(JTA) — Rabbi Julius Berman, who led the Orthodox Union and a myriad of other prominent Jewish communal organizations across ...

The government said on Sunday that it needed another three months to present the changes it had promised to a kashrut reform that was supposed to expand the certification market and break what is seen ...

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A few months ago, signs were plastered across haredi neighborhoods in Jerusalem—including one directly in front of my apartment building—declaring that “Anyone who enlists (in the IDF), will eat treif ...

On July 11, 1883, Hebrew Union College in Cincinnati hosted a banquet marking two milestones: the graduation of the college’s first class of rabbis and the 10th anniversary of the Union of American ...

If you are a business serving Jewish clientele, you may receive inquiries about whether your products are certified kosheror certifiedkosher for Passover. Perhaps you’ve even gone through the ...

Kosher describes any food that complies with a strict set of dietary rules in Judaism. Kosher diet rules are called kashrut. The rules cover which foods to eat, how to prepare them, and how to combine ...

Kashrut, pronounced “kash-root,” meaning eating kosher, is a series of laws that some Jews observe with respect to food. These laws come from the Torah and have been in place for thousands of years.

YARDLEY, PA - APRIL 2: A box of egg matzos with the kosher symbol are seen at McCaffrey's Passover Store April 2, 2004 in Yardley, Pennsylvania. The family owned McCaffrey's Supermarket was recently ...

Chemicals used in food and food processing must meet strict regulatory criteria. For a chemical to receive an official kosher certification, the manufacturer has a rabbi come to the facility to ...

Canceling the kashrut reform, one of the main legislations advanced by former religious services minister Matan Kahana, was included in the incoming government’s coalition deals, though it is not yet ...

But so far, modern Orthodox, or even slightly less observant Jews—both in Israel and beyond—have been leery of taking cannabis, even as medicine. And when it comes to these kinds of decisions, it is ...