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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 465

Aaron Leibowitz

Rabbi Aaron Leibowitz (right), presents an alternative kashrut certificate to the Whiskey Bar Museum in Tel Aviv's Sarona Market (Courtesy Hashgacha Pratit)
February 27, 2018, 5:54 pm
Private kashrut supervision closes in favor of new authority
Hashgacha Pratit announces it worked with religious-Zionist Tzohar group to create alternative to state rabbinate
By ToI Staff
Rabi Aaron Leibowitz (C), the founder of Hashgach Pratit - Hebrew for private supervision -, which checks if restaurants abide by kosher practices, signs a certificate for the new bar Eitan Steinberg in the center of Jerusalem on June 8, 2016.(AFP PHOTO / MENAHEM KAHANA)
May 16, 2017, 11:48 pm
Comptroller slams corrupt kosher supervision process
Annual report finds widespread mismanagement, blames local religious councils and Chief Rabbinate for lack of reforms
By Jessica Steinberg
Customers sit at the Carousela restaurant, which was supervised by Hashgaha Pratit - Hebrew for private supervision - to check it abides by kosher practices, on June 8, 2016, in Jerusalem's Rehavia neighborhood.(AFP PHOTO / MENAHEM KAHANA)
May 3, 2017, 1:42 pm
Rabbinate heavyweight defects to private kashrut initiative
Jerusalem-founded Private Supervision group receives major boost with addition of expert Rabbi Oren Duvdevani
By Jessica Steinberg
Illustrative photo of Orthodox Jews walking on a street in Jerusalem during Shabbat. (Corinna Kern/Flash 90)
November 23, 2016, 11:51 am
Jerusalem cafés to ‘open for Shabbat,’ but not for business
New initiative looks to bring together secular and religious Jerusalemites on Friday nights at local coffee houses, without the coffee
By Jessica Steinberg
Rabbi Aaron Leibowitz (left) of Private Supervision at Pasta Basta, a popular restaurant that recently received certification from the alternative kosher-certifying organization (Courtesy of Private Supervision)
June 26, 2016, 11:18 am
Hummus joint keeps it kosher without rabbinate approval
Supporters of alternative kosher organization Private Supervision gather weekly in solidarity with local restaurants
By Jessica Steinberg
The building of the Chief Rabbinate of Israel in Jerusalem (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
June 6, 2016, 11:32 pm
High Court: Only Rabbinate can certify kosher eateries
Judges rule out alternative certification, but give kashrut establishment two years to change its ways
By Sue Surkes
As Modern Orthodox Israelis begin grassroots efforts pushing for the demonopolization of the rabbinate, change is in the air. (Falling dominoes image via Shutterstock)
December 27, 2015, 9:56 pm
Will Orthodox Israelis’ revolt against the chief rabbinate spur a domino effect?
An in-depth look at a year of shifting sands in the notorious historical status quo of religion and state in the Holy Land
By Amanda Borschel-Dan
Merav Mizrachi and Rabbi Aaron Leibowitz outside Cafe Mizrachi, in Mahane Yehuda (photo credit: Jessica Steinberg/Times of Israel)
March 7, 2014, 7:29 am
Redefining kashrut in Jerusalem
Rabbi Aaron Leibowitz of the Yerushalmim movement and his team of supervisors hit the community’s cafes
By Jessica Steinberg
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