A kosher kitchen compromise
Jewish Journal
September 4, 2013
My boyfriend of four years and I finally decided to move in together. But there was one problem: What to do about the kitchen.
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kosher
Has the era of the kosher cheeseburger arrived?
Jewish Journal
August 7, 2013
When the world’s first lab-grown burger was introduced and taste-tested on Monday, the event seemed full of promise for environmentalists, animal lovers and vegetarians.
State Dept.: Ritual slaughter ‘important’ to Jewish, Muslim observance
Jewish Journal
July 17, 2013
The U.S. State Department regards ritual slaughter as an “important aspect” of Jewish and Muslim religious observance, a spokesman said when asked about Poland’s ban of the practice.
Doheny to reopen keeping RCC hechsher
Jonah Lowenfeld
June 19, 2013
Here’s a bit of good news for anyone looking for kosher steak to grill on the Fourth of July: Doheny Glatt Kosher Meat Market may reopen within weeks.
EXCLUSIVE: Surveillance video of Doheny Meat scandal
JewishJournal
March 29, 2013
Less than 36 hours before the start of Passover, a high-end distributor and retailer of kosher meat located in the Pico-Robertson neighborhood had its kosher certification revoked by the Rabbinical Council of California (RCC).
Kosher consumers reeling after Doheny scandal
Jonah Lowenfeld
March 28, 2013
Trust lies at the center of the business of kosher food, and earlier this week, in what is certainly the biggest kosher scandal to hit Los Angeles in 20 years, the trust many kosher consumers placed in Doheny Glatt Kosher Meats, a market on Pico Boulevard in the heart of L.A.’s most prominent Orthodox neighborhood, was shattered.
European Parliament bill would require kosher meat labeling
Jewish Journal
April 25, 2011
A European Parliament committee has approved a bill that would require meat that was not stunned before slaughter to be labeled as such. The amendment to the new European Union food labeling bill passed the Environmental and Consumer Affairs Committee by a vote of 34 to 28. The meat would be labeled “unstunned before slaughter.”
Rubashkin family members fined $2 million
Jewish Journal
December 20, 2010
Members of the Rubashkin family, who operated the now-defunct Agriprocessers kosher meatpacking plant, must pay a total of more than $2 million after defaulting on loans.
New Zealand schechitah ban to go to court
Jewish Journal
November 18, 2010
The case against New Zealand’s ban on kosher animal slaughter will be heard in the High Court in Wellington later this month.
Rubashkin son arrested, Agriprocessors fined $10 million in kosher slaughterhouse probe
Jewish Journal
October 30, 2008
Sholom Rubashkin. son of Agriprocessors founder Aaron Rubashkin, was arrested by immigration officials and was due to appear in federal court today.
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