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New ‘no-animal’ milk has kosher foodies salivating. Here’s why you can have it with your steak

Tue, 03 Feb 2026 14:30:53 +0000

Cow-free beverage made from lab-engineered dairy protein is now sold in supermarkets across Israel. At least one restaurateur is setting his table for old-fashioned Southern fried chicken

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In a polarized time, new chief rabbi envisions revamped Rabbinate with a wide embrace

Fri, 01 Aug 2025 13:15:45 +0000

From the Haredi draft to marriage and kashrut, top Ashkenazi cleric Kalman Ber says he believes love, unity and quiet action — rather than public fights — are key to lasting change

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Canadian Jewish agencies sue government over rules they say curb kosher meat industry

Sun, 17 Mar 2024 00:10:56 +0000

Lawsuit by prominent kosher certification agencies claims leadership is seriously harming sale, distribution of domestically produced kosher beef

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In first, leading kosher authority Orthodox Union certifies lab-grown meat

Wed, 06 Sep 2023 17:47:54 +0000

Israeli startup SuperMeat's chicken products sidestep restrictions on using parts of living animals by growing meat from egg stem cells

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Kashrut in Theory and in Practice - Sponsored Content

Mon, 10 Apr 2023 09:51:27 +0000

We speak with Channa Lockshin Bob about the biblical context of Kashrut laws and the meaning they can create in our contemporary religious lives

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What Matters Now to religion and state activist Uri Regev: Averting a theocracy

Fri, 17 Mar 2023 06:48:35 +0000

The Israeli lawyer/Reform rabbi explains how the judicial overhaul package may affect religious freedom – and the lack thereof – in the Holy Land

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New religious services minister delays kashrut reform as coalition looks to nix it

Thu, 29 Dec 2022 20:08:44 +0000

Shas's Malkieli signs order putting off privatization of kosher supervision by six months, giving incoming government time to roll back predecessors' initiative

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Matan Kahana has upset the religious status quo, and his work won’t be easily undone

Sun, 03 Jul 2022 10:16:37 +0000

After a year in the Religious Services Ministry, Yamina MK gets a middling grade from liberal figures for shaking up Haredi hegemony but failing to advance core issues

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As kashrut reform takes hold, businesses put their money where the mouths are

Sun, 23 Jan 2022 03:56:30 +0000

Now free to switch overseeing agencies, food establishment owners say they'll do so only if it's good for business -- and it often isn't

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Podcast: Can fakin’ bacon and moon-shaped croissants be called kosher?

Fri, 21 Jan 2022 12:20:30 +0000

Times Will Tell takes a closer look at the first step of Israel's reforms in the kosher supervision system, and who's making the decisions

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Prominent national-religious rabbis call for protests against government

Thu, 02 Dec 2021 07:15:05 +0000

Statement signed by rabbis Chaim Druckman, Dov Lior charges legislation backed by government on conversion, kashrut and Western Wall will 'endanger the essence of the state'

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An Orthodox minister and his hypocritical ultra-Orthodox critics

Thu, 11 Nov 2021 10:29:49 +0000

Matan Kahana's reforms would bring ultra-Orthodox men into the workforce earlier, remake kashrut, bolster conversion - all according to halacha. Haredi leaders should be delighted

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The Orthodox revolutionary: How Matan Kahana aims to revive Israel’s Jewish identity

Tue, 09 Nov 2021 12:03:18 +0000

The minister of religious services has overhauled kashrut supervision, and is now turning to conversion, as he seeks to remake the state's role in religion. Haredi MKs are outraged

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How much of a revolution? 13 key reforms in Israel’s new state budget

Thu, 04 Nov 2021 11:45:14 +0000

As the coalition finally gets a state budget approved, Israelis can expect major changes in education, consumer prices, transportation, and healthcare

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Greece’s top court nixes ritual slaughter permit, calls for alternative solution

Wed, 27 Oct 2021 20:25:16 +0000

Jewish watchdogs had warned of 'downstream consequences' following EU decision last year upholding Belgian bans

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