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Canadian kosher-meat production protected by Federal Court decision

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Canadian Jewish organizations have triumphed in their effort to maintain the legality of the country’s kosher-certified meat preparation. On Wednesday, Canada’s Federal Court issued an interlocutory injunction against the Canadian Food Inspection Agency to halt the implementation...
Sephardi Chief Rabbi Yitzhak Yosef attends morning prayers in Safed, Feb. 6, 2018. Photo by David Cohen/Flash90.

Israeli chief rabbi says secular Jews who eat non-kosher ‘get stupid’

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The Sephardic chief rabbi of Israel says secular Jews who eat non-kosher “get stupid” and are envious of the ultra-Orthodox. Rabbi Yitzhak Yosef’s inflammatory remarks, made during a weekend sermon days after Yom Kippur, risks exacerbating...
Rabbi Avi Hoffman (left) introduces the three Jewish Scout—from left: Gabriel and Joshua Greengas, and Coulton Perrmann—who each became a bar mitzvah at the 2023 National Scout Jamboree in Glen Jean, W.V., on July 24, 2023. Photo by the National Boy Scouts of America (BSA).

Jewish Jamboree: Three Scouts celebrate bar mitzvahs among friends

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The 2023 National Jamboree of the Boy Scouts of America ended on July 28 after 10 activity-packed days at the high adventure Summit Brechtel Family Scout Reserve in Glen Jean, W.V. Contingents of more than 12,500...
Mia Raskin (standing) at a Binghamton University game. Credit: Courtesy.

Meet Mia Raskin: A Shomer Shabbat college basketball player at Binghamton

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For Mia Raskin, basketball and Judaism are essential parts of life. Her deep and simultaneous commitment to her favorite sport and religion never came into conflict; at least, until Raskin began considering her college...
Representatives of the Chief Rabbinate of Israel deliver a kashrut certificate to a local restaurant, in central Jerusalem, on Dec. 31, 2019. Photo by Hadas Parush/Flash90.

Israel’s Chief Rabbinate up in arms over kashrut reform plan

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Israel’s Chief Rabbinate announced on Tuesday that it plans to fight a reform seeking to strip it of its absolute authority to award businesses kashrut certificates. The reform, announced by Israeli Religious Services Minister Matan...
San Francisco's Frena Bakery. Source: Google Maps screenshot.

San Francisco’s only kosher bakery praised for hiring former prisoners

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The sole kosher bakery in San Francisco has made headlines for hiring formerly incarcerated employees. The nickname for Isaac Yosef’s Frena Bakery is the “Lifer Bakery.” Yosef has hired more than 25 ex-prisoners at his bakery...
Guests at an Iftar gathering attended by Jews and Arabs, and hosted by Palestinian businessman Ashraf Jabari in Hebron, April 2021. Photo by Josh Hasten.

Iftar gathering in Hebron shows commonalities between Israelis and Palestinians

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As the sun was setting over the ancient city of Hebron signifying the end of another day of fasting for devout Muslims during the holy month of Ramadan, hungry Palestinians were shuttling their guests from...
Chef Elli Kriel at work in her kosher kitchen in the United Arab Emirates. Credit: Courtesy.

Delicious diplomacy: From Dubai to Akko, food as the great equalizer

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Jewish identity is invariably related to food, as witnessed through Jewish dietary laws, holiday traditions and consciousness. Retaining this identity is a matter of pride for many, and in our globalized, modern world, the...
A view of Oxford, England. Credit: Skowronek/Shutterstock.

Archaeologists discover first evidence that medieval Jews in Britain kept kosher

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Archaeologists have discovered the first evidence that Jews living in England in the 12th and 13th centuries observed Jewish dietary laws, reported The Jewish Chronicle on Thursday. The findings revealed this week are from a 2016 project...
The European Court of Justice (ECJ) in Luxembourg, Nov. 18, 2006. Credit: Cédric Puisney via Wikimedia Commons.

EU court upholds Belgian ban on kosher ritual slaughter

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The European Court of Justice upheld a Belgian ban on religious slaughter, including kosher ritual slaughter without stunning, in a ruling released on Thursday. The E.U. court ruled that the laws requiring animals to be stunned enable “a fair...