April 29, 2009 On Jaffe Street in the shuk is Nisan’s Cafe. The place is a nice cafe, selling dried beans and spices as well. He usually has some sort of letter hanging on the left side when one enters, but NO KOSHER CERTIFICATION. I have a number of photos and the letters change from read more
One popular Shuk area location is Jerusalem Steakhouse located at 101 Agrippas Street. It says “mehadrin” all over the place but has a Jerusalem Rabbinate regular certification alongside an unauthorized hechsher.
Monday, April 27, 2009 – 3 Iyar 5769 The last time I wrote a negative article regarding the kashrus situation in Israel a small number of readers were offended, accusing me of painting Eretz Yisrael in a bad light. Some even removed themselves from the mailing list, and I for one respect their integrity and read more
Sunday, April 26, 2009 2 Iyar 5769 ALERT: Meshek Tzuriel Dairy The Chief Rabbinate of Israel today released a memo in the name of Rabbi Yosef Chaim Rosenblatt, the Chief Rabbi of the Lower Galil Region pertaining to Meshek Tzuriel Dairy. The rav’s stated as of 25 Nissan (April 19th), the Meshek Tzuriel Dairy will read more
Chief Rabbinate Update 015 April 23, 2009 29 Nissan 5769 Cream Soda with the product code 4860001121069 released by Lumisi JSC, and a strawberry flavored drink on a mineral water base product code 8809041424491, released by OKF-CO, advertise themselves under the supervision of the Chief Rabbinate. The claim is fraudulent and the products are not read more
29 Nissan 5769 – Wednesday, April 22, 2009 Well, the first stage of the Jerusalem Kosher News website is up and running, containing 61 posts, the major content from the Google group, transferred to its new home. The major improvement offered by the site is the ability for readers to comment (moderated of course) and read more
The Ariel Bakery, which has numerous branches, traces its humble beginning to the Talpiot area of Haifa, now a major bakery serving northern areas of Israel. The kashrus supervision of Badatz Rav Rubin has announced the bakery is no longer under its supervision due to violations pertaining to chametz in some of its branches . read more
Chief Rabbinate Update 014 April 7, 2009 13 Nissan 5769 PIZZA HUT WARNING The following URL referring to “Pizzot” states a number of Israeli branches of Pizza (http://www.pizzot.co.il/article.php?art=3). The website lists the following branches as selling kosher for Passover items while this is NOT the case. 170 Derech Amir in Tel Aviv, 11 Bialach Street read more
