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
Municipal chief rabbis: Excommunicate rabbis who back religious reforms
A group of municipal chief rabbis have called for other municipal chief rabbis to be excommunicated should they establish kashrut authorities or their own conversion courts.
Kahana’s kashrut reforms get rabbinical backing
Senior religious-Zionist rabbis back end to Chief Rabbinate monopoly, after hardline rabbis opposed the measures.
Jerusalem restaurants excited for potential new kashrut rules
“When you don’t have competition, I think it’s bad for business,” Crave co-owner Tzvi Maller said, speaking about the potential kashrut trust-bust proposed in the Knesset on Tuesday.
Kashrut will serve public rather than politicos in new reform - analysis
With certain cafes being mistreated by the rabbinate, Tzohar steps in to supply kashrut approval.
Kashrut orgs under pressure to remove certification from Ben & Jerry's
The Australian Kashrut Authority (KA) announced that they would be removing Ben & Jerry's ice cream from their list of kosher approved products, and others are being pressured to do the same.
Kashrut reforms to abolish Chief Rabbinate kashrut monopoly
Chief Rabbinate denounces reforms, but Minister insists measures will increase competition and raise kashrut standards.
Can the new gov't resolve Israel's deepest religion and state issues?
RELIGIOUS AFFAIRS: Can the legislation that the new coalition has stated it wishes to advance actually be passed?
Drones, cameras to secure rabbis, produce during shmita year
Cooperation with international authorities and Israeli security forces has helped ensure that the laws of the shmita year can be kept.
Cafe Kadosh moves to Tzohar kashrut after ‘illogical’ demands of rabbinate
Cafe Kadosh, located in downtown Jerusalem, decided to leave their Jerusalem rabbinate supervision earlier this year following demands that the establishment put dairy labels on all display items.
800-year-old toilet reveals: British Jews ate herring, chicken, no pig
“We found that in the Jewish phase, there was no pig processing whatsoever. But in the Anglo Saxon phase, there was pig processing.”
