Kosher

What does the kashrut reform repeal mean, and could it raise food prices? - explainer

The reform was designed to move Israel’s kashrut system away from one controlled almost entirely by the Chief Rabbinate and local rabbinates, and toward a regulated market.

KASHRUT CERTIFICATION at a Jerusalem eatery – will the rabbinate’s monopoly be broken?
Raz Shabtai, the founder of, Mutra, a kosher restaurant in Miami.

Mutra becomes first kosher restaurant to earn Michelin star

REPRESENTATIVES OF the Chief Rabbinate of Israel cross Jaffa Street in Jerusalem as they deliver a kosher certificate to a local restaurant.

Kosher certification in Israel: A commercial reality, not religious coercion - opinion

REPRESENTATIVES OF the Chief Rabbinate of Israel cross Jaffa Street in Jerusalem as they deliver a kosher certificate to a local restaurant.

Time for Israel’s non-kosher public to push back - opinion


Grapevine August 18, 2023: It’s party time

Movers and shakers in Israeli society.

 A TOAST and a taste of new wines in the Barkan Altitude series. (From left:) Ido Lewinson, Olivier Prati, Lee Boldes, and Nir Gil.

The A-Z of kosher vacations

The Jerusalem Post Podcast - Travel Edition, Episode 65

 Passover in Rhodes

Kosher food: A definitive key ingredient of Jewish identity - opinion

While the specific laws of kashrut are mysterious, the broader notion of regulating our diet is obvious. Kosher dietary laws always forged Jewish identity. 

 OUR EXPERIENCE of keeping kosher shifts along with food culture and production methods.

Shifra & Jamil: The stand-out restaurant of Herzliya Hills - review

The meal format is classic steakiya. It starts with big, round lafa bread – served hot from the taboun oven – and a tableful of 15 salads. These are all authentic Iraqi specialty salads. 

 Shifra & Jamil

Butchery: A Beersheba landmark restaurant - review

Now in its ninth year, the restaurant is known for its quality meat, fine service, and old-world ambiance.

 Butchery

Roots: An Israeli dream of coexistence come true - review

Roots is owned by two partners, a Muslim and a Jew who have been friends since kindergarten. And besides serving excellent food in the most picturesque surroundings, it is also a model of coexistence

 Roots

Jerusalem Biblical Zoo welcomes birth of new baby giraffe

Mazal tov: Baby South African giraffe Eli is born at the Biblical Zoo

 THE ‘STIFF-NECKED people’ get a new long-necked wonder.

Not just ‘Pan-Asian’: A taste of authentic Far Eastern cuisine in Israel

As a country that is always a little behind and with Asian immigration slowly increasing, influence on cuisine in Israel is only starting to lay deep roots.

 The entrance to Seoul House in Jerusalem.

What it's like for a religious Israeli family to vacation on a cruise

There are plenty of articles and videos out there with advice on how to get the most out of a cruise, but not many about the experience of speaking in Hebrew, eating kosher food, and spending Shabbat

 THE ‘RHAPSODY of the Seas’ glides on the water.

The Israeli food revolution - opinion

ABOVE THE FOLD: In other words, Israeli food has come of age internationally. The people, the products, and the places have exploded. And to that I say: Enjoy! Be’tayavon!

 Corks in wine bottles