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Posted on December 31, 2009

BOSTON—Dr. Mark Mincolla, Ph.D., natural health care practitioner at Santi Holistic Healing in Massachusetts offered his top five nutritional supplements to watch in 2010 to New England Cable News, which was posted on the Boston Globe’s Web site. Mincolla said these five supplements will be beneficial to health management in the coming year: * ACE Continue Reading »

ISRAELI KNESSET TO ATTEMPT TO REFORM KASHRUTH CERTIFICATION

Posted on December 30, 2009

From Kosher Today (Dec. 28, 2009) Knesset Set to Adopt Reforms in Kashrus Certification Jerusalem…by Idele Ross, KosherToday Israel Bureau Chief and Staff Reporters…Rising abuses of kashrus in Israel are being addressed by the Knesset Comptroller’s Committee. It is determined to introduce new guidelines to assure that eating establishments that claim to be kosher are Continue Reading »

THE NYTIMES ON CONVERTS TO JUDAISM AT CHRISTMAS TIME

Posted on December 29, 2009

This past week, the New York Times had an article about people who have already converted to Judaism a/o people in the process of converting to Judaism and the problems they face at Christmas time. The article was actually fairly sensitively written, but, at the same time, was written by someone with no knowledge of Continue Reading »

MORE ODD BALL STUFF

Posted on December 24, 2009

Years ago, when the Kosher Nexus Newsletter was in its infancy, we wrote about a somewhat unusual product. The product appeared with the Paradise label. Certification was OU, pareve. What was the product? Ham Glaze! In truth, there was nothing wrong with using the product (duh), but the name did give us pause. And probably Continue Reading »

KOSHER CANDY CANES???

Posted on December 23, 2009

The other day, we were walking in the airport. A young couple approached and offered to share “the good news about” you-know-who. We politely declined. The lady offered us a candy cane and said, “Don’t worry- it’s kosher. We were so stunned, we took it and walked away. As we walked away, we looked at Continue Reading »

ATTENTION COSTCO SHOPPERS

Posted on December 8, 2009

Snapple Juice drinks at Costco has a variety pack with Mango Madness, Kiwi Strawberry and Fruit Punch. There is an O/K kosher parve on the shrink wrap covering of the case and on each bottle of mango and kiwi drinks. The Fruit punch bottles do not have an O/K and they contain grape juice as Continue Reading »

THANKSGIVING SHABBAT IN EFRAT

Posted on November 30, 2009

We had Thanksgiving/Shabbat dinner at the home of Nate and Amy in Efrat. Amy used to be a caterer, so dinners there are always an adventure of the most wonderful sort! We began with the traditional Shabbat blessings and rituals, but Nate added one new (to me) one: We each blessed b’samim (spices) and passed Continue Reading »

ON THE ROAD AGAIN…….

Posted on November 23, 2009

As you read this, we are winging our way to Eretz Israel for a much needed grandchild “fix.” As always, we are flying El Al and enjoying a kosher business class flight- the only way to go!! We will be staying at the Jerusalem Dan Panorama hotel- our Israeli home away from home. They are Continue Reading »

SEE- IT AIN’T JUST US!

Posted on November 18, 2009

(Kosher Today, Monday, Nov 16) Thanksgiving Becomes a Major Kosher Holiday at Restaurants New York…Forget Chanukah as the leading kosher dining holiday. Thanksgiving Day, say kosher restaurateurs, has emerged as one of the busiest days on the calendar. Retailers too say that turkey sales have risen steadily over the past five years. Dave, the manager Continue Reading »

NATIONAL BIRD DAY IS COMING

Posted on November 13, 2009

Here in the USA, soon enough it will be Thanksgiving. In truth, we always celebrate Thanksgiving. Yes, we know lots of people who say that as Jews we give thanks every day, but we also believe that it is appropriate for us to join in a national day of thanksgiving for this country of ours. Continue Reading »