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kashrut

Chickens eating their feed at a poultry plant. (Photo/JTA-Getty Images)
Posted inU.S.

Can’t find poultry for Passover? The kosher chicken shortage, explained

Jackie Hajdenberg by Jackie Hajdenberg and JTA April 7, 2022April 7, 2022

The reports are coming fast and furious from the Costcos, butcheries and grocery stores of America: Kosher chicken is hard to come by. Facebook groups offer alerts when shelves are […]

Antisemitic flyers stuck to menorah
Posted inLetters

OU goes too far on Impossible Pork; No such thing as messianic ‘synagogue’; We all need ‘Fiddler’; etc.

by J. Readers November 9, 2021
Impossible Pork dumplings. (Photo/Courtesy Impossible Foods)
Posted inJewish Life

Impossible Pork is here — but the plant-based meat won’t be certified as kosher

Jacob Gurvis by Jacob Gurvis and JTA September 27, 2021September 27, 2021
Josh Donald is co-owner of Bernal Cutlery, the only place in the Bay Area certified to sharpen knives for use in kosher kitchens.
Posted inSmall Bites

S.F. knife store whets kosher appetites with region’s first kosher knife sharpening service

Alix Wall by Alix Wall August 17, 2021March 15, 2022
Customers sitting at Cafe Kadosh, one of hundreds of eateries in Israel that has opted for kosher certification outside the auspices of Chief Rabbinate. (Photo/JTA-Yonatan Sindel-Flash90)
Posted inNews

Israeli restaurants are seeking alternative kosher certification — and signaling a religious revolution

by Linda Gradstein and JTA July 22, 2021July 22, 2021
In the renovated sanctuary, David Ovadia speaks with pride about the realization of his vision for a renovated and expanded Karaite synagogue in Daly City. (Photo/David A.M. Wilensky)
Posted inBay Area

The expanding future of America’s only Karaite synagogue

David A.M. Wilensky
(Photo/Aaron Levy-Wolins)
J. The Jewish News of Northern California Staff Headshots. by David A.M. Wilensky August 22, 2018July 24, 2019
(Photo/Flickr-Steven Groves CC BY 2.0)
Posted inFather's Day, Uncategorized, First Person

My taste of treyf, and my Orthodox rabbi dad’s reaction

Rabbi Shelley Waldenberg by Rabbi Shelley Waldenberg June 15, 2018June 15, 2018
black and white drawing of nadav and avihu being thrown backwards by a flash of light
Posted inColumns

How does meat get to the table? Connecting food, kashrut and values

Rabbi Susan Leider by Rabbi Susan Leider April 13, 2018
A Reuben at Katz's Deli in New York — a perfect example of very Jewish, but very un-kosher food (Photo/Flickr-BPPrice CC BY 2.0)
Posted inOpinion

Jewish food does not begin and end with kashrut

Rachel B. Gross by Rachel B. Gross February 15, 2018February 16, 2018
The menu of the original Trefa Banquet (Photo/Courtesy American Jewish Archives)
Posted inUncategorized

What really happened at the original Trefa Banquet?

Jonathan D. Sarna by Jonathan D. Sarna January 16, 2018January 17, 2018

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