Less than two months after a private investigator videotaped the owner of Doheny Glatt Kosher Meat Market allegedly bringing unsupervised animal products into his store, two local kosher restaurants have dropped the Rabbinical Council of California (RCC) as their glatt kosher certifier.
About eight months ago, when Katsuji Tanabe agreed to display the Tav HaYosher certificate in the window of his one-year-old restaurant on Pico Boulevard, the head chef and owner of Mexikosher knew that the “ethical seal,” issued by the Modern Orthodox social justice organization Uri L’Tzedek, would inform customers that he treats his workers with respect and in accordance with California labor laws.
A bill to ban ritual slaughter was withdrawn by the Dutch Senate days before a scheduled vote.
The case against New Zealand’s ban on kosher animal slaughter will be heard in the High Court in Wellington later this month.
Sixty years after Roosevelt, thanks to hard work and commitment by generations of American Jews, Betsy and I stood next to a mashgiach in the White House kitchen during a time in America when nearly all politicians of import have a profound respect for the role American Jews play in our society.
Two women shared a room in a major Israeli hospital some years ago, both awaiting the insemination portion of in vitro fertilization (IVF) treatment. One of the women, \”Mrs. Cohen,\” was undergoing the procedure under the supervision of a mashgiach [religious supervisor] from Machon Puah — an Israeli religious fertility institution — and the other, \”Mrs. Rabinovich,\” was not.
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