Canada’s Jewish community wins court reprieve halting new federal kosher slaughter rules
Jewish advocacy leaders hope this will translate into lower prices on kosher meat.
Four questions about the quirky Canadian affection for Passover Coke
Jeff Dobro pushed his empty grocery cart toward the very back of a Toronto-area Metro supermarket in March, looking for a two-litre object that only appears once a year. The businessman had actually been calling around to stores in his area for weeks beforehand, hoping to secure sufficient supply of his favourite soft drink. “I […]
Toronto gift basket company says its treats are kosher—but the Orthodox Union says otherwise
Just in time for gift basket season, the Orthodox Union is warning consumers away from a Toronto-area supplier of such treats. The kosher certification agency alleges, in a post on its website, that its trademark heksher is being abused by a Scarborough, Ont. company called Gifting Kosher, a purveyor of baskets filled with chocolate, wine […]
A couple in Ottawa are now brewing flavoured craft beer that’s certified kosher
Shillow Beer Company, the only Ontario producer of flavoured, kosher craft beer, opened a brick-and-mortar location in Ottawa this summer. Ben Shillow, who co-founded the company with his wife, Jamie, considers the facility to be a “dream coming true.” Previously, operating for seven-and-a-half years as a contract brewery involved using a secondary company to produce […]
Expert shows how to keep produce kosher
Rabbi Yossi Eisen, chief administrator of the Five Towns and Far Rockaway kashrut agency in New York, recently spoke at various venues in Montreal about how to keep produce kosher.
