Tag: Kosher Food
Pesach 2021: The holiday of our (impending) freedom
We are seeing the light at the end of the tunnel. With coronavirus vaccinations ramping up throughout the country, this may be the last Jewish holiday we spend in our small bubbles, restricted from...
Jewish communities in Gulf offer Passover programs for residents, US troops
The Association of Gulf Jewish Communities, the people-to-people network of Jewish communities from Gulf Cooperation Council countries that are developing Jewish life in the region, has planned multiple programs to support and enrich the...
Orthodox Union releases its ‘Guide to Passover’ 2021
The Orthodox Union has released its annual “Guide to Passover,” which provides comprehensive guidance about kosher-for-Passover products.
This year’s edition, available in both PDF and online database formats, features nearly 30,000 kosher-for-Passover products and charts...
Netanyahu urges European leaders to block kosher slaughter ban
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has written to a number of European leaders, asking that they allow kosher slaughter to continue in their countries.
The letter went out to the leaders of Poland, Finland, Portugal,...
American Airlines to launch new direct flights between New York and Israel
American Airlines is scheduled to begin a new direct flight this spring between New York and Israel, traveling to and from John F. Kennedy International Airport and Ben-Gurion International Airport.
While the new direct route was announced in...
Toasting to a new normal in 2021
After almost 10 months, who would have thought that we’d still be hunkering down and battling COVID-19 with another dark few months on the horizon? This New Year’s Eve, there will be no riotous...
OU works with Ritz-Carlton Manama to facilitate kosher food for residents, tourists
Beginning this month, the Ritz-Carlton Hotel in Manama, Bahrain, will become the first hotel in the kingdom to offer kosher certified food through the help of Orthodox Union (OU) Kosher, the world’s largest kosher...
Chabad-Lubavitch announces emissary to United Arab Emirates
Each new day seems to bring with it historic good news from the Middle East. August’s surprise announcement of the United States-brokered Abraham Accords between the United Arab Emirates and Israel was followed a...
A safe Sukkot, at home and outside
Sukkot, the joyous Jewish Thanksgiving, was originally an agricultural holiday, a time of gathering a bountiful harvest. The sukkah itself—the primary symbol of the holiday—is a reminder of hastily built shelters the Jews endured in their...
Armani Hotel Dubai to host first kosher restaurant in UAE
On the heels of the Abraham Accords signed in Washington between Israel. Bahrain and the United Arab Emirates comes Armani/Kaf, the first kosher-certified dining destination in the UAW, which officially opened its doors on...