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Women Can Work As Kosher Food Inspectors, Chief Rabbi Belatedly Says Shmarya Rosenberg • FailedMessiah.com Speaking earlier today at the annual meeting of owners of catering halls, haredi Ashkenazi Chief of Israel Rabbi David Lau said he sees nothing wrong with employing female kosher food inspectors, Arutz Sheva reported. But for years the chief rabbinate Continue Reading »
FROM THE FORWARD NEWSPAPER Boca Raton, Fla. — (JTA) — Stroll past the kosher section of most large supermarkets in America and you could be forgiven for thinking that Jewish diets consist mainly of jarred gefilte fish, unsalted matzahs and Tam-Tam crackers. Not so at the Winn-Dixie supermarket in this affluent South Florida suburb. There’s Continue Reading »
FROM KOSHER TODAY (FEB.10, 2014) The OU will, for the first time, issue a Kosher for Passover certification for “kitniyot” foods. Kitniyot is a category of foods that were forbidden by Ashkenazic custom during Passover because they might be confused with forbidden grains. Included in this group are: beans, buckwheat/kasha, caraway, cardamom, chickpeas, corn, fennel, Continue Reading »
On page 20 of the guide, we find the section concerning kashering a microwave. 1 The microwave should be cleaned very well. 2 Do not use it for 24 hours. 3 Boil a full glass of water in the microwave for 10 minutes. It should spill over in the process. (Ed. note: nowhere does it Continue Reading »
FROM THE LO-DOWN (LOWER EAST SIDE OF MANHATTAN NEWS) This afternoon, we spoke with David Zablocki, who’s one of three guys who acquired the legendary Lower East Side business earlier this year. He told us that Rabbi Shmuel Fisherlis will allow Kossar’s to keep its hechsher (kosher certification). Fishelis, who has maintained rabbinical supervision of Continue Reading »
With a fanfare lacking only trumpets and drum rolls, the OU breathlessly announced that this year they will offer OU Pesach certified Quinoa. Here at the Kosher Nexus, we have long stated that Quinoa is automatically kosher for Pesach. And, if you buy your quinoa before Pesach, you certainly have no Pesach worries. In the Continue Reading »
Conservative Rabbis’ Wine Is Not Kosher, Israel’s Haredi Chief Rabbis Warn Shmarya Rosenberg • FailedMessiah.com Israel’s haredi-controlled chief rabbinate has reportedly issued a warning that wine supervised by rabbis affiliated with the Conservative Movement is not kosher. “The Conservative Movement is forbidden by law to authorize kashrut. Products [its rabbis have supervised]…should not be sold Continue Reading »
The grapes of beer Fruit, juice or the must added to brews is a growing trend Say what?: These hybrids actually hark back to the way people drank in ancient Egypt and China according to residue unearthed by archaeologists. (Michael Tercha/Chicago Tribune) By Zak Stambor, Special to Tribune Newspapers There’s a trend gaining steam and, Continue Reading »
Most Mickey D’s in Israel are not kosher. If you see milk shakes on the menu or cheese burgers, you know it is not kosher. Yet, there are a good number of kosher ones. Below is a list of the cities in Israel featuring Kosher McDonald’s (some have multiple). “B’Teyavon,” or should we say–”I’m lovin’ Continue Reading »
FROM KOSHER TODAY BJ’s Joins Club Store Rush to Upgrade Kosher with New Kosher Bakeries Teaneck NJ… If Rabbi Moshe Lebovits of the Kof-K Kosher Supervision has his way, it won’t be long before as many as 90 of some 190 BJ’s club stores will have kosher bakeries. Rabbi Lebovits began negotiations a year and Continue Reading »
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