Kosher

Wine, microwaves, and miles of Saran Wrap: The trials and tribulations of kosher travel - opinion

You may be familiar with this routine of trying to find a kosher option in your friends’ and relatives’ non-kosher kitchens. The microwave is usually a good option. 

THE MICROWAVE is usually a good option.
 Black Iron's wagyu beef

Israeli team to compete in Texan 'Meat Up' with kosher Wagyu shawarma - with all the fixings

Haredi soldier

IDF reworking food procedures for military bases in effort to allow stricter kashrut standards

CHABAD VOLUNTEERS assist World Series fans in putting on tefillin, 2016.

Wherever Jews wander, Chabad welcomes them home - opinion


Fire at kosher meat processing plant in Iowa shuts down production ahead of High Holidays

Elefant said OU Kosher was working to “find solutions for ramping up production at other plants” while warning that the crisis could fuel bad actors. 

The largest kosher slaughterhouse in the United States is located in Postville, Iowa and has been renamed AgriStar.

Wine Talk: Kosher in Bordeaux

From Léoville Poyferré to Cos d’Estournel, Bordeaux’s leading estates are proving that kosher wines can preserve the character and soul of their terroir.

PAGODA TURRETS of Chateau Cos d’Estournel: The writer (L) with Menachem Israelievitch and Olivier Cuvelier.

Knesset repeals 2021 kashrut reform, restores Rabbinate control over certification

Under the law, official kashrut certificates may be issued by the Chief Rabbinate Council, authorized local rabbis, and, within the IDF, the Military Rabbinate.

KASHRUT CERTIFICATION at a Jerusalem eatery – will the rabbinate’s monopoly be broken?

British Jews shouldn't fear requesting kosher meals in hospitals - opinion

A kosher meal in a hospital should be boring, a footnote, one line on a dietary form swallowed up in the vast machinery of clinical care. Instead, it has become a test of nerve.

The NHS logo is displayed on a ambulance parked close to a nearby hospital, on October 20, 2025.

Wine Talk: The kosher Michel Rolland

From a small importer to a global powerhouse, Royal Wine Corp reshaped the kosher wine market across continents.

Menachem Israelivitch (2nd R) and Michel Rolland (2nd L) with the winemaker  and ex -director of Château Lascombes. The kosher cuvée is always a team effort.

What does the kashrut reform repeal mean, and could it raise food prices? - explainer

The reform was designed to move Israel’s kashrut system away from one controlled almost entirely by the Chief Rabbinate and local rabbinates, and toward a regulated market.

KASHRUT CERTIFICATION at a Jerusalem eatery – will the rabbinate’s monopoly be broken?

Mutra becomes first kosher restaurant to earn Michelin star

Israeli chef Raz Shabtai opened Mutra in February 2025, naming the kosher eatery after his Jerusalem-born grandmother whose cooking he said heavily inspires its menu.

Raz Shabtai, the founder of, Mutra, a kosher restaurant in Miami.

Kosher certification in Israel: A commercial reality, not religious coercion - opinion

Dan Perry’s April 12 article is 'riddled with unsubstantiated, imagined, and inaccurate assertions.'

REPRESENTATIVES OF the Chief Rabbinate of Israel cross Jaffa Street in Jerusalem as they deliver a kosher certificate to a local restaurant.

Time for Israel’s non-kosher public to push back - opinion

Even the hint of a religious consumer boycott can shut entire markets. Deals collapse the moment the “non-kosher” is mentioned.

REPRESENTATIVES OF the Chief Rabbinate of Israel cross Jaffa Street in Jerusalem as they deliver a kosher certificate to a local restaurant.

The perfect plate of Moroccan cookies for Passover and Mimouna

Dalya Bar-Tikva, a former bridal dress designer who has become one of the leading experts in Moroccan cookies, opens her world to us and offers a selection of recipes for Mimouna.

Plate of kosher-for-Passover Moroccan cookies by Dalya Bar-Tikva.