“Initiative to bring religious, haredi public to Antalya for Passover holiday poses solution for recent decline in Israeli tourism to Turkey. All-inclusive kosher packages include specially imported food, separate pool, sauna time slots for women and men.” more@YnetNews.com
“A federal judge has temporarily closed a Rockland County kosher slaughterhouse accused of poor sanitary conditions. Prosecutors say New Square Meats and Adir Poultry of Spring Valley violated United States Department of Agriculture rules. Slaughterhouse managers allegedly kept inspectors out of the facility. When they finally gained access they found stagnant water, mold, and generally […]
“Koshertopia has cofirmed that The Diamond Dairy, a kosher hotspot in the Diamond District ( in the back mezzanine of the jewelry exchange on 4 W. 47th Street) has closed its doors for good. For close to 60 years, the diner, a hidden gem in the Diamond Distrcit, had been serving up Ashkenazic style Jewish food to the […]
“Outside a bookstore in the ultra-Orthodox city of Bnei Brak on the outskirts of Tel Aviv, Yom Tov Cohen contently watched as his four-year-old son flicked through one. “It is great, the kids love reading these books and at the same time they learn. It is not easy teaching your children the Bible,” said Cohen, […]
Kiryas Yoel, New York – Lakewood, New Jersey: Kol Koreh Below. According to the Lakewood Mashgiach for KJ Poultry, Reb Ahran Kaneivsky, the chicken is Nevaila. According to Satmar they are doing Bedikos that are not required in America. Update: According to Lakewood:
A Rav from Lakewood visited the Bais Hashchita in Kiryas Yoel and found […]
“The village is considering a plan to allow a business to build a large slaughterhouse to process poultry on Route 45 bordering New Hempstead. New Square Deputy Mayor Israel Spitzer said the proposed facility would enable a business already in the village to expand - keeping numerous jobs in Rockland. “The applicant is planning to […]
“A Jew for Jesus who demanded kashrut supervision from the Chief Rabbinate won a Supreme Court decision on Monday likely to spark another confrontation between the nation’s highest legal arbiter and the Orthodox rabbinical establishment. In its verdict, based on a precedent that found belly-dancing to be unrelated to kosher food, the court ruled that […]
“When City Room first heard all the buzz about kosher tequila, we were perplexed. What was it about tequila that could possibly make it kosher … or not kosher? Did the cactus have to be killed a certain bloodless way? While we are not experts like our compatriots over at the Proof blog, we decided […]
“There was a cow that had been slaughtered,” he said. No criminal charges were filed. But the incident was referred to both the Rockland Department of Health as well as town officials, he said. The cow had apparently been purchased from a livestock company in Monticello, N.Y., Weidel said. Neighbor Carol Friedman saw adults and […]
“What else accounts for his success? Recognizing a needy market. An observant Jew, Mintz was aware that many Jews would dearly love to eat ice cream (milchig) for dessert after a meal that includes meat (fleishig) — something forbidden by Jewish law. Good-tasting pseudo-ice cream without milk would do nicely. Besides, a great many people […]
” Have you ever fretted over which wine to serve your Jewish friends without having to resort to an untested Israeli import? Worry no more, there are more and more kosher wines available and even the well-known Mouton Cadet Bordeaux wines are available with a kosher label. And religious Jews need not scratch their heads […]
“Under a special settlement agreement, Lehman Schlissel will pay 200,000 euros toward a kashrus inspection fund for products imported to Israel. The settlement follows a class-action suit against the company for kashrus fraud. In the claim, filed at the Tel Aviv District Court, the plaintiff charged that the candy importer printed on its wrapper — […]
