Kosher

Knesset repeals 2021 kashrut reform, restores Rabbinate control over certification

Under the law, official kashrut certificates may be issued by the Chief Rabbinate Council, authorized local rabbis, and, within the IDF, the Military Rabbinate.

JULY 15, 2026|BySARAH BEN-NUN

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

British Jews shouldn't fear requesting kosher meals in hospitals - opinion

A kosher meal in a hospital should be boring, a footnote, one line on a dietary form swallowed up in the vast machinery of clinical care. Instead, it has become a test of nerve.

JULY 11, 2026|ByJONATHAN LIEBERMAN

Menachem Israelivitch (2nd R) and Michel Rolland (2nd L) with the winemaker and ex -director of Château Lascombes. The kosher cuvée is always a team effort.

Wine Talk: The kosher Michel Rolland

From a small importer to a global powerhouse, Royal Wine Corp reshaped the kosher wine market across continents.

JULY 4, 2026|ByADAM MONTEFIORE

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.

JUNE 3, 2026|BySARAH BEN-NUN

From Israel to America: Feeling Jewish at home and foreign abroad - opinion

After five months in Israel, returning to the US revealed stark contrasts in Jewish identity—where it thrives openly and where it feels like a minority presence.

FEBRUARY 20, 2025ByHOLLY CIN

Olim from France who arrived in Israel during the war. Illustrative

Is this cheese kosher? Lower Galilee inn appearing in Talmudic stories excavated

Subheader: The inn served travelers between Tiberias and Sepphoris and was significant enough to be mentioned in the Talmud, where it appears in two distinct stories.

FEBRUARY 9, 2025ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF

Is the cheese kosher? Lower Galilee Talmudic inn excavated.

Take it from a German Jew: The AfD and its supporters aren’t making Jews safer

The threat AfD poses to Jews goes beyond rhetoric. If the party’s ideas on animal protection were to become law, it would become very difficult to keep kosher in Germany.

JANUARY 29, 2025ByJOSHUA SCHULTHEIS/JTA

Elon Musk is seen on a large screen as Alice Weidel, co-leader of Germany's far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) party, addresses an election campaign rally in Halle, Germany, Jan. 25, 2025.

Dolphin Yam, former seafood dining icon, goes kosher - review

Owners Yonatan Cohen and Eyal Dolev say the decision to become kosher was purely personal.

JANUARY 26, 2025ByLINDA GRADSTEIN

Yad Vashem chair denounces Musk's statements to far-right German party rally

Musk spoke in favor of voting for the far-right party, saying 'I'm very excited for the AfD; I think you're really the best hope for Germany...fight for a great future for Germany,'

JANUARY 26, 2025ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF, REUTERS

Elon Musk appearing before an AfD conference, January 25, 2025

How gut health and lifestyle habits could prevent Parkinson’s disease – opinion

New research shows plant-based diets and exercise may reduce Parkinson’s risk.

NOVEMBER 21, 2024ByALAN FREISHTAT

PROF. ALON SAMACH of the Hebrew University’s Agriculture Faculty examines passion fruit plants at the campus greenhouse, in Rehovot, 2017. The faculty discovered that a species of the fruit can help cure Parkinson’s and Alzheimer’s disease.

Return to Sepharad: A look at Spain's kosher winery

How wonderful it is that these wandering Sephardim have returned to Spain after a journey of 500 years in order to make wine.

NOVEMBER 14, 2024ByADAM MONTEFIORE

Clos Menorah is the Cohen family's flagship wine.

From snout to tail, a 3,000-year history of Jews and the pig

Rabbi Menachem Genack, the CEO of the Orthodox Union’s kosher division, cited "sensitivities to the consumer" for why "Impossible Pork" wasn't kosher certified.

OCTOBER 13, 2024ByANDREW SILOW-CARROLL/JTA