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Poland's Role as Producer of Meat for Jews, Muslim...
Article by AP | Published 05/16/13 | Comments (0)
WARSAW, Poland – For some, it was a barbaric way to treat animals. For others, ...
Preparing for Shavuos - Cholov Yisroel
Article by BaltimoreJewishLife.com/Rabbi Eli Glaser, CNWC, CWMC | Published 05/14/13 | Comments (0)
The Rabbis give us a fascinating insight into one aspect of preparation that Moshe undertook to make himself fitting to speak with HaShem...
Video & Photo Esssay on How to Bake Kosher Neapolit...
Article by Staff Reporter | Published 05/16/13 | Comments (0)
As Shavuos approaches, we decided to experiment and see if we can make an out-of-the-box wacky cheesecake for all the husbands who stay up the whole ni...
Word's Greatest Cheescake Recipe Now in EXTRA
Article by BJLife Staff | Published 05/08/13 | Comments (0)
Click on the graphic below for updated ads and the recipe for the World's Greatest Cheesecake just in time for Shavuos ...
Coke Takes Anti-Obesity Campaign Global
Article by Candice Choi, AP | Published 05/08/13 | Comments (1)
NEW YORK — Coca-Cola says it will make lower-calorie options and clear ca...
British Archbishop Praises 'Strictly Kosher' ...
Article by Staff Reporter | Published 05/07/13 | Comments (0)
The Archbishop of Canterbury believes that removing religious programming from TV will have “dangerous” consequences, and pointed ...
Video: How J2-Kosher Jerusalem Pizza is Made
Article by BJLife News Room | Published 05/07/13 | Comments (1)
We went to one of the few places in Jerusalem that people claim make “real american” pizza &...
Memphis-Based Corky's Fires up Brisket for Brachas
Article by Ron Kampeas | Published 05/03/13 | Comments (0)
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As Honey Bee Population Dwindles, U.S. Sees Threat to F...
Article by Ian Simpson, Reuters | Published 05/03/13 | Comments (0)
WASHINGTON - Honey bees, which play a key role in pollinating a wide variety of food crops, are in sharp decline in the United States, due to parasit...
Video: How Kosher Israeli Shawarma is Made
Article by BJLife News Room | Published 05/02/13 | Comments (0)
One of the favorite meat dishes of the real "sabras" living in Israel is shawarma. ...
Gillibrand, Crowley Announce Legislation to Increase Ko...
Article by BJLife News Room | Published 04/25/13 | Comments (0)
Gillibrand-Crowley Legislation Requires USDA to Target, Label, and Increase Kosher Meals to ...
Doheny Meats Buyer Shlomo Rechnitz on Business, Philant...
Article by Jonah Lowenfeld | Published 04/24/13 | Comments (0)
Fifteen years ago, Shlomo Rechnitz co-founded TwinMed, a wholesaler of medical supplies serving nursing homes. Since then, Rechnitz has founded, or b...
TODAY at Noon! Star-K TeleKosher Conference: To Buy or ...
Article by BJLife News Room | Published 04/24/13 | Comments (0)
TODAY - Wednesday, April 24, 2013, Noon EST To Buy or Not t...
Drinking Out of a Can Will Never Be the Same Again
Article by James Daniel | Published 04/24/13 | Comments (0)
Introducing the new 360 degree lid! ...
VIDEO: How Kosher Puffed Rice Cakes Are Made
Article by BaltimoreJewishLife.com/Yehuda Boltshauser | Published 04/23/13 | Comments (1)
JERUSALEM, ISRAEL - A display of how fresh kosher puffed buckwheat and rice cakes are made by a machine at street side vendor on Bar Ilan street in Jer...
America Eats for Israel...This Tuesday
Article by Lani R. 2014 and Dani M. 2014, Co-Heads, America Eats for Israel | Published 04/21/13 | Comments (0)
You can help Israel’s needy…all you have to do is eat! Eat at a participating kosher rest...
Jewish Drug Lord Sues Prison Chief for Denial of Kosher...
Article by Rob Cooper | Published 04/15/13 | Comments (0)
A drugs baron jailed for trying to smuggle £35million worth of cocaine into Britain is suing...
Polish Prosecutors Decline to Investigate Shechitah
Article by Staff Reporter | Published 04/14/13 | Comments (0)
WARSAW, Poland -- Prosecutors in Bialystok declined to open an investigation into Jewish ritual slaughter in the northeastern town ...
Feds: NYC Kosher Food Warehouse Is Rat-Infested
Article by Staff Reporter | Published 04/13/13 | Comments (0)
Federal prosecutors say the New York City headquarters of a kosher food manufacturer has a rodent problem. ...
The Numbers Are In - OU Had a Busy Pesach
Article by BJLife News Room | Published 04/11/13 | Comments (0)
Disseminating knowledge was an organizational effort The period between Passover and the Festival of S...
Lack of Kosher Meat Will Force Polish Jews to Import
Article by Sam Sokol | Published 04/10/13 | Comments (0)
Head of Wa...
USDA and Jewish Groups Keep School Lunches Kosher
Article by Judith Dinowitz | Published 04/10/13 | Comments (0)
WASHINGTON – Last week, the U.S. Department of Agriculture released new guidelines that will allow Jewish schools to continue to participate ...
For L.A. Investigator, Exposing Kosher Meat Fraud Was a...
Article by Rebecca Spence | Published 04/09/13 | Comments (0)
LOS ANGELES -- A semi-automatic weapon sits propped beside the front door of the ranch-style home that Eric Agaki shares with his wife, a couple of g...
Israel's Bug-Free Scandal Raises Questions on Pre-...
Article by Staff Reporter | Published 04/09/13 | Comments (0)
TEL AVIV — While Americans were reeling from a kosher meat scandal in Los Angeles where a glatt kosher market was found to sell non-kosher me...
Toronto: Chai Kosher Poultry Set to Close
Article by Staff Reporter | Published 04/09/13 | Comments (0)
Kosher consumers in Toronto will have plenty of chicken, despite the impending closure on May 3 of Chai Kosher Poultry, one of the city’s l...
Airlines Increasingly Cater to Kosher Travelers Worldwi...
Article by Staff Reporter | Published 04/08/13 | Comments (0)
TEL AVIV — The number of travelers requesting kosher meals continues to rise with one source here saying that the request for glatt kosher me...
LA Kosher Market Hit With Suits Over Meat Handling
Article by AP | Published 04/08/13 | Comments (0)
Los Angeles - A second lawsuit has been filed against a popular kosher market in Los Angeles over allegations about improper meat certification....
The Great Unanswered Question in the Doheny Meat Scanda...
Article by Uriel Heilman | Published 04/05/13 | Comments (0)
Well, was it kosher or wasn’t it? That’s the great unanswered question in the Doheny meat scandal in Los Angeles. ...
Well-Preserved Wine-Making Facility Found in Southern I...
Article by David Lev | Published 04/04/13 | Comments (0)
Antiquities Authority workers have discovered a well-preserved Byzantine era wine-making facility in southern I...
Parents Cry Out When Kids Were Denied Lunch
Article by AP | Published 04/04/13 | Comments (0)
ATTLEBORO, Mass. – As many as 25 students at a Massachusetts school were denie...
Here's How to Bake a Schlisel Challah for This Sha...
Article by Staff Reporter | Published 04/04/13 | Comments (0)
How to shape a challah like a key for Schlissel Challah Shabbos ...
Orthodox L.A. Philanthropist Buys Doheny Meats
Article by Jonah Lowenfeld | Published 04/03/13 | Comments (0)
Shlomo Rechnitz, a prominent local businessman and philanthropist, has purchased Doheny Glatt Kosher Meats, the scandal-plagued kosher meat retailer an...
USDA Investigates Kosher Butcher Accused of Using Non-K...
Article by Matt Stevens and Kate Mather | Published 04/03/13 | Comments (0)
The U.S. Department of Agriculture has launched an investigation into the Doheny Glatt Kosh...
Doheny Meats Owner Said to be Involved in Previous Kosh...
Article by Jonah Lowenfeld | Published 04/02/13 | Comments (0)
Thirty years ago, in 1983, Rabbi Pinchas Gruman, an esteemed scholar of Jewish texts who also holds a doctorate in philosophy, was the chair of the R...
Statement from the Rabbinical Council of California on ...
Article by BJLife News Room | Published 03/30/13 | Comments (0)
On Sunday March 24th, the RCC received video footage alleging kashrus violations at Doheny ...
Doheny Kosher Meats New Supervisor Offers Update
Article by Rabbi Eliyahu Fink | Published 03/29/13 | Comments (1)
As of Thursday, Doheny Kosher Meats has a new kosher supervision. The rabbi signed on the certificate is a relative unknown in the Los Angeles kosher c...
Kosher Meat Scandal Rocks L.A. Market
Article by Carolyn Costello | Published 03/29/13 | Comments (0)
LOS ANGELES — As Southern California Jews continue to celebrate Passover, there’s some shocking news about the meat that...
Hacker in Massive Web Attack Makes Anti-Jewish Statemen...
Article by Eli Lake | Published 03/28/13 | Comments (0)
Sven Olaf Kamphuis says his group was behind this week’s massive Inte...
Coca-Cola: No 'Kosher for Passover' Coke in C...
Article by AP | Published 03/21/13 | Comments (0)
NEW YORK — Coca-Cola may be missing from Passover feasts for the second year in a row in California. The Coca-C...
Mississippi Passes Anti-Bloomberg Bill Banning Bans on ...
Article by Cheryl K. Chumley | Published 03/21/13 | Comments (0)
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Coca-Cola Puts Fizz, Flavor in New Glaceau Water
Article by Candice Choi, AP | Published 03/18/13 | Comments (0)
NEW YORK - Coca-Cola is taking bottled water and doing what it does best , giving it some bubbles and flavor. The Atlanta-based com...
Why is this Passover Different? Sephardic Jews Can Have...
Article by Star-K/Margie Pensak | Published 03/12/13 | Comments (4)
Baltimore, MD - Mar. 12 - Restaurateur-turned-entrepreneur Blake Wollman received so much cus...
Judge Halts Mayor's Soda Ban, Calls it 'Arbit...
Article by David Seifman and Julia Marsh | Published 03/11/13 | Comments (1)
A state judge on Monday stopped Mayor Bloomberg's administration from banning New York City restaurants and other venues from selling large suga...
Obama Will Not Break Bread in Israel; Presidential Fare...
Article by Ilene Prusher | Published 03/11/13 | Comments (0)
The entire King David Hotel, where he’ll be staying with an entourage that will fill all 23...
When You Do The Math, There is Plenty of Kosher Poultry...
Article by Staff Reporter | Published 03/07/13 | Comments (1)
New York...
Williamsburg Chasidim Prefer Israeli Coke but Not Diet ...
Article by Staff Reporter | Published 03/07/13 | Comments (0)
Brooklyn, NY — A major Chasidic rabbi in Williamsburg routinely offers his followers Coca Cola products but not ...
Matzoh May be Lost 'Loss Leader'
Article by Staff Reporter | Published 03/06/13 | Comments (0)
NEW YORK — The age of using Matzoh as a “loss leader” may be rapidly coming to an end as many chains seemed to have chang...
Fast Food Makes Up 11 Percent of Calories in U.S. Diet:...
Article by Steven Reinberg HealthDay Reporter | Published 02/21/13 | Comments (0)
THURSDAY, Feb. 21 - Fast food fare from restaurants accounted for more than 11 percent of the calories in American adults' daily diets in recen...
Just in Time for Purim: Jwines - A New Standard in Kosh...
Article by BJLife News Room | Published 02/19/13 | Comments (5)
Pittsburgh, PA - Feb. 12 - The days of Kosher wine being a small, cottage industry are over. Kosher wines now come in a st...
Israeli Cookbook a Star in Apple's New Ad Campaign
Article by David Shamah | Published 02/18/13 | Comments (0)
Look and Cook, an app featuring recipes by Israeli chef Meir Adoni, is one...
Horsemeat Crisis Prompts Kosher Sales Surge
Article by Marcus Dysch | Published 02/14/13 | Comments (0)
The head of the Manchester Beth Din has said that the Food Standards Agency and meat companies could “learn a lot” from kosher pro...
Southern Diet, Fried Foods, May Raise Stroke Risk
Article by Marilynn Marchione, AP | Published 02/08/13 | Comments (0)
Deep-fried foods may be causing trouble in the Deep South. People whose diets are heavy on them and sugary drinks like sweet tea and soda were more l...
FDA Mulls Changes To Sometimes-Confusing Nutrition Labe...
Article by Staff Reporter | Published 01/27/13 | Comments (0)
Possible Changes Are Larger Fonts And Removing 'Calories From Fat' Section ...
'King of Kosher' Donates Spoils
Article by Natasha Wasinski | Published 01/25/13 | Comments (0)
Eric Silberman of Lincolnwood hit the jackpot with an award-winning recipe: a matzo ball soup that just keeps gi...
Let the Tu B'Shvat Fruit Eater Beware
Article by Star-K/Margie Pensak | Published 01/24/13 | Comments (0)
For your convenience, the below is condensed from STAR-K Kosher Certification’s webs...
What Foods To Seek Or Avoid During Cold And Flu Season
Article by Pat Farnack | Published 01/18/13 | Comments (0)
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) - So many people are sick these days with the flu running rampant that the new book “Foods...
Report Questions Food Stamp Program's Effectivenes...
Article by Lisa Lambert and Susan Heavey | Published 01/17/13 | Comments (0)
A report by a pane...
NYC: 3-Month Reprieve from Big Sugary Drink Fines
Article by Staff Reporter | Published 01/15/13 | Comments (0)
Soda sellers are set to get a three-month...
Coca-Cola to Address Obesity for First Time in Ads
Article by Candice Choi, AP | Published 01/14/13 | Comments (0)
NEW YORK (AP) — Coca-Cola became one of the world's most powerful brands by equating its soft drinks with happiness. Now it's taki...
Jewish Inmates in FL to Receive Kosher Food
Article by Staff Reporters | Published 01/14/13 | Comments (0)
MIAMI, Fla.—The Florida Department of Corrections has agreed to serve ...
Dr. Yitzchok Levine, Contributing Writer
Article by BJLife Staff | Published 01/10/13 | Comments (0)
BaltimoreJewishLife.com is honored to add Dr. Yitzchok Levine...
Microwave Can Keep Bread Mold Free for 60 Days
Article by AP | Published 01/08/13 | Comments (0)
Attention, bread shoppers: A Texas company could have the answer to some consumers' unwelcom...
Game Day Dips (Easy Recipes)
Article by BaltimoreJewishLife.com/Bracha Shor | Published 01/07/13 | Comments (2)
Avocados are delicious and if you've heard anything about them, you've probably heard they have the "good" fat. The good ...
Peanut Butter Takes On an Unlikely Best Friend
Article by Dwight GArner | Published 01/03/13 | Comments (0)
LIKE Krazy and Ignatz, Carville and Matalin, Cupid and Psyche or Alison Krauss and Robert Plant, the peanut butter and pickle sandwich is one of those ...
Starbucks to Roll Out $1 Reusable Cups
Article by AP | Published 01/03/13 | Comments (0)
NEW YORK — Starbucks Corp. is rolling out a $1 reusable plastic cu...
Brownie with Peanut Butter Truffle Deliciousness
Article by BaltimoreJewishLife.com/Bracha Shor | Published 12/31/12 | Comments (3)
Easy and Delicious Brownies with Peanut Butter Truffle: Ok, first a warning. If you make these, (if you are like me) you ...
Deal Reached for Stopping Spike in Milk Prices
Article by Mary Clare Jalonick and Alan Fram, AP | Published 12/31/12 | Comments (0)
WASHINGTON -- The top leaders in both parties on the House and Senate Agriculture committees have...
Orthodox Jewish Inmate Wins Kosher Food Victory
Article by Kerry Mcdermott | Published 12/31/12 | Comments (1)
An Orthodox Jew who was jailed for murder has won the right to be served kosher meals in prison. ...
Starbucks Expands Cup Campaign Aimed at U.S. Fiscal Dea...
Article by Julie Ingwersen, Reuters | Published 12/29/12 | Comments (0)
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Milk Prices Could Soar in Coming Months
Article by Dan Piller, The Des Moines Register | Published 12/29/12 | Comments (0)
Without a new Farm Bill by Tuesday, milk prices by law would revert to rule...
Baltimore's Newest Kosher Restaurant, Easta La Vis...
Article by BaltimoreJewishLife.com/Margie Pensak | Published 12/28/12 | Comments (11)
Baltimore, MD - Dec. 26 - The first adjective that comes to my mind in describing Elad Barmatz...
RECIPE: Fondue! 3 Course Meal
Article by BaltimoreJewishLife.com/Bracha Shor | Published 12/24/12 | Comments (6)
Cheese Fondue - or should I say FUN! Do! Yes, fondue seems to have gone out of favor with the 70s, which is a real shame, because whereas I ...
Kosher Food Bloggers Emerge as New Force in Kosher Comm...
Article by Staff Reporters | Published 12/13/12 | Comments (0)
NEW YORK — The Kosher Food Bloggers are a community of bloggers, brands, and foodies that share a com...
The Battle Over Kosher Jerusalem
Article by Jessica Steinberg | Published 11/28/12 | Comments (0)
Five Jerusalem restaurants are taking the city’s chief rabbinate to court after being fined between NIS 1,000 and NIS 2,000 for calling the...
NY Dems Propose Purchase of Food for Jewish, Muslim Fam...
Article by Pete Kasperowicz | Published 11/19/12 | Comments (0)
Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (D-N.Y.) and Rep. Joe Crowley (D-N.Y.) have introduced legislation that would require the Secretary of Agriculture to buy Kos...
FDA Reports Possible Link Between 5-Hour Energy and 13 ...
Article by Reuters | Published 11/15/12 | Comments (0)
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration confirmed on Wednesday the receipt of reports that another ...
Israel: Eggs, Milk to Rise 5%
Article by Ilanit Hayut | Published 11/06/12 | Comments (0)
Earlier this week, chicken farmers halted egg deliveries to protest the government's delay in ra...
Fair is Fowl and Fowl is Fair: STAR-K Kosher Certificat...
Article by Star-K/Margie Pensak | Published 10/23/12 | Comments (0)
It’s a busy Friday afternoon, with just a couple of hours left until Shabbos. Not the best time, perhaps, for your husband to be unsure about...
Changes at the Top at Empire Signify More Aggressive Po...
Article by Staff Reporter | Published 10/22/12 | Comments (0)
MIFFLINTOWN, PA -- In a move that stunned workers and officials in the kosher food industry, the Board of Directors of <...
Thousands of Bottles of Counterfeit, Exploding Heinz To...
Article by Snejana Farberov | Published 10/19/12 | Comments (1)
A now-defunct counterfeit Heinz ketchup operation left a New Jersey warehouse covered in the sticky c...
Peanut Butter Recall Extended to Raw, Roasted Peanuts
Article by Jim Avila | Published 10/16/12 | Comments (0)
The recall of peanut butter and other nut products linked to an outbreak of salmonella from a New Mexico food company has now been expanded to include ...
Star-K Kosher Hot Dogs Move up to the Super Bowl
Article by Feige Leitman | Published 10/16/12 | Comments (0)
NEW YORK -- The football season is just a few weeks old but already the Super Bowl is making news. Football fans that ea...
A Guide To An Israeli Butcher Shop
Article by Rabbi Yair Hoffman | Published 10/13/12 | Comments (0)
When Americans travel to Israel for yom tov, they often do one of two things: A. They either bring their choice cuts of meats from ...
Kellogg Co Recalls Cereal on Possible Metal Contaminati...
Article by Staff Reporter | Published 10/11/12 | Comments (0)
Kellogg Co. (K) is recalling millions of boxes of its popular Mini-Wheats cereal due to possible contamination by pieces of metal mesh. &l...
Los Angeles Kosher: Beyond Corned Beef and a Knish
Article by Jennifer Medina | Published 10/10/12 | Comments (0)
AS a child growing up in Southern California, I happily feasted on the carnitas that were a regular fixture at weekend cookouts and on special occasion...
Trader Joe's Peanut Butter Linked to Salmonella Ou...
Article by Anna staver | Published 09/22/12 | Comments (0)
The Maryland Department of Health and Mental Hygiene is recommending that people who shop at Trader Joe's avoid its peanut butter products....
Starbucks Turns Up Heat on Coffee Brewer Market
Article by Candice Choi, AP Food Industry Writer | Published 09/20/12 | Comments (0)
NEW YORK (AP) — Starbucks Corp. ...
'Supersized' Drinks on the Way Out in NYC
Article by Laura Petrecca | Published 09/13/12 | Comments (0)
NEW YORK -- The vote is in, and supersized soft drinks are out. New Yor...
Recipes: Crunchy Apple Salads
Article by BaltimoreJewishLife.com/Bracha Shor | Published 09/03/12 | Comments (0)
The new year is coming, and what better way to dress up your table than to add some apple focused salad...
Diet Pepsi Formula Getting a Sweetener Tweak
Article by Candice Choi, AP | Published 08/31/12 | Comments (0)
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Pair of Deli Owners Teaming up to Bring Kosher Hotel to...
Article by Richard A. Ries | Published 08/31/12 | Comments (0)
The World Gate Hotel and Conference Center in Kissimmee is teaming up with a pair of deli owners in Clermont to bring a kosher hotel to Orlando in ti...
New Study Shows American Families Throw Away Thousands ...
Article by Monica Miller | Published 08/22/12 | Comments (6)
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) – Despite a drought and skyrocketing food prices, a new study shows Americans are throwin...
New School Lunch Guidelines Take Effect This Fall
Article by AP | Published 08/22/12 | Comments (1)
New Agriculture Department guidelines for school lunches will take effect this fall, including the first national calorie and sodium limits for what c...
Number of Kosher Establishments in US May Reach 20,000;...
Article by Staff Reporter | Published 08/21/12 | Comments (1)
NEW YORK — The U.S. is by far the largest market for kosher, according to a recent survey conducted by KosherTod...
For Romney: No Coffee, But Coffee Ice Cream OK
Article by Charles Babington, AP | Published 08/20/12 | Comments (0)
NANTUCKET, Mass. — Mitt Romney joins other observant Mormons in shunning alcohol ...
States Keep Losing but Keep Fighting to Deny Prisoners...
Article by http://www.koshertoday.com/08-06-12---States-Keep-Losing-but-Keep-Fighting-to-Deny-Prisoners-Kosher-Food/ | Published 08/10/12 | Comments (0)
GRAND RAPIDS, MI — It isn’t as if there is a chance they will win. Courts as high as the U.S. Supreme ...
U.S. Drought Drives Up Food Prices Worldwide
Article by Aaron Smith | Published 08/09/12 | Comments (0)
NEW YORK (CNNMoney) -- The drought that's drying up the Heartland isn't just an American problem. It's causing food prices to surge wo...
Monsey 7-Eleven Makes Keeping Kosher Convenient
Article by Jillian Sederholm | Published 08/08/12 | Comments (4)
A Monsey convenience store franchise gave new meaning to its motto,“Oh thank heaven for 7-Eleven,” when it became the first in the...