{"id":3822,"date":"2008-08-20T07:59:20","date_gmt":"2008-08-20T15:59:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/?p=3822"},"modified":"2008-08-20T07:59:20","modified_gmt":"2008-08-20T15:59:20","slug":"jerusalem-rabbinate-attacks-restaurant-blacklist","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/?p=3822","title":{"rendered":"Jerusalem Rabbinate Attacks Restaurant Blacklist"},"content":{"rendered":"

From JPost.com<\/a>:<\/p>\n

The Chief Rabbinate in Jerusalem and a group of capital restaurant owners have threatened to sue a rabbinic organization that published a damning report on the state of kashrut supervision in the Holy City.<\/p>\n

Kosharot, an organization based in Elon Moreh that provides advisory services in the field of kosher supervision, compiled a blacklist – complete with names and addresses – of dozens of kosher restaurants around Jerusalem after conducting an investigation.<\/p>\n

Kosharot recommended not eating in these restaurants despite the fact that all of them were under the supervision of Jerusalem’s Rabbinate.<\/p>\n

The blacklist was later distributed via e-mail to hundreds of religious households throughout the city.<\/p>\n

It was received with shock and dismay by people who had relied on the kashrut supervision of the Jerusalem Rabbinate and had dined at the restaurants on the list.<\/p>\n

Kosharot said in response that it had no part in the publishing and distribution of the report, which was compiled for private use only.<\/p>\n

Rabbi Eliyahu Schlesinger, who is responsible for the Chief Rabbinate’s kashrut supervision in Jerusalem, told The Jerusalem Post <\/em>there were serious mistakes in the report.<\/p>\n

The document states that restaurants with normal kosher supervision in Jerusalem are visited by a supervisor (mashgiach<\/em>) only three to four times a week.<\/p>\n

However, Schlesinger said supervisors visited the restaurants twice daily, once in the morning for at least two hours and once in the afternoon or evening.<\/p>\n

Also, the report states that restaurants with regular kashrut supervision permitted non-Jews to place uncooked food on the fire when in reality this was prohibited under Chief Rabbinate directives.<\/p>\n

In contrast, Schlesinger said it was permitted for non-Jews to place uncooked food on the fire provided the fire was lit by a Jew, in accordance with the Ashkenazi halachic tradition.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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