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The heads of major certification agencies announced this month that all beer will soon require certification to be considered kosher. (KFP / Creative Commons)
Posted inJewish Life

Beer is no longer automatically kosher, rabbis say. Will observant Jews skip the Dos Equis?

Louis Keene by Louis Keene November 20, 2025November 20, 2025

This story was originally published in the Forward. There’s a simple reason Halle Goldblatt likes to tour breweries on vacation: People who keep kosher can sample the product. Unlike wine, […]

Hundreds of eaters and drinkers pack Stockton and Filbert Streets at the first annual Pizza, Bagels and Beer Festival in San Francisco, Aug. 19. 2023. (Photo/Aaron Levy-Wolins)
Posted inPhotos

North Beach goes all-carb for first Pizza, Bagel and Beer Fest

Aaron Levy-Wolins by Aaron Levy-Wolins August 23, 2023August 25, 2023
Various beer bottles by Shmaltz Brewery on display in an exhibition on "Jewish brewing stories" at the Jewish Museum in Munich, Germany, April 11, 2016. (Photo/JTA-Sven Hoppe-picture alliance via Getty Images)
Posted inReligion

He’Brew maker Shmaltz Brewing relaunches with new owner: a rabbinical student

by Andrew Lapin and JTA December 13, 2022
A selection of He'Brew beers
Posted inOrganic Epicure

After 25 years, iconic S.F.-founded He’Brew beer shuts off the tap

Alix Wall by Alix Wall and Forward September 29, 2021October 7, 2021
youkilis winds up to take a swing
Posted inSports

Jewish slugger Youkilis, now a Bay Area brewery owner, on Hall of Fame ballot

by JTA and J. Staff January 2, 2019
Cohen pours a beer
Posted inTalking With ..., Jewish Life

Q&A: Once a practicing lawyer, now a beer scholar

by Patricia Corrigan May 31, 2017May 31, 2017
a painting of a bottle of Taybeh beer on a wall
Posted in(Is It) Good for the Jews?, Columns, Jewish Life

Women, cars and beer in the West Bank

Larry RosenEric Goldbrener by Larry Rosen and Eric Goldbrener March 7, 2017

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