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As Americans drink much less wine, kosher demand stays strong

Fri, 27 Mar 2026 13:14:20 +0000

A built-in ritual market and evolving consumer base are helping kosher libation outperform the industry, even as fewer secular Jews go the traditional route

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US rabbis warn against assuming beer is always kosher

Sun, 21 Dec 2025 15:33:20 +0000

Top US Orthodox certification groups have cautioned that some modern brews could have ingredients that complicate or even violate Jewish dietary laws

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From snout to tail: New book tells 3,000-year-old story of Jews and the pig

Mon, 14 Oct 2024 00:22:15 +0000

While the 'other thing' is just as unkosher as oysters or cheeseburgers, the taboo around it practically delineates Judaism itself, Jordan D. Rosenblum argues in 'Forbidden'

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Why does that Manischewitz matzah box look so different?

Tue, 23 Apr 2024 09:14:18 +0000

After years of bumpy business, the company, which specializes in making kosher-for-Passover food, seeks to expand business into new markets

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Hip Brown hotel chain embarks on holy quest for Tel Aviv’s religious visitors

Tue, 26 Sep 2023 21:54:08 +0000

The group's boutique offerings have long catered to guests seeking urban cool. Now it's bringing sukkahs and kosher chow to the secular city in a bid to entice a more devout crowd

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High Court says Rabbinate must review exclusion of competitor’s kosher certification

Wed, 21 Jun 2023 14:48:56 +0000

Court rules in favor of a petition by the Tzohar rabbinical group against its exclusion from labeling imported goods

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After 3 decades Kosherfest food fair bites the dust, reflecting a changing industry

Fri, 09 Jun 2023 14:00:23 +0000

The decision comes as kosher food has gone mainstream, with some 40% of packaged food and drink sold in the US certified kosher as of 2018

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Roman army may have included kosher-observant Jews 2,000 years ago, study finds

Mon, 01 May 2023 00:31:12 +0000

High numbers of Jews likely served in the legions that brought down Jerusalem and could have constituted even up to 15% of the vast empire's army

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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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At Qatar’s first-ever kosher establishment, have a bagel but hold the blab

Thu, 24 Nov 2022 04:54:22 +0000

For religious Jews, getting a bite at the World Cup involves a trip to a secret hotel room, where a Chabad rabbi distributes sandwiches with a side of Jewish pride

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Employee found dead in freezer at famous New York kosher bakery

Fri, 04 Nov 2022 06:03:09 +0000

Man, 33, appears to have been trapped by accident and locked in freezer for five hours before being discovered by colleagues arriving for work

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Podcast: Kosher coffee and chocolate maker sells for social impact

Fri, 12 Aug 2022 10:22:36 +0000

Pennsylvania boutique business churns profits back into subsistence farms in Cameroon

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Jerusalem cocktail bar drops kosher certification in bid for broader clientele

Sun, 08 May 2022 13:04:48 +0000

The Brown Jerusalem hotel's Ruhan cocktail bar switches to non-kosher menu after four months as a Tzohar-certified brasserie

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Despite Haredi ire, minister OKs full number mobility on kosher phone lines

Thu, 14 Apr 2022 10:29:10 +0000

Yoaz Hendel's directive will allow users to transfer distinctive 'kosher' phone numbers to other non-restricted providers, essentially ending contentious ultra-Orthodox monopoly

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What’s with Judaism’s pork taboo? Documentary film ‘Magnificent Beast’ bores into it

Sat, 22 Jan 2022 03:58:31 +0000

Mother-son duo Tess and Josh Gerritsen travel the world to find out why pigs are so controversial in the movie screening virtually at the Miami Jewish Film Festival through Jan. 26

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