23 Tammuz 5760. “According to the factory worker, the manager of the plant, Chanon Zoglobek, was pressuring the workers to become adherents of Scientology, a cult “religion” that has been discredited in dozens of countries. The manager was also trying to force the worker to join in the cult’s activities. Could Lev L’Achim help? Moshe […]
“The general director and one of the owners of Zoglobek company, Eli Zoglobek, is presently negotiating to purchase the Agriprocessors meat plant owned by the Rubashkin family, which supplies 60% of the American kosher meat market, and has a $400 million annual turnover. Sha’ah Tovah ”
“Zoglobek had its own share of controversy when it was […]
“Then, as now, Ma’ale operated in a city-owned circa-1900 stone building near the border between East and West Jerusalem. In cramped quarters, with rudimentary electricity, plumbing and film equipment, no work was done on the Sabbath. Violence, sex and nudity in scripts were taboo. The students, who often came from West Bank settlements, were shaped […]
Sarah Lee kosher meat was under the certification of underrabbi Kauffman and Rabbi M. Small Sara Lee Corp. said Wednesday it will exit the kosher meat business and close a facility that processes kosher hot dogs and meat by the end of January. The shuttering of the facility in Chicago will mean the loss of about […]
New York…An estimated 11.5 million Americans buy $12.5 billion of kosher foods, a new survey byLUBICOM Marketing Consulting shows. Some studies, like the 2005 report by the Mintel Research Organization, put the figure at $14.5 billion. The numbers reflect sales to year-round Jewish kosher consumers, occasional Jewish customers (i.e. holiday shoppers), members of other religious faiths, and […]
Kosher king Aaron Rubashkin, a man of biblical mien, almost never grants interviews. To find him, you must journey deep into the heart of Brooklyn to 14th Avenue, in a neighborhood called Borough Park. There, amid a sea of bearded men in dark hats and yarmulkes sauntering past synagogues, kosher restaurants, and storefronts lettered in […]
It’s the Hasids vs. the hotties in a Brooklyn bike war. Leaders of South Wil liamsburg’s Hasidic community said yesterday that bike lanes that bring scantily clad cyclists - especially sexy women - peddling through their neighborhood are definitely not kosher. The red-faced religious sect is calling on city officials to eliminate the car-free […]
New York…Empire Kosher Poultry, founded in 1938 by Joseph Katz, is set to enter the kosher meat market, sources told KosherToday. The beef will not be sold under the Empire brand, due to trademark restrictions, but will be certified by the Star-K Kosher Certification and Khal Adas Jeshurun. Sources say that Neil Rosenbaum, the company CEO, has worked out […]
“It was an official statement this past shabbos: The Orthodox Union has bought out the” half moon K” aka “Koaoa“. At this point any products that are not kosher have already been dropped for Koaoa and are certified as kosher by OU standards. This is pretty big news for many since items like Campbells Soup […]
Orthodox Jewish fitness buffs are outraged that the Kosher Gym in Flatbush, Brooklyn was sold earlier this month to non-Jewish owners who plan to open the gym on Shabbos and make other non-Kosher changes to the facilities. According to the Jewish Press, gym members recently received a letter announcing the sale, for $2 million, […]
“Some products which immediately come to mind … are: many dairy products, including cheeses, which do not contain non-kosher additives; and most wines, brandy, cognac, sherry, vermouth and champagne without supervision and which do not bear labels/hekshers are acceptably kosher,” according the rabbis’ affadavit. TheJewishWeek.com
The price of a gallon of Cholov Yisroel (higher standard kosher milk) reached $6.40 a gallon in some places in New York State last week. The soaring prices for kosher milk are part of the steadily rising prices for kosher foods in general.While the average price for a ½ gallon of the special kosher milk […]
