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.

A Tzohar kashrut sticker in a window
KASHRUT CERTIFICATION at a Jerusalem eatery – will the rabbinate’s monopoly be broken?

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

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

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

A Tzohar kashrut sticker in a window

Tzohar returns to High Court, seeks order compelling Rabbinate to license it as kosher certifier


Rabbinical rebellion as dozens of rabbis vow not to recognize conversions

Chief Rabbis, Council of Chief Rabbinate, senior conservative religious-Zionist rabbis denounce govt proposals, vow to oppose them.

Chief rabbis gathered to discuss reforms to the conversion and kashrut system

18 Orthodox Jewish girls pulled off flight in dispute over COVID protocol

Dutch police at Amsterdam’s removed 18 Orthodox Jewish girls from a Delta-KLM flight bound for New York on Friday allegedly because they failed to comply with COVID-19 measures.

An ultra-Orthodox Jewish girl walks past a shop window displaying women's head coverings in Bnei Brak, Israel July 18, 2017. Picture taken July 18, 2017

Chief Rabbinate declares it will not cooperate with gov’t kashrut reforms

Chief Rabbi Lau said that religiously traditional Israelis and foreign visitors will not be able to understand the differences between competing kashrut authorities.

Chief Ashkenazi Rabbi David Lau.

Municipal chief rabbis: Excommunicate rabbis who back religious reforms

A group of municipal chief rabbis have called for other municipal chief rabbis to be excommunicated should they establish kashrut authorities or their own conversion courts.

Kashrut certificate in Jerusalem, July 21, 2021.

Kahana’s kashrut reforms get rabbinical backing

Senior religious-Zionist rabbis back end to Chief Rabbinate monopoly, after hardline rabbis opposed the measures.

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

Jerusalem restaurants excited for potential new kashrut rules

“When you don’t have competition, I think it’s bad for business,” Crave co-owner Tzvi Maller said, speaking about the potential kashrut trust-bust proposed in the Knesset on Tuesday.

Kashrut certificate in Jerusalem, July 21, 2021.

Kashrut will serve public rather than politicos in new reform - analysis

With certain cafes being mistreated by the rabbinate, Tzohar steps in to supply kashrut approval.

A Tzohar kashrut sticker in a window

Kashrut orgs under pressure to remove certification from Ben & Jerry's

The Australian Kashrut Authority (KA) announced that they would be removing Ben & Jerry's ice cream from their list of kosher approved products, and others are being pressured to do the same.

A man holds a small cup of Ben & Jerry's ice cream, Jerusalem

Kashrut reforms to abolish Chief Rabbinate kashrut monopoly

Chief Rabbinate denounces reforms, but Minister insists measures will increase competition and raise kashrut standards.

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

Can the new gov't resolve Israel's deepest religion and state issues?

RELIGIOUS AFFAIRS: Can the legislation that the new coalition has stated it wishes to advance actually be passed?

THE CHIEF Rabbinate of Israel in Jerusalem.