Kashrut
Chief Rabbinate Council disputes Tzohar kashrut approval hours after authorization
“The approval was granted unlawfully and did not go through the Chief Rabbinate Council as required,” Director General of the Ministry of Religious Services Yehuda Avidan said.
What does the kashrut reform repeal mean, and could it raise food prices? - explainer
Kosher certification in Israel: A commercial reality, not religious coercion - opinion
Tzohar returns to High Court, seeks order compelling Rabbinate to license it as kosher certifier
Kashrut supervisors cook shrimp in protest against planned reforms
Kashrut supervisors cooked shrimp and held fake kashrut certificates in protest in front of the home of the religious affairs minister.
MK Tal calls on Minister Kahana to open kashrut to Reform, Conservative rabbis
Blue and White MK says excluding non-Orthodox rabbis from new kashrut system is ‘insulting’ and spits in the face of Reform and Conservative Jews.
Fundamental issues to Jewish nation to be tackled in Knesset winter session - analysis
In the new winter session of the Knesset, Religious Services Minister Matan Kahana will introduce legislation that will tackle the most sensitive issues to the Jewish nation.
WJC slams EU and Belgian courts for religious slaughter ban
“The World Jewish Congress issued a rebuke to the Belgian constitutional court for upholding Belgium’s decision to ban religious ritual slaughter
Belgian court upholds ban on religious slaughter
‘Ruling brings Belgium into line with countries whose bans on Shechita date from the Nazi era,’ says president of Conference of European Rabbis.
Reforms must keep our food kosher - opinion
The issue of kashrut certification has been the center of heated debate for the last several months, with all sorts of accusations and claims of bullying and blackmail.
What must be said about reforming Israel’s kosher food supervision?
Experts should decide if these reforms will improve kashrut service and standards.
Saving shmita: What are the deeper meanings of this complicated mitzvah?
Shmita distills several important Jewish values. It qualifies our ownership of land while moderating our response to financial successes.
Matan Kahana's holy war against the religious establishment
A showdown over kashrut regulation signals a historic counterattack in the conflict between ultra-Orthodoxy and modern Orthodoxy.
Rabbinic leadership must harmonize shmita halacha with good of society
Observance of shmita once every seven years is biblically mandated as recognition of G-d’s sovereignty over the land and as a means of enforcing socioeconomic justice.
