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. 

A Tzohar kashrut sticker in a window
Doctor lifting pig's kidney for transplant

Some Jews are willing to risk their lives rather than receive a porcine transplant - study

 HOW DO factory farms figure in?

Kosher or cruel? The Jewish ethical dilemma of factory-farmed meat

KASHRUT CERTIFICATION at a Jerusalem eatery – will the rabbinate’s monopoly be broken?

Gov’t requests three more months to present kashrut law adjustments


Kalo café and the kashrut certificate controversy

According to kashrut rules, a non-Jewish cook cannot light the burners (or the stove).

A STILL from the video currently circulating on social media in which Kalo owner Yaacov ben Elul discusses cook Mustafa Hawl’s years of tenure at the café

‘Kashrut shaming’ leads to backlash by celebrated falafel bar

The COVID-19 lockdown created severe difficulties for restaurants across the country which faced a catastrophic fall off in revenue during the height of the government's social-distancing.

Hummus and Falafel, Israel's favorite chickpea-based dishes

Hungary makes lockdown exception for Israeli kosher slaughterhouse workers

The initiative allows one of the only kosher slaughterhouses in Europe operating during the pandemic to remain open.

Kashrut workers arriving in Hungary

‘Mehadrin’ hotel set up for quarantined religious and ultra-Orthodox

Many of those infected with coronavirus have been placed in hotels which have been turned into quarantine centers so as not to infect their family members.

KASHRUT CERTIFICATION at a Jerusalem eatery – will the rabbinate’s monopoly be broken?

Parashat Shmini: Kashrut and love

By keeping kosher, we become holy, and thus we merit God’s holiest love and protection. And since the Mishkan symbolized holiness, this parasha was written as part of the topics relating to holiness.

‘BY KEEPING kosher, we become holy, and thus we merit God’s holiest love and protection.’

Could kosher restaurants soon be able to open on Shabbat?

The Chief Rabbinate has for a long time however refused to grant kashrut licenses for restaurants which open on Shabbat.

Yehonatan Vadai in fron of his Bab al-Yemen restaurant

Kosher wagyu beef? Yes, please

Since Segev Burger opened in our neighborhood in Talpiot about two years ago, my family have been faithful customers.

kosher wagyu

Kosher venison available in the UK for the first time in 100 years

The taste of venison - meat from a deer - is described as similar to the one of beef but more complex, stronger, "with a somewhat sweet taste to it that will remind you of both lamb and beef."

Steak from Gillis Steak House

Shabbat in Jerusalem

A source close to the orchestra told Cidor that the company received a call three hours before the festival was scheduled to open and was ordered to cancel the shows.

Eurovision Shabbat dinner Dov Lasker, an active member of the Modern Orthodox community in Tel Aviv, prepared for visitors to the event

Ask the Rabbi: What’s cooking?

KASHRUT STANDARDS in the IDF have greatly improved over the years, and we should be thankful for this.

We must ensure that a proper balance is struck so religious IDF soldiers can comfortably eat while the needs of other soldiers with different dietary practices are not unnecessarily neglected