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Incoming Religious Services Minister Michael Malkieli signs an order delaying the implementation of a kashrut reform as Sephardi Chief Rabbi Yitzhak Yosef, right, watches, in Malkieli's office in the Knesset on December 29, 2022. (Courtesy: Michael Malkieli's office)
December 29, 2022, 10:08 pm
New religious services minister delays kashrut reform as coalition looks to nix it
Shas’s Malkieli signs order putting off privatization of kosher supervision by six months, giving incoming government time to roll back predecessors’ initiative
By Judah Ari Gross
Customers sitting at Cafe Kadosh in Jerusalem, May 2020. The restaurant is one of hundreds in Israel that has opted for kosher certification outside the auspices of Israel's Chief Rabbinate. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
January 23, 2022, 5:56 am
As kashrut reform takes hold, businesses put their money where the mouths are
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
By Jessica Steinberg
Crave Jerusalem's 'facon' duck bacon on its Black Forest Special (Courtesy Crave)
January 21, 2022, 2:20 pm
Podcast: Can fakin’ bacon and moon-shaped croissants be called kosher?
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
By ToI Staff
Representatives of the Chief Rabbinate deliver a kashrut certificate to a local restaurant in central Jerusalem, on December 31, 2019. (Hadas Parush/Flash90)
January 2, 2022, 11:14 am
First phase of major reform in Israel’s kosher certification system enters effect
Businesses can now choose to be supervised by any local religious council in the country; Religious Services Minister Kahana says plan will boost competition, improve kashrut
By ToI Staff
Religious Services Minister Matan Kahana speaks during a conference in Jerusalem on August 1, 2021. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
October 27, 2021, 5:00 pm
Plan for major kashrut reform advances through Knesset committee
Ultra-Orthodox lawmakers fume over proposal, which would open up kosher certification to private agencies
By Amy Spiro
Ultra-Orthodox representatives of the Chief Rabbinate cross Jaffa Road in Jerusalem as they deliver a kosher certificate to a local restaurant, on December 31, 2019. (Hadas Parush/Flash90)
October 25, 2021, 5:47 pm
Israel’s ‘inefficient’ kashrut system costing taxpayers millions — study
Proposed reforms will see an overhaul of the kosher certification process for businesses and may bring down costs for consumers
By ToI Staff
Impossible Foods has unveiled its latest plant-based meat product: Impossible Pork (Impossible Foods/ via JTA)
October 3, 2021, 5:01 am
World’s largest kosher certifier won’t endorse Impossible Pork
While the Orthodox Union described the Impossible Burger as an ‘excellent product,’ its faux-porcine counterpart elicits a ‘visceral’ reaction from many observant consumers
By jacob gurvis
Illustrative: An Israeli rabbinical court reviews a conversion case. (Flash90)
July 21, 2021, 7:00 pm
Religious affairs minister said planning to liberalize Jewish conversions
New plan, which comes on heels of proposed kosher supervision reform, would enable conversions outside auspices of the Chief Rabbinate, giving authority to municipal rabbis
By Raoul Wootliff
Ultra-Orthodox representatives of the Chief Rabbinate cross Jaffa Road in Jerusalem as they deliver a kosher certificate to a local restaurant, on December 31, 2019. (Hadas Parush/Flash90)
July 20, 2021, 7:38 pm
Religious affairs minister seeks to reform kosher certification, irking Haredim
New plan would create private agencies, overseen by the Chief Rabbinate, to provide certifications to businesses in each city
By Amy Spiro
Illustrative: A cook prepares a dish on a stove. (iStock by Getty Images)
June 29, 2020, 10:44 pm
Kosher overseer said to revoke Jerusalem restaurant’s certificate over Arab cook
Calls on social media to support ‘Kalo’; owner says rabbinate supervisor demanded non-Jewish employee be barred from using induction stove
By ToI Staff
Illustrative: A Dreamliner 787-10 pulls up to a gate in Newark Liberty International Airport in Newark, New Jersey, in 2019. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig, File)
April 25, 2020, 11:38 pm
US said to annul work visa of Israeli who took flight home knowing he had virus
Health Ministry to file police complaint against passenger who flew United from Newark to Israel knowing he’d tested positive, didn’t notify crew
By ToI Staff
Illustrative: The sushi corner of a kosher supermarket in Manchester, England, July 2016. (Cnaan Liphshiz/via JTA)
March 24, 2020, 5:33 pm
London rabbinical court loosens Passover dietary rules amid coronavirus crisis
Beth Din releases list of permissible products not made under special supervision for quarantined families and those struggling financially due to the pandemic
By Marcy Oster
Illustrative photo of a representative of Israel's Chief Rabbinate inspecting a kosher certificate at a food stand in Jerusalem. (Rubin Salvadori/Flash90/File)
February 20, 2020, 2:45 pm
Rabbinate gains power to indict businesses with private kashrut certification
For first time, attorney general permits state rabbinate officials to launch criminal proceedings against restaurants and caterers caught violating rabbinate’s kashrut monopoly
By ToI Staff
US comedian Leah Forster. (Courtesy of Forster via JTA)
December 14, 2018, 9:46 am
Kosher certifying body admits it warned eatery against hosting lesbian comedian
After initially denying it made threat, Vaad Harabanim of Flatbush says it rejects discrimination based on sexual orientation; Leah Forster hails ‘huge win’
By Josefin Dolsten
Illustrative photo of a kashrut supervisor in a warehouse. March 20, 2016. (Yaakov Naumi/FLASH90)
August 13, 2018, 2:33 pm
Senior rabbinate official arrested on kashrut bribery suspicions
Suspect allegedly expedited approval for importers who offered kickbacks; 4 others arrested, 8 more questioned
By ToI Staff
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