News for Kashrut Supervision How do you make Israel and Torah relevant to US Jewish kids?From kosher food to synagogue security to summer programs in Israel - inside OU's efforts to strengthen Jewish identity & fight assimilation Lakewood sandwich shop threatened after hanging Israeli flagKashrut agency orders sandwich shop to remove 'Zionist' flags or lose kosher certification. Female soldiers to serve as kashrut supervisorsIDF to draft women to serve as kashrut supervisors. Though position has been open to women for years, policy never implemented until now. 'Kashrut Law is bad; increases corruption'Rabbi Rafi Feuerstein explains why he torpedoed MK Smotrich's law to improve kashrut: 'We demanded basic kosher package for traditionals.' Attorney General threatens Chief RabbinateAG threatens unless kosher supervisor's wages severed from business owners as Supreme Court ordered, kashrut monopoly will be canceled. Tzohar's kashrut agency suffers a major blowAttorney General rules restaurants cannot display certificates from kashrut organizations other than the Chief Rabbinate. Tzohar is wrong: We need a national kashrut system in the Jewish StateResponse to Rabbi Eliezer Melamed's article in favor of the Tzohar private kashrut initiative established to compete with the Chief Rabbinate's official nationwide certification in an attempt to replace it. 'They're trying to undermine the Rabbinate'Shas MK attacks Tzohar rabbis following establishment of alternative kashrut, 'They didn't accept losing the Chief Rabbinate elections.' Kosher competition? Tzohar launches new Kashrut authorityRabbinical group opens alternative Kashrut authority to certify Israeli restaurants, ending Rabbinate monopoly on certification. The IBA “investigation” of the Rabbinate’s Kosher CertificationIsrael Broadcasting Authority or Anti-Religious Broadcasting Authority? Skewed reporting and investigating is rampant in the case of the Rabbinate's kashrut certification- and not only there. Rabbi Stav: Privatize 'kashrut monopoly'Chairman of liberal Tzohar rabbis' organization calls to create Orthodox alternatives to kashrut offered by Chief Rabbinate. 'Privatizing kashrut certification will lead to lower standards'Supreme Court to rule on petition to allow other bodies besides Rabbinate to grant kashrut certification. Kashrut certification procedures to be revised?The committee supervising Kashrut certifications is recommending significant changes in Kashrut regulations. 'Hypocrisy of the first order'Supreme Court to hear Reform petition Tuesday seeking to allow private kashrut certification, end Chief Rabbinate monopoly. Bill: Privatize kashrutProposal seeks to transfer kashrut authority from Chief Rabbinate to private "kashrut corporations." Report: Rabbinate to privatize Kashrut supervisionProposed new plan would reduce Rabbinate's role to regulator of Kashrut, in dramatic departure from current status Leading rabbis call for female kashrut supervisorsRabbis Israel Rosen and Ratzon Arusi say women can be allowed into the profession, with caveats. No More Kosher Food from EgyptViolence in Egypt finally puts an end to kosher food exports. New in Tel Aviv: Tech-Friendly Kosher CertificateNew technology allows diners to check kosher certification themselves. What Makes for Tasty Borekas? It's in the ShapesThe heads of Israel's kashrut establishment emphasized the importance of sticking to the "borekas protocol". Rabbinate: New Year's Eve Parties 'Not Kosher'The Chief Rabbinate warned hotels and restaurants that their kashrut certificates were at risk if they held New Year's Eve parties |
