Posts Tagged: Kosher Laws
If Pork Is Kosher, Has the Messiah Arrived?
The latest kashrut scandal to hit the news is not what you might expect. A couple of weeks ago, in an interview in Israel’s widest-read daily...
Israeli Basketball Player Omri Casspi Educates NBA Teammate About Keeping Kosher
Israeli NBA player Omri Casspi taught one of his teammates about the Jewish dietary laws of kashrut during a guest appearance on his colleague's YouTube show...
Catholic Grocer Caters to Mexico’s Jewish Community, Stocks Stores With Kosher Products
A Catholic grocer in Mexico is catering to Jews in his two shops, the Lost Angeles Times reported. Noe Trinidad Chavez, 56, is doing this by stocking his...
Unholy Cow? Archaeologist Claims Romans Influenced Jewish Ritual Slaughter
JNS.org - An Israeli archaeologist is claiming to have discovered that Jewish ritual slaughter (shechita) was influenced not only by the kosher laws spelled out in the...
Parshat Shemini: Are You Really Eating Kosher?
Kosher animals, as is well known, can be identified by two simanim (physical signs). They must chew their cud, and their hooves must be wholly cloven. (Vayikra...
Entrepreneurs Bend the Laws of Kashrut for Startup
Forbes - Zalmi Duchman and Yosef Schwartz have always been entrepreneurs who bent the rules. In high school, they sold home-made smoothies out of...
