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Illustrative: A man outside the Chief Rabbinate headquarters in Jerusalem, October 31, 2024. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)
July 15, 2026, 8:09 am
Knesset passes law restoring Chief Rabbinate’s monopoly over kosher certification
Coalition passes raft of contentious laws aimed at appeasing Haredi parties, which say their ‘rift’ with Netanyahu is over
By ToI Staff and Zev Stub
July 7, 2026, 1:14 pm
Daily Briefing July 7 – Will the Chief Rabbinate keep its monopoly on kosher certification?
Jewish world and real estate reporter Zev Stub on what’s new at the Maccabiah, a challenge to the Rabbinate, and what the strong shekel means for the real estate market
By Gabriella Jacobs and Zev Stub
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)
July 2, 2026, 11:01 pm
Rabbinate approves — then disputes — alternative Tzohar kosher certification in landmark ruling
After years of legal and political battles, liberal group claims to have broken the Chief Rabbinate’s longstanding monopoly over kosher certification — if it’s not overturned
By Zev Stub
The dairy counter in a Jerusalem supermarket offering the cow-free New Milk by tech company Remilk among regular dairy options and other milk substitutes on January 29, 2026. (Rossella Tercatin/Times of Israel)
February 3, 2026, 4:30 pm
New ‘no-animal’ milk has kosher foodies salivating. Here’s why you can have it with your steak
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
By Rossella Tercatin
Illustrative: Guests hold glasses of Heineken beer in the paddock ahead of the first practice session for the Las Vegas Formula One Grand Prix at the Las Vegas Strip Circuit in Las Vegas, Nevada, on November 20, 2025. (Patrick T. Fallon / AFP)
December 21, 2025, 5:33 pm
US rabbis warn against assuming beer is always kosher
Top US Orthodox certification groups have cautioned that some modern brews could have ingredients that complicate or even violate Jewish dietary laws
By David I. Klein
A dairy cow in New Vienna, Iowa, July 24, 2023. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall)
April 26, 2025, 1:59 am
Could FDA changes cause observant US Jews to sour on uncertified milk?
Orthodox Union, most recognizable rabbinical certifier in the country, says phones won’t stop ringing since a halt to certain inspections called the status of dairy into question
By PHILISSA CRAMER
Making food for soldiers, southern evacuees and anyone who needs it at Ofaimme in Jerusalem, October 10, 2023 (Courtesy Offaime)
October 15, 2023, 1:27 am
In order to cook for tens of thousands, Tel Aviv restaurants kasher their kitchens
At least 100 restaurants in Tel Aviv combine forces to cook nourishing food for soldiers, hospitalized patients and evacuees from south, along with similar effort elsewhere
By Jessica Steinberg
Tzvi Maller, second from left, Jerusalem restaurateur with four of his kids, Eden (far right), Meir, Levav and Tanya who work with him at Mojo's, his new upscale pizzeria (Courtesy Mojo's)
June 22, 2023, 3:11 pm
Vegan cheese perches on dough in a pepperoni pizza for kosher consumers
Upscale pizzeria Mojo’s from former Crave owner Tzvi Maller offers combinations such as spicy sausage and caramelized fennel or a threesome of pepperoni, sausage and lamb ‘bacon’
By Jessica Steinberg
Members of the Jewish community celebrate Purim in Manchester, in northern England, on March 17, 2022. (OLI SCARFF / AFP)
August 18, 2022, 9:12 am
As Manchester’s Jewish community grows, a local kosher certifier shuts down
Closure highlights the wide-scale demographic and social shifts reshaping the UK Jewish community, as Haredi residents with strict kosher requirements grow in numbers
By Cnaan Liphshiz
Xerta, a restaurant in Barcelona, sits in the L'Antiga Esquerra de l'Eixample neighborhood of the city. (Courtesy of Xerta/ via JTA)
August 2, 2022, 9:54 am
Hungry for Jewish tourism, Barcelona gets world’s 1st kosher Michelin-starred eatery
The city is rolling out the red carpet and seeking to brand itself as a destination for Jews interested in exploring their heritage
By Orge Castellano
A JetBlue Airways flight flies in to Salt Lake City International Airport, Oct. 18, 2019, (Rick Bowmer/AP)
June 29, 2022, 9:35 am
Kosher certification agency sues JetBlue, saying it falsely put its stamp on snack
Kof-K claims airline put its approval symbol on an artichoke product it hadn’t certified
By Jackie Hajdenberg
Some of the menu options at Ruhan, a previously kosher bistro cocktail bar at the Brown Jerusalem hotel, which was using vegan Redefine meat in some dishes in order to expand its kosher options (Courtesy Anatoly Michaelo)
May 8, 2022, 4:04 pm
Jerusalem cocktail bar drops kosher certification in bid for broader clientele
The Brown Jerusalem hotel’s Ruhan cocktail bar switches to non-kosher menu after four months as a Tzohar-certified brasserie
By Jessica Steinberg
Ashkenazi Chief Rabbi David Lau speaks to religious-Zionist yeshiva students during the 'Yeshivas March' against conversion and kashrut reforms, in Jerusalem, January 30, 2022. (Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90)
January 31, 2022, 12:54 pm
Chief rabbis lead rally urging religious affairs minister to scrap his reforms
Country’s top Ashkenazi and Sephardic rabbis tell Matan Kahana to ‘wake up,’ say Jewish state must be under authority of Chief Rabbinate
By Stuart Winer and ToI Staff
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
The flag of Iran waves in front of the International Center building with the headquarters of the International Atomic Energy Agency, IAEA, in Vienna, Austria, on May 24, 2021. (AP Photo/Florian Schroetter, File)
January 13, 2022, 2:00 pm
Daily Briefing Jan. 13 – Who are the Israelis spying for Iran?
Military correspondent Judah Ari Gross talks about Shin Bet arrests and IDF suicides; Ops & Blogs editor Miriam Herschlag looks at Haredi abuse victims and kosher reforms
By ToI Staff
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