cabinet with the lean and hungry look,were less happy.

    Three, whose names the Israeli daily said were available on request, “formed a coalition and stated unequivocally: ‘Bring back the borekas or there will be a government crisis’.”

    Others noted that it was difficult to sit though a five-hour cabinet meeting withoutbeing able to eat something sweet which provided energy”and keeps us awake.”

    One minister, on eyeing the granola sitting invitingly in front of him, even asked if the ministers were now being served bird food.

    Sports Minister Limor Livnat noted that the new fare was healthier, but wondered whether it was not possible to cater for both those who wanted to eat healthy, and those who preferred the usual nibbles.

    Previous cabinet secretaries have also attempted to change the cabinet menus, only to be defeated by ministerial pressure.

    According to Yediot, however, Hauser may actually be the one who succeeds. Despite the complaints, at the end of the meeting, the food had all been eaten.


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    Anonymous
    Anonymous
    14 years ago

    If a cabinent minister cannot sit through a cabinent meeting and stay awake and focused without eating junk food and sugar, he or she should be fired and the real reason should be made known. It is not a joke. With so many overweight and obese yidden in EY, they should be setting an example in healthy eating which is required under halacha rather than following their disgusting “minhag” of eating like their parents (and dying early from diabetes and heart disease).

    tooter
    tooter
    14 years ago

    A Bande Beheimas !!!

    Cadd9
    Cadd9
    14 years ago

    Can this Hauser come to my Shul. This morning for the B’nai Yissoschors Yt”z the were cheese danishes, all type ofrugalech, herring, fruit juice etc. This happens a few times a week.It’s horrible watching the obese middle aged people digging in bef0re Alenu.
    Of course when someone in the shul gets heart disease,the Rav knows clearly it’s because of the women’s tznius.

    Lawyer
    Lawyer
    14 years ago

    “Three, whose names the Israeli daily said were available on request, “formed a coalition and stated unequivocally: ‘Bring back the borekas or there will be a government crisis’.” “

    I could not stop laughing when I read this. Forget all the other issues facing the countries, WE WANT OUR BOUREKAS!

    I guess this gives the old yiddish phrase “Boich Sevara” a new meaning.

    A. Nuran
    A. Nuran
    14 years ago

    Good for Secretary Hauser! His decision will lead to healthier bodies, healthier minds and probably better decisions. And Hashem knows we could use more of those.

    Anonymous
    Anonymous
    14 years ago

    A world gone made. All mishaguim. Dictating how & what to eat, think, drink & smoke. Next, how to walk, how to talk, and, of course, what to say!

    Anonymous
    Anonymous
    14 years ago

    Any intelligent rav who cared about his congregation would have issued a similiar or stronger p’sak concerning the food served at the tish or at kiddush. Instead, many rabbonim seem to delight in watching yiddin stuff themselves with fatty and salty foods that will shorten their lives and contribute to all sorts of illness. Why don’t they care and take the lead in promoting better nutrition. Indeed, I’ve watched some of these rabbonim stuff themselves as much as others.