Kosher mehadrin

In March this year, Chief Rabbi David Lau established a committee which he chairs for evaluating the kashrut supervision system and the different options available to improve it.

Although the High Court ruled in favor of the chief rabbinate, the petitioners who filed a suit to abolish the rabbinate’s monopoly have now requested a hearing from an expanded High court panel.

So Hashgacha Pratit has now taken to social media to gain exposure for the restaurants it supervises and to broadcast the fact that they are kosher.

In a decision earlier this month, the High Court of Justice ruled that a legal loophole allowing restaurants to present themselves as being kosher without using the word “kosher” was unlawful.

Rabbinate insists that it enforces law universally in dealing with independent kashrut authorities.

Rachel Azaria’s bill comes hot on the heels of a ruling by the High Court of Justice last week, which ruled that independent authorities cannot even give the impression of being kosher to customers.

There is many a tasty treat at Trattoria Haba.

Analysis: After years of haredi protests over secular impropriety or immodesty the majority of Israelis are gearing up to protest back.

The Village Green in Jerusalem’s German Colony offers healthy, wholesome food for the whole family.