50,000 sign pro-Rubashkin petition to White House

JTA
Published on October 24, 2011

An online petition in support of jailed kosher meat executive Sholom Rubashkin garnered 10 times its anticipated goal of 5,000 signatures.

Shilo’s Steak and Kosher Taco

By Rob Eshman
Published on August 26, 2010

You Are What You Eat

By Howard Nemetz
Published on January 6, 2005

I am a vegetarian. I know there was a big controversy brewing over kosher meat, but I'm not sure what the Jewish position

on vegetarianism is. I suppose as long as the vegetables are pulled from the ground in a quick and humane manner, no one can object too strenuously to it. I know God created animals, but I can't imagine He'd be offended if I didn't eat them. I'd hate to think of God pouting in His room saying, between sobs, "I worked so hard on that lamb and Nemetz doesn't even touch it!"

Mad for Kosher Beef

By Julie G Fax
Published on January 22, 2004

"Don't Get 'Mad,' Get Kosher. Kosher Meat Is Safe," reads an enormous red-and-yellow banner hanging in front of Santa Monica Glatt Market on Santa Monica Boulevard near Sawtelle Boulevard.

Well, maybe not completely safe, but certainly safer from mad cow disease.