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Zalman's founder Moshe Zalman Olive at one of his hot dog restaurants (Courtesy)
October 12, 2026, 7:08 pm
Zalman’s looks to take a big bite out of Israel’s kosher hot dog market
The chain, founded by an immigrant from Chicago, hopes a NIS 3.5 million deal will help it expand from 12 branches to as many as 40 in the coming year
By Zev Stub
Illustrative: A rabbi leads a blessing with wine in hand and tallit draped over his shoulders (Courtesy / Moti Dolgin via JTA)
March 27, 2026, 4:14 pm
As Americans drink much less wine, kosher demand stays strong
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
By Asaf Elia-Shalev
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
'Why does the pig matter?' Jordan D. Rosenblum asks in his new book, 'Forbidden: A 3,000-Year History of Jews and the Pig.' (Steve Evans/Wikimedia Commons)
October 14, 2024, 3:22 am
From snout to tail: New book tells 3,000-year-old story of Jews and the pig
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’
By Andrew Silow-Carroll
The new design for Manischewitz matzah boxes (left) next to the old design. (Courtesy: Manischewitz)
April 23, 2024, 12:14 pm
Why does that Manischewitz matzah box look so different?
After years of bumpy business, the company, which specializes in making kosher-for-Passover food, seeks to expand business into new markets
By PHILISSA CRAMER and Jackie Hajdenberg
Chef Eyal Shani (left) at Dvora, the kosher restaurant at the entrance to the Brown Debrah hotel that is one of several kosher Brown hotels (Courtesy PR)
September 27, 2023, 12:54 am
Hip Brown hotel chain embarks on holy quest for Tel Aviv’s religious visitors
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
By Jessica Steinberg
Religious supervision at a fruit and vegetable company, March 20, 2016 (Yaakov Naumi/FLASH90)
June 21, 2023, 5:48 pm
High Court says Rabbinate must review exclusion of competitor’s kosher certification
Court rules in favor of a petition by the Tzohar rabbinical group against its exclusion from labeling imported goods
By Canaan Lidor
Illustrative: Kosherfest, the world's largest kosher trade show. (Josefin Dolsten/ JTA)
June 9, 2023, 5:00 pm
After 3 decades Kosherfest food fair bites the dust, reflecting a changing industry
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
By Jackie Hajdenberg
The “Grande Ludovisi” sarcophagus, with a battle scene between Roman soldiers and Germans, in a marble sarcophagus from 251/252 CE. (Museo Nazionale Romano di Palazzo Altemps, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons)
May 1, 2023, 3:31 am
Roman army may have included kosher-observant Jews 2,000 years ago, study finds
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
By Melanie Lidman
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Eli Chitrik, 21, holds a kosher bagel made available free of charge to Jewish fans attending the World Cup in Doha, Qatar, November 23, 2022. (Ash Obel/The Times of Israel)
November 24, 2022, 6:54 am
At Qatar’s first-ever kosher establishment, have a bagel but hold the blab
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
By Ash Obel
Beigel's Bakery in New York City, November 3, 2022. (Youtube screenshot: used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
November 4, 2022, 8:03 am
Employee found dead in freezer at famous New York kosher bakery
Man, 33, appears to have been trapped by accident and locked in freezer for five hours before being discovered by colleagues arriving for work
By Jacob Henry
Moka Origins CEO Jeff Abella with a cacao pod (right hand) and sack of coffee beans (Courtesy)
August 12, 2022, 1:22 pm
Podcast: Kosher coffee and chocolate maker sells for social impact
Pennsylvania boutique business churns profits back into subsistence farms in Cameroon
By ToI Staff
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
A teacher holding up his cellular phone certificating that it is a 'kosher' one, at the entrance to at an Ultra-Orthodox school in Jerusalem, on May 6, 2020. (Nati Shohat/Flash90)
April 14, 2022, 1:29 pm
Despite Haredi ire, minister OKs full number mobility on kosher phone lines
Yoaz Hendel’s directive will allow users to transfer distinctive ‘kosher’ phone numbers to other non-restricted providers, essentially ending contentious ultra-Orthodox monopoly
By ToI Staff
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