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Fast Forward No Need To Certify Pot As Kosher, Canadian Agency Says
On the day kosher-certified medical marijuana first went on sale in New York, Canada’s largest kashrut agency said it believes such certification is unnecessary. Following a debate Thursday, the Kashruth Council of Canada announced that medication need not be kosher, The Canadian Press reported. Last month, Vireo Health of New York announced that the Orthodox…
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Fast Forward French Chief Rabbi Warns Veterinarians on Kosher Slaughter Stand
France’s chief rabbi warned the country’s association of veterinarians of the “far-reaching” consequences of its recent opposition to the ritual slaughter of animals. Rabbi Haim Korsia expressed his concern regarding the position of France’s Order of Veterinarians in a letter he sent to the president of that association, Michel Baussier, the AFP news agency on…
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Fast Forward Jewish Man Gets 20 Years for Killing Bartender Who Served Clamato Juice
A Jewish Montana man has been sentenced to 20 years in state prison for shooting a bartender and killing his dog in retaliation for being served a non-kosher drink. Monte Hanson, 60, pleaded guilty in September to shooting 29-year-old Joseph Lewis and his dog on May 9. District Judge James Haynes sentenced Hanson on Thursday…
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Food Mexican-Jewish Chef Wins Thanksgiving Chopped Challenge and All the Weekly Dish
Chef Dafna Mizrahi (above) won Chopped’s Thanksgiving Challenge. Mexican-Jewish chef Dafna Mizrahi has won top prize on The Food Network’s . The 23-year-old chef/owner of farm-to-table spot Monte’s Local Kitchen in upstate Amenia, New York, triumphed over three opponents on the show’s Thanksgiving episode. Mizrahi donated her $10,000 prize to a local horse-rescue organization. New…
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Food Ruffled Feathers Over Wegmans’ Kosher Labeling
A New Jersey lawyer is crying “fowl” over food-handling practices at a Cherry Hill branch of supermarket giant , calling its kosher labeling “misleading and fraudulent.” Adam Rosen alleges that the chain is unwrapping kosher chickens, cooking them in unsupervised ovens, seasoning the birds and then repackaging them with stickers that say “kosher.” “It struck…
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Food Finally, a Kosher Restaurant With Michelin Acclaim in Paris
Simone Zanoni, head chef of Le Rafael in Paris. JTA – With 84 Michelin-certified restaurants and a combined total of 115 stars, the French capital offers a dazzling gastronomic selection to anyone willing to stomach the bill. Anyone but observant Jews, that is. For years, the kosher-keeping community has been limited to budget pizzerias or…
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Food Italy’s Parmesan Cheese Goes Kosher
Cheese lovers of the Jewish world, rejoice: the original Parmesan cheese from Italy is now available in a kosher version. The first cheese wheel, adorned with a large Star of David and the word “kosher” written on it in Hebrew, was cut open last week at the Israeli pavilion in the Milan world’s fair. Although…
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Food Dutch Authorities Recommend Banning Kosher Slaughter
The Netherlands Food and Consumer Product Safety Authority advised the government to ban ritual slaughter of animals, citing pain and suffering caused to them in the process. The recommendation appeared in a report by the authority’s risk assessment bureau, the NRC Handelsblad daily Friday. “Ban, from a point of view of animal welfare, the killing…
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