Posts Tagged: kashrut
Kashrut Website Warns About Fake Kosher Symbols in India, China
JNS.org - The website Kashrut.com is warning those who keep kosher to beware of fraudulent symbols purporting to signify kosher certification, particularly in India. Arlene Mathes-Scharf,...
If Pork Is Kosher, Has the Messiah Arrived?
The latest kashrut scandal to hit the news is not what you might expect. A couple of weeks ago, in an interview in Israel’s widest-read daily...
Parshat Shemini: Are You Really Eating Kosher?
Kosher animals, as is well known, can be identified by two simanim (physical signs). They must chew their cud, and their hooves must be wholly cloven. (Vayikra...
Is Vegetarian Food Kosher?
On October 26, CNBC published this story: Clear Food, a branch of Clear Labs, a company that analyzes food at a molecular level to determine the quality...
Denmark, Kashrut, and Anti-Semitism
Centuries after Shakespeare said "Something's rotten in the state of Denmark," we have hard proof of a big stink in Denmark and nearby Scandinavian countries. Only days...
A Double Standard on Kaparot: Chickens Suffer More on Factory Farms
This week thousands of chickens are being slaughtered as part of the 'Kaparot' ritual performed by some Orthodox Jews before Yom Kippur. A live chicken is rotated...
Preserving Kosher Slaughter and Judaism in Poland
Three months ago, I was in Poland as part of a UK Jewish Delegation organised by the Polish embassy in London. The purpose of our...
Kosher Meat Sales Surge in UK in Wake of Horse Meat Scandal
There are a few big winners in the horse meat scandal that has shocked the United Kingdom--kosher butchers. After it was recently revealed that many...
Entrepreneurs Bend the Laws of Kashrut for Startup
Forbes - Zalmi Duchman and Yosef Schwartz have always been entrepreneurs who bent the rules. In high school, they sold home-made smoothies out of...
