Entries Tagged as 'kosher'

Tuesday, May 13th, 2008

Rabbi Shlomo Aviner calls to abolish army service for women

Prominent Zionist-religious leader Rabbi Shlomo Aviner rules girls must not enlist in IDF, move that he claims goes against Torah laws.

Rabbi Shlomo Aviner called on young religious women not to enlist in the army, a move he defined as a violation of Torah laws. ” “Never enlist in the army…ever,” Aviner wrote, quoting a list […]

Tuesday, April 29th, 2008

Yitchoke Meir Helfgot: MASBIA Soup Kitchen Special Anniversary

World-Renowned King of Cantorial-Music Yitchoke Meir Helfgot Serving Hot Meals at MASBIA soup Kitchen in the Month of its Third Anniversary. (PRNewsFoto/MASBIA.org) Three years ago, a welcomed guest arrived in the streets of BoroughPark Brooklyn. It wasn’t a famous rabbi or scholar, nor was it a well-knownpolitician coming to campaign in a neighborhood considered […]

Friday, April 18th, 2008

“On Eve of Passover, Bread Stirs Deep Thoughts in Israel” NYtimes

JERUSALEM — Israel’s public debate shifted this week from Hamas to hametz. But it remained no less heated.

The focus of the debate here is a ruling by a Jerusalem municipal judge overturning the convictions of four shops and restaurants for having sold pizzas and rolls during the holiday last year despite a law that many […]

Friday, April 4th, 2008

Strauss to Label Non-Cholov Yisroel Products

“Strauss, one of Israel’s leading dairy companies, will prominently label products that contain ingredients derived from cholov nochri according to a compromise agreement submitted in court after a class-action suit was filed against the company.According to the plaintiffs, Strauss misled kosher consumers who avoid dairy products containing milk ingredients produced outside of Israel. The arrangement […]

Monday, March 24th, 2008

Yeshivat Rambam Separates Boys and Girls

I’m at Yeshivat Rambam, ther’s a meeting with what are supposed to be big announcements. I’ll update this post with details. Rumor is they are announcing that they will have separate buildings.”60% of families that looked at rambam but did ot send their kids said it was because of the co_ed. stats in favor of […]

Sunday, February 24th, 2008

Lipa Schmeltzer Backs Out Of Big Event Concert!

Do you think the “Big Event Concert” should be banned? cast your vote. VOS IZ NEIAS
“Yeshiva World has just spoken to Lipa Schmeltzer (Motzei Shabbos 5:45AM EST) and he has informed us that he will not be singing at the “Big Event Concert”. This decision was reached after he consulted with Daas Torah, and […]

Monday, February 18th, 2008

Shatnez. ” TEACHING A KOSHER SKILL IN A LAKEWOOD BASEMENT”

LAKEWOOD — The labels are not to be trusted.In a small basement cluttered with suit racks and rows of microscopes that conjure an image of Men’s Wearhouse meets high school science lab, Rabbi Yoel Shocket holds up a navy blue pinstripe with a tag boasting 100 percent wool. A dissection of the lining inside the […]

Monday, February 18th, 2008

El Al Mehadrin Audio & Video Channels

Mostly Music is proud to announce the mehadrin audio & video channels on El Al Israel Airlines. Many Jewish music fans are already enjoying the Mostly Music – Jewish Music […]

Friday, February 15th, 2008

Rav Aron Schecter Writes Letter Against Flatbush Shaitel(Wig) Store

Boycott Against Flatbush Shaitel (Wig) Store Over
YWN had posted a letter from Rav Aron Schecter Shlita a few weeks ago  calling on people not to enter a Shaitel store on Coney Island Avenue. The store, located across the street from Yeshiva Chaim Berlin had refused to remove large inappropriate photos of women hanging in […]

Tuesday, February 5th, 2008

The ‘king of kosher bakeries’ celebrates 35 years

You don’t have to do more than glance into the window of Moishe’s Bake Shop at 115 Second Ave. to know that this store is the real thing — the king of kosher bakeries in Manhattan.
You’ll see platters piled with traditional Jewish noshes like hamantashen, rugelach, mandelbrot, sugar kichels and chocolate babka, pastries baked the […]

Monday, February 4th, 2008

Kosher food to land in vending machines. USA today

Travelers on a kosher diet will get more options later this month at New York-area airports. Kosher Vending Industries, a Valley Cottage, N.Y.-based company, has a contract with New York John F. Kennedy and Newark Liberty airports to install kosher-food vending machines at their facilities.At JFK, it will install four machines at Terminal 4 in […]

Tuesday, January 29th, 2008

The Wig Store in Flatbush

For the unaware, there is a wig store across the street from Yeshiva Chaim Berlin in Flatbush. The owner decided to place pictures of women wearing the wigs in his window. Since looking at women can cause impure thoughts, a few of Rav Aharon Schecter’s (RAS) talmidim asked the store owner to remove the pictures […]