Kashrut
Tzohar returns to High Court, seeks order compelling Rabbinate to license it as kosher certifier
The new petition argues that, even after a ruling in November ordering the Rabbinate to decide whether Tzohar qualifies and, if so, to issue a license, the state still has not acted.
Some Jews are willing to risk their lives rather than receive a porcine transplant - study
Kosher or cruel? The Jewish ethical dilemma of factory-farmed meat
Gov’t requests three more months to present kashrut law adjustments
WJC slams EU and Belgian courts for religious slaughter ban
“The World Jewish Congress issued a rebuke to the Belgian constitutional court for upholding Belgium’s decision to ban religious ritual slaughter
Belgian court upholds ban on religious slaughter
‘Ruling brings Belgium into line with countries whose bans on Shechita date from the Nazi era,’ says president of Conference of European Rabbis.
Reforms must keep our food kosher - opinion
The issue of kashrut certification has been the center of heated debate for the last several months, with all sorts of accusations and claims of bullying and blackmail.
What must be said about reforming Israel’s kosher food supervision?
Experts should decide if these reforms will improve kashrut service and standards.
Saving shmita: What are the deeper meanings of this complicated mitzvah?
Shmita distills several important Jewish values. It qualifies our ownership of land while moderating our response to financial successes.
Matan Kahana's holy war against the religious establishment
A showdown over kashrut regulation signals a historic counterattack in the conflict between ultra-Orthodoxy and modern Orthodoxy.
Rabbinic leadership must harmonize shmita halacha with good of society
Observance of shmita once every seven years is biblically mandated as recognition of G-d’s sovereignty over the land and as a means of enforcing socioeconomic justice.
Rabbinical rebellion as dozens of rabbis vow not to recognize conversions
Chief Rabbis, Council of Chief Rabbinate, senior conservative religious-Zionist rabbis denounce govt proposals, vow to oppose them.
18 Orthodox Jewish girls pulled off flight in dispute over COVID protocol
Dutch police at Amsterdam’s removed 18 Orthodox Jewish girls from a Delta-KLM flight bound for New York on Friday allegedly because they failed to comply with COVID-19 measures.
Chief Rabbinate declares it will not cooperate with gov’t kashrut reforms
Chief Rabbi Lau said that religiously traditional Israelis and foreign visitors will not be able to understand the differences between competing kashrut authorities.
