Category Archives: JKN Alerts

Update from Badatz Beit Yosef

23 Iyar 5771 May 27, 2011 The following information pertains to the Atara meat department in the Osher Ad supermarket on HaDfus Street in Givat Shaul, Jerusalem, only. As of yesterday (22 Iyar), the coverage provided on the meat department has changed. As of now, products purchased at the meat department (only) no longer require read more »

Update from OU-Israel

 22 Iyar 5771 May 26, 2011 La Cuisine is now under the hashgacha of OU-Israel (dairy/parve). This includes the catering (Talpiot, Jerusalem), the café (20 Aza Street in the Rechavia area of Jerusalem) and the café in Beit Avichai (King George Street, Jerusalem).

Update from Badatz Beit Yosef

22 Iyar 5771 May 26, 2011 The following businesses are now under the hashgacha of Badatz Beit Yosef 1. Nice to Meet You Restaurant (meat) 6 Moholiver, Petach Tikvah – 03-913-1456 2. Café Café  (dairy/fish) 8 HaMenofim, Herzliya – 09-958-9671 3. Pizza & Falafel (dairy/fish) 129 Jabotinsky, Bnei Brak – 054-843-2042 Pizza Man in Tiveria is no longer read more »

A Note Regarding Summer Fruits

20 Iyar 5711 May 24, 2011 With the summer season unfolding before us, bringing with it the vast array of summer fruits, the following kashrut advisory is provided to remind consumers of a number of important issues. The information is taken from an alert released in Hebrew by the Kosharot organization. Tevel is indeed an issue, read more »

Rav Landau’s Hechsher on Tuna

19 Iyar 5771 May 23, 2011 The tuna industry has a newcomer, a veteran to the kashrus community but one who to date has refrained from putting his name on tuna. Badatz Rabbi Moshe Yehuda Leib Landau Shlita, Av Beit Din of Bnei Brak, has certified chunk light tuna (in water and sunflower oil) under read more »

Update: Elite’s Chalav Yisrael Line

19 Iyar 5771 May 23, 2011 Once upon a time, shoppers looking for chalav yisrael/mehadrin chocolate products from Elite had to search for the Eida Chareidit-approved Megadim line of Elite chocolates. Some time ago, this began to change as OU-Israel began certifying products under the Elite name, not the Megadim line, introducing the chalav yisrael read more »

Update from Badatz Beit Yosef

15 Iyar 5771 May 19, 2011  Badatz Beit Yosef announces that Ohr Pizza, located at 633 Herzl Street in Beit Shemesh, is no longer under its hashgacha. Despite this fact, the pizza shop continues to use the badatz logo in its ads and other areas, without authorization and the store management has refused to comply read more »

Eida Chareidit Notification Regarding Lag B’Omer

14 Iyar 5771 May 18, 2011 The Badatz Eida Chareidit has released the following information pertaining to kashrus in the Meron area on Lag B’Omer for those traveling to Kever Rashbi, Rabbi Shimon Bar Yochai. The badatz has made arrangements to provide hashgacha at;

Update from Badatz Beit Yosef

14 Iyar 5771 May 18, 2011 The following business is now under the hashgacha of Badatz Beit Yosef. 1. Pizza & Pizza (dairy/fish) 44 Uzi Chitman, Kiryat HaOmanim, Ramle (08-922-2212)

Update from Badatz Agudat Yisrael

12 Iyar 5771 May 16, 2011 Café Rimon meat restaurant, located on Luntz Street in downtown Jerusalem, is no longer under the supervision of Badatz Agudas Yisrael. This change occurred last night. As of this morning, the restaurant remains under the supervision of the Jerusalem Rabbinate mehadrin.