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Topic: kashrut

May 16, 2013
11:50 am

A rabbi sharpens the knife to be used for traditional Jewish slaughter (illustrative photo credit: Kobi Gideon/Flash90)

After ban, Poland may reinstate kosher slaughter

Farmers, producers and now lawmakers say they regret kibosh being put on kosher and halal meat in deference to animal rights

By Vanessa Gera

May 2, 2013
6:55 pm

What keeping kosher can teach us about dieting

Why is it easier to follow religious dietary laws than to stick to a diet? Readers are welcome to weigh in on the question

By Joshua Kulp

April 21, 2013
7:14 pm

Rabbi Shlomo Shalush (photo credit: screen capture Channel1/YouTube)

Police want Haifa’s chief rabbi charged with bribery, fraud

Shlomo Shalush allegedly abused power over kashrut issues, extorted municipal employee

By Aaron Kalman

April 5, 2013
2:04 am

Doheny Glatt Kosher Meats will open under new management soon after being shut down because its owner smuggled uncertified meat into the popular Los Angeles market (photo credit: JTA)

The rabbi who saved Passover

LA Jews spared from serving a vegetarian Seder meal by a last-minute Kashrut ruling

By Gil Shefler

March 31, 2013
2:20 pm

Illustrative photo of a kosher butcher slaughtering a chicken (photo credit: Miriam Alster/Flash90)

LA meat merchant loses kashrut license on eve of Passover

Shop owner was videotaped bringing unsealed boxes of chicken into the store without rabbinic supervision

March 24, 2013
11:57 am

Chocolate can add bittersweet insights to the traditional seder. ((Photo credit: CC BY/John Loo via Flickr.com)

Sweet! Chocolate adds flavor to traditional seders

Replacing ritual dishes with cocoa-filled substitutes can spark discussions about the modern meaning of the Exodus

By Deborah Prinz

March 11, 2013
4:40 am

After US, London too fears kosher chicken shortage

Virus damaging birds threatens to see poultry prices climb ahead of Passover due to reliance on imports

March 4, 2013
5:40 pm

The locusts are coming! Yum!

It’s a kosher delicacy: crunchy on the outside with a chewy center

By Natan Slifkin

February 8, 2013
5:45 pm

Seth Freedman, center, channeled disenchantment with Israel and his IDF service into a popular online column for Britain's Guardian newspaper. (Courtesy of Seth Freedman)

IDF vet turned author teases UK with Mossad alter ego

A former darling of British anti-Zionists, Seth Freedman mixes memoir with fiction in his provocative new novel

By Miriam Shaviv

December 23, 2012
6:22 am

Skiers who keep kosher now have a mountain of choices as they plan trips to the Alps. (photo credit: Courtesy of My One Hotel via JTA)

Jewish life is going downhill this winter — and that’s a good thing

With more options than ever for ‘kosher’ skiing, it’s snow big deal to book affordable trips to some of Europe’s best slopes

By Cnaan Liphshiz

December 15, 2012
7:03 am

Chris Mitchell, chef at the kosher Manhattan restaurant Jezebel, buys ingredients at a local farmers market, where the produce comes from nearby farms. (Chavie Lieber/JTA)

The latest dietary restriction: only locally grown food

Jewish chefs, restaurants and families struggle over an expensive but environmentally friendly trend in kosher cooking

By Chavie Lieber

December 5, 2012
3:11 am

Religious activists and politicians including French Jewish leader Richard Prasquier (far right) and Rabbi Menachem Margolin (far left) discuss ritual slaughter in Poland last week at the European Parliament. (Cnaan Liphshiz/JTA)

Polish ban on ritual slaughter could affect Jews across Europe

Country’s kosher meat industry supplies communities in many countries; experts tentatively predict recent court ruling will be overturned

By Cnaan Liphshiz

November 28, 2012
2:39 am

Illustrative photo of a kosher butcher sharpening his tools. (photo credit: Kobi Gideon/Flash90)

Polish court reportedly outlaws kosher slaughter

Ruling, which also bans Muslim butchery, appears to contradict 1997 agreement between government and Jewish community

By Cnaan Liphshiz

September 20, 2012
1:36 pm

Jewish prisoners demand better food

Nevada inmates receiving kosher meals complain about low quality and lack of nutritional value

June 20, 2012
11:56 pm

Bangers and mash (photo credit: avlxyz, CC-BY-SA-2.0, via Wikimedia Commons)

Britain’s Jews: Don’t blame us for ban on bangers

Backlash against public schools’ removing pork products from lunch menus in response to cultural and religious sensitivities

By Renee Ghert-Zand

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The Times of Israel

The one-stop news site
covering Israel, the region and
the Jewish people worldwide

Founding editor:
David Horovitz

Fair, fresh and fast

The Jewish world's
fastest-growing
news site

Topic: kashrut

After ban, Poland may reinstate kosher slaughter

Farmers, producers and now lawmakers say they regret kibosh being put on kosher and halal meat in deference to animal rights

What keeping kosher can teach us about dieting

Why is it easier to follow religious dietary laws than to stick to a diet? Readers are welcome to weigh in on the question

Police want Haifa’s chief rabbi charged with bribery, fraud

Shlomo Shalush allegedly abused power over kashrut issues, extorted municipal employee

The rabbi who saved Passover

LA Jews spared from serving a vegetarian Seder meal by a last-minute Kashrut ruling

LA meat merchant loses kashrut license on eve of Passover

Shop owner was videotaped bringing unsealed boxes of chicken into the store without rabbinic supervision

Sweet! Chocolate adds flavor to traditional seders

Replacing ritual dishes with cocoa-filled substitutes can spark discussions about the modern meaning of the Exodus

After US, London too fears kosher chicken shortage

Virus damaging birds threatens to see poultry prices climb ahead of Passover due to reliance on imports

The locusts are coming! Yum!

It’s a kosher delicacy: crunchy on the outside with a chewy center

IDF vet turned author teases UK with Mossad alter ego

A former darling of British anti-Zionists, Seth Freedman mixes memoir with fiction in his provocative new novel

Jewish life is going downhill this winter — and that’s a good thing

With more options than ever for ‘kosher’ skiing, it’s snow big deal to book affordable trips to some of Europe’s best slopes

The latest dietary restriction: only locally grown food

Jewish chefs, restaurants and families struggle over an expensive but environmentally friendly trend in kosher cooking

Polish ban on ritual slaughter could affect Jews across Europe

Country’s kosher meat industry supplies communities in many countries; experts tentatively predict recent court ruling will be overturned

Polish court reportedly outlaws kosher slaughter

Ruling, which also bans Muslim butchery, appears to contradict 1997 agreement between government and Jewish community

Jewish prisoners demand better food

Nevada inmates receiving kosher meals complain about low quality and lack of nutritional value

Britain’s Jews: Don’t blame us for ban on bangers

Backlash against public schools’ removing pork products from lunch menus in response to cultural and religious sensitivities

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