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Category Archives: Kashrut
Mamash Bites The Dust
It’s over. MAMASH IS HISTORY. It’s closed tonight. That’s the second of two great new upscale Kosher restaurants that have closed in the past few weeks after Prime Grill recently shuttered its doors and has now been sold to a … Continue reading
Moderates Win Out In Pico/Robertson Kashrut Battle?
A Modern Orthodox bloke says: "A Yasher Koach to the 3 Rabbis involved for keeping our area free of the right wing radicals. Pico/Robertson’s rabbis at the three major Modern Orthodox shuls email: Dear Friends, We are pleased to inform … Continue reading
Pico Blvd Kosher Restaurant Mamash Closing?
I hear the new Mamash fusion restaurant may close in the next few weeks. Did you hear why Brooklyn Pizza no longer is certified by the RCC? Four times the non-jewish owner documented on videotape the mashgiach stealing from him … Continue reading
Status Of Rubashkin’s Non-Glatt Meat
What is glatt kosher? Informally it means "super kosher." The background to this dispute is that the leaders of Orthodox Judaism in Los Angeles have done everything they can to prevent the sale of non-glatt meat. It’s all part of … Continue reading
Bowing To The Right-Wing
On January 28, the rabbis from the three largest Modern Orthodox shuls in Pico/Robertson sent out this release: Dear friends, As you may remember, a question arose a couple of months ago concerning the status of the non-glatt kosher meats being … Continue reading
Beverly Hills Kosher Restaurant Prime Grill Closed
It’s official: PrimeGrill is closed. What is arguably the best and smartest kosher restaurant west of Manhattan is shuttered. The rest of the story is still unclear. Officially it is due to rain damage which is now being repaired and the … Continue reading
Kashrut Alert
Dear friends, I am extending my moral leadership to questions of kashrut. As you may remember, a question arose a couple of months ago concerning the status of the non-glatt kosher meats being produced by the Rubashkin company. (These are … Continue reading
‘The Kosher Billionaire’s Secret Recipe’
From the Marin Independent Journal: …The Cohens live wealthy inside and out. Stacy Cohen’s husband is Israeli-born tycoon Mouli Cohen, who made his fortune in the high-tech and biotech industries. The couple met in 2000 at a Hollywood party and, … Continue reading
Kosher SUBWAY opens in Pico-Robertson
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Jewish Scandals
My inner Amalek writes: You want to break a gutsy Orthodox story, that everyone is afraid to touch? Try kashrut in L.A., specifically Rabbi Teichman’s "Kehilla Organization." This guy is hated and feared by just about anyone he certifies. He … Continue reading