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Kosher 43 articles

Why You Can Trust OU Kosher
Why You Can Trust OU Kosher
Steve Savitsky talks with Rabbi Eli Gersten, Rabbinic Coordinator of OU Kosher, about its inner workings and rigorous standards of kashrut.
May 23, 2012
By Stephen Savitsky
Ask OU Kosher About “Holy Fries”
Ask OU Kosher About “Holy Fries”
July 2011 By Rabbi Chaim Goldberg OU Rabbinic Coordinator To submit questions for future columns, please send them to {encode=”KosherQ@ou.org” title=”KosherQ@ou.org”}, or call the Kosher Consumer Hotline, at 212-613-8241. “Holy Fries”...
Jul 13, 2011
By Rabbi Chaim Goldberg
Is a Woman’s Place in the (Kosher) Kitchen?
Is a Woman’s Place in the (Kosher) Kitchen?
A recent Jewish Week article, “A Woman’s Place is in the (Kosher) Kitchen” by Amy Spiro caught plenty of attention. When Donyel Meese, a pre-med undergraduate and NCSY alumnus, was offered...
Jul 6, 2011
By Joyce Schur
What’s Bugging You?
What’s Bugging You?
Rabbi David Bistricer is an OU Kosher Rabbinic Coordinator. To submit questions for future columns, please send them to KosherQ@ou.org, or call the Kosher Consumer Hotline, at 212-613-8241. Q: Are there...
Jun 14, 2011
By Rabbi David Bistricer
A Way of Life: Keeping Kosher
A Way of Life: Keeping Kosher
The lady handing out samples at Costco knows it by the way my mom inspects the package. “It is kosher,” she says, as she indicates the OU on the front of...
May 18, 2011
By Jack Winkler
Essay Contest Winner – Kashrut: A Manifestation of the Jewish Identity
Essay Contest Winner – Kashrut: A Manifestation of the...
“It’s just a candy bar,” she says mockingly. “Who cares if it doesn’t have a hechscher? Just eat it.” She dangles the offending chocolate in front of me, smirking. I stumble...
May 11, 2011
By Talia Weisberg
Say Cheese!
Say Cheese!
“Say Cheese” Q: Why do only a few brands of “hard” cheese, such as cheddar, mozzarella and parmesan, bear well-known kosher symbols? After all, the ingredients in almost all cheeses seem...
Mar 23, 2011
By Rabbi Avrohom Gordimer
Coffee, I Can’t Live Without It
Coffee, I Can’t Live Without It
I’m a coffee fanatic! Okay, I admit it! According to Wikipedia, a fanatic is a belief or a behavior involving uncritical zeal, or to quote Winston Churchill, “a fanatic is one...
Mar 9, 2011
By Phyllis Koegel
A Peafowl by Any Other Name
A Peafowl by Any Other Name
As he was constructing the Holy Temple in Jerusalem, King Solomon labored to establish extensive and far-reaching trade routes to bring the very best for the service of God. A series...
Mar 9, 2011
By Rabbi Chaim Loike
Secret Life of a Chocoholic
Secret Life of a Chocoholic
Please don’t tell anyone, but I’m a chocoholic. My father (of blessed memory) used to bribe me with chocolate to get me to go to bed, clean my room, do my...
Feb 2, 2011
By Phyllis Koegel

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