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Summer 2004

• OU Kosher Kidz Video


• Editor’s Letter: Why Food Matters
  by: Rabbi Dr. Eliyahu Safran


• Good News for Gluten- Free Consumers: Now You Can Have Your Cake & Eat it Too!
  by: Bayla Sheva Brenner


• Gluten-Free Flour Power: Celiac Sufferer helps Others by Helping Herself
  by: Bayla Sheva Brenner


• At Twin Rivers Technologies, OU Kosher Glycerin Is Now in Production


• All in a day’s Work (Actually Many Days): Twin Rivers and OU Kosher Make a Complex Kosherization a Realityby: Rabbi Avrohom Stone



• OU Companies Speak


• In the Plain of Spain: An OU Rabbinic Coordinator Seeks Out Olives and Other Kosher Products
  by: Rabbi Aharon Brun-Kestler


• Aceites y Salsas Muela: Expands into the Olive Oil Business with Help from the OU


• La Morella Nuts Provides Ingredients for Recipes That Are Both Tasty and Healthful


• The Olives of Seville: Loreto Specialty Foods S.L. Supplies OU Certified Olives to Worldwide Market, Including United States


• Mario Camacho Foods Merges Seville with Omaha, with Quality and Safety as the Goals


• Upstate Stories


• Fortitech Holds the Fort


• OU and Fortitech: A Mutually Fortifying Relationship


• OU Profile: Rabbi Zvi Goodman


• Captive Audience: OU Kosher Provides Meals for the New York State Prison System
  by: Seth Eben Shapiro


• Rabbi Bomzer’s Capital District OU Route


• OU RFR Profile: Rabbi Moshe Bomzer


• Birds of the Bible: Solving the Mystery of Which of the Species Are Kosher And Which Are Not
  by: Rabbi Chaim Loike


• In An Absolute World: The Most Iconic Vodka Receives the Kosher Seal of Approval of the Orthodox Union


• OU Kosher’s China Syndrome: How I Traveled to Shanghai to Promote the World’s Most Popular Kashrut Symbol and Experienced a Shabbat to Remember
  by: Phyllis Koegel


• World-Wide Window to OU Kosher
  by: Bayla Sheva Brenner


• Ask The Rabbi: Tanker Trailers
  by: Rabbi Nachum Rabinowitz


• It’s Anchovy Time
  by: Rabbi Chaim Goldberg


• At Kingsburg Orchards, Kosher Coatings Make Their Fruits Peachy Keen
  by: Rabbi Gavriel Price


• OU Kosher Supervisor in Louisville Plays Matchmaker Between Certified Companies and JFVS Food Pantry

Summer 2004

• Editor’s Letter: A Jam-Packed Issue
  Rabbi Dr. Eliyahu Safran


• On the Beam: In Largest Liquor Kosher Certification in U.S., DeKuyper 60-Flavor Line of Cordials and Liqueurs Recieves OU Symbol


• China Goes Kosher
  by Stan L. Friedman and Ilya Welfeld


• China’s Kosher Takeout
  by Ching-Ching Ni


• Inspirational and Healthy Eating For Passover
  by Bayla Sheva Brenner


• Sandwiches: Symbol or Meal
  by Rabbi Dr. Eliyahu Safran


• A Blend of the Old and the New
  by Menachem Lubinsky


• Stolichnaya Sets the Standard


• The Monk’s Tale: Frangelico Liqueur from Italy
  by Rabbi Shaul Gold


• Your Kosher HoOUscope
  by Rabbi Avrohom Stone


• The Cold Facts: How to Make Kosher Ice Cream


• Flying the Kosher Skies
  by Stephen Steiner


• It’s Not Greek To Him
  by Rabbi Aharon Brun-Kestler


• The Gerentes: A Greek Family Devoted to Olives and To OU Kosher
  by Rabbi Aharon Brun-Kestler


• Helping Consumers Get the Most Bang For the Buck on Food Purchases
  by Brian Todd


• Martek Makes its Mark in Bioscience
  by Rabbi Menachem Adler


• At Martek, Quality Assurance and OU Kosher Certification Go Hand in Hand
  by Rabbi Menachem Adler


• The Tea Party Is Just Getting Started: Honest Reflections
  by Seth Goldman


• Tanks for the Memories
  by Rabbi Gavriel Price


• It’s Not Child’s Play

Summer 2004

• Jelly Belly Candy Company Steps Up to OU Kosher Certification: Sunkist Fruit Gems and Fruit Slices Are Now Made By the Company Known for the Finest Jelly Beans
• Spangler and the OU: Make a Dandy, Candy Combination
• From the Editor: Zachlawi Fig Arak
• Personal Notes
  by Rabbi Dr. Eliyahu Safran
• Transitioning Traditional Kosher Brands to the Mainstream: There are two new truths in the kosher food industry. FIRST, kosher isn’t just gefilte fish and borscht anymore. SECOND, a typical kosher shopper isn’t a bubbie named Sadie Rosenberg.
  by Gayle Schindler
• OU and Tribune Company Affiliate to Place Cents-Off Coupon Inserts in Major Newspapers Nationwide, in Certified Kosher Marketing Initiative
• The OU’s Spice Maven: Tells Everything You Ever Wanted To Know About Parsley, Sage, Rosemary & Thyme
  by Rabbi Israel Rothenberg
• OU Companies Speak: Adding Spice to Life: Gel Spice Company Proudly Displays OU Symbol on its Products
• OU Certification Enhances R.L Schreiber, Inc.’s Quality Culture
• The flowering of La Flor: A Spice Company Blossoms Under OU Certification
• What’s New With Nu? A Spice Company Grows, With Its OU Certification
• Foran Puts Spice in the OU
• Schiff Food Products Spices Up Its Customers’ Business
• The Move Away From Trans Fats & Your OU Kosher Program
  by Rabbi Chaim Goldberg
• Kosher Organic: A Natural (And Profitable) Match
  by Bayla Sheva Brenner
• Is Your OU Kosher Program Running Smoothly
• The China Syndrome: Booming in Finances and in Kosher Too
  by Rabbi Mordechai Grunberg
• A Fine China For The Kosher Palate: OU Business Is Booming in the Steadily Growing Giant
  by Rabbi Donneal Epstein
• Going Kosher has Become Good Business in China
  by Evan Osnos (Chicago Tribune)
• An Ingredient for Success: The IAR Ensures Standards That The Consumer Associates With OU Kosher Certification
  by Rabbi Raymond Morrison
• Rabbi, Wine is Fine, but Liquor?: Interesting Kosher Issues in the Liquor Industry
  by Rabbi Aharon Brun-Kestler
• OU Companies Speak: Anticipation is Bubbling Over for Zachlawi Fig Arak
• Here Are the Cold Facts About Iceberg Vodka Corporation
• A Pasteurizer Speaks Out: Being Kosherized and Loving It
  by: Rabbi Avrohom Stone
• Don’t Look Now, But Nanotechnology Deals With Substances You Can’t See, But Have An Impact On Kosher!
  by Rabbi Eliyahu W. Ferrell
• Kosher Food For the Princeton Tiger: How the Ou Partners With the Dining Hall at the Ivy League Campus
• OU/SGS Partnership: Sub-Title: To Enable Simultaneous Kosher Supervision and Certification Audits
  by Rabbi Gad Buchbinder

Summer 2004

• Editor’s Letter: A Winning Story
  by Rabbi Dr. Eliyahu Safran


• Survey Finds OU the Clear Leader in Kosher Certification


• OU’s (Growing) Continental Connection
  by Bayla Sheva Brenner


• US Drives Global Kosher Ingredient Need
  by Jess Halliday


• Anuga: A Trade Show Lover’s Dream
  by Phyllis Koegel


• ESP@DSP?: How a State of the Art Automated System Revolutionized Dairy Processing at an OU Certified Plant
  by Rabbi Andrew Gordimer


• Here’s Something to Chew On: How Granola Brings Benefits to Health-Conscious Consumers
  by Rabbbi Yisroel Bendelstein


• Kashi: Great Tasting, Nutritious, and OU Kosher Too!


• Not a Half-Baked Idea: Baker’s Breakfast Cookies. Nutritious and Delicious, Proudly Bear the OU’s Symbol as a Sign of Quality


• At Harlan the Pursuit of Growth with Grains. Granola and the OU
  by Diane Nagel


• Cabot Quality Gets Stronger with OU Kosher Cheese
  by Donna Berry


• Everything’s Popping! (With the OU and Popcorn)
  by Rabbi Aharon Brun-Kestler


• It’s Cott to Be Good: If the Beverage is OU Kosher
  by Kathryn Bundy


• Keeping it Simple in Sunnyside
  by Elena Olmstead


• Have Tuna Will Travel: How OU Rabbis Survive on the Road Survive Without Kosher Restaurants
  by Rabbi Chaim Goldberg


• Brandy is Dandy But Needs Special Attention to be Kosher as Well
  by Rabbi Yaakov Mendelson


• Certification of Wine: Dear Rabbi, How Do You Make Kosher Wine
  by Rabbi Nachum Rabinowitz


• For the Lady or Gentleman Who Love Fine Chocolate in Liqueur Form, Godiva is the Product For You


• For Goodness Sake: Takara Sake USA Bridges Cultural Divide by Becoming OU Kosher


• At Takara, the Traditional and the Modern Combine to Produce High Quality Sake
  by Rabbi Gavriel Price


• No More Free Lunch: With No More Free Lunches (or Breakfasts and Dinners) in the Skies, OU Calls on Domestic Airlines to Provide Kosher Meals and Snacks for Purchase; Will Work Closely with Carriers to Bring Kosher Items on Board
  by Stephen Steiner


• OU Announces that its Universal Kosher Database is Being Made Available to the Public


• OU Honors George Weston Bakeries Brands at Annual Dinner

Summer 2004

• Jelly Belly Candy Company Steps Up to OU Kosher Certification:
  Sunkist Fruit Gems and Fruit Slices Are Now Made by the Company Known for the Finest Jelly Beans


• Spangler and the OU Make a Dandy, Candy Combination


• From the Editor:
  Zachlawi Fig Arak Personal Notes


• Transitioning Traditional Kosher Brands to the Mainstream
  by Gayle Schindler


• Certified Kosher Coupon Program: OU and Tribune Company Affiliate to Place Cent-Off Coupon Inserts in Major Newspapers Nationwide, in Certified Kosher Marketing Initiative


• The OU’s Spice Maven Tells Everything You Ever Wanted To Know About Parsley, Sage, Rosemary & Thyme
  by Rabbi Israel Rothenberg


• OU Companies Speak:
  Adding Spice to Life – Gel Spice Company Proudly Displays OU Symbol On Its Products


• OU Certification Enhances R.L. Schreiber, Inc.’s Quality Culture


• OU Companies Speak:
  The Flowering of La Flor: A Spice Company Blossoms Under OU Certification


• What’s New With NU: A Spice Company Grows, With Its OU Certification


• OU Companies Speak:
  Foran Puts Spice In The OU


• OU Companies Speak:
  Schiff Food Products Spices Up Its Customers’ Business


• A Healthy Connection: The Move Away From Trans Fats & Your OU Kosher Program
  by Rabbi Chaim Goldberg


• Kosher Organic – A Natural (and Profitable) Match
  by Bayla Sheva Brenner


• The China Syndrome: Booming In Finances And In Kosher Too
  by Rabbi Mordechai Grunberg


• A Fine China For The Kosher Palate: OU Business Is Booming in the Steadily Growing Giant
  by Rabbi Donneal Epstein


• Chicago Tribune: Going Kosher Has Become Good Business In China


• An Ingredient for Success: The IAR Ensures Standards That The Consumer Associates With OU Kosher Certification
  by Rabbi Raymond Morrison


• Rabbi, Wine is Fine, but Liquor?: Interesting Kosher Issues In The Liquor Industry
  by Rabbi Aharon Brun-Kestler


• OU Companies Speak
  Anticipation Is Bubbling Over For Zachlawi Fig Arak


• OU Companies Speak:
  Here Are The Cold Facts About Iceberg Vodka Corporation


• A Pasteurizer Speaks Out: Being Kosherized and Loving It
  by Rabbi Avrohom Stone


• Don’t Look Now, But Nanotechnology Deals With Substances You Can’t See, But Have An Impact On Kosher!
  by Rabbi Eliyahu W. Ferrell


• Kosher Food For The Princeton Tiger: How the OU Partners With the Dining Hall at the Ivy League Campus


• OU /SGS Partnership To Enable Simultaneous Kosher Supervision Ander Certification Audits

Summer 2004

• At Dreyer’s They Know, OU Is the Symbol That Sells
• From the Editor: The Power of Pareve
  by Rabbi Dr. Eliyahu Safran
• The Kosher Consumer Speaks
  by Menachem Lubinsky
• Hello Dolly (Madison) The Cold Facts About Kosher Ice Cream Production
  by Rabbi Andrew Gordimer
• Mais Oui!: Pierre’s Ice Cream, With French Vanilla Leading The Way, Is Truly Magnifique
• Life Is A Bowl of Perry’s (Ice Cream)
• The Kashrut Side of Private Labels
  by Rabbi Chaim Goldberg
• Carriage House Companies: 200 Years of Quality Serve the Modern Consumer
• ShopRite: Kosher Private Label Brings Quality to the Table
  by Gerald Farrell
• Some Public Information on Private Label Requests
  by Dorit Shamouelian
• Kosher: A Symbol Worth Having
  by Donna Berry
• The Healthful Beverage Boom: America’s Gone Pro-Fruit and Antioxidant
  by Bayla Sheva Brenner
• Pom Wonderful: Pomegranate- It’s Not Only Good For You, But It’s OU Kosher Too
• Not a Bolthouse From The Blue: Bolthouse Farms Has Provided Quality Vegetable Products Since 1915
• The Revolution in The Oleo Chemical Industry
  by Rabbi Yosef Goldberg
• Thinking Outside of the Box: How an Infant Formula Company Became OU Kosher
• An RFR Recalls That At the PBM Plant, Changing Socks Is Part of the Job
  by Rabbi Levy Teitlebaum
• Jansen Liqueurs Get The Royal Treatment-As Americans Will Soon Discover
• Certification The Old-Fashioned Way: A report from the Herman Jansen RFR
  by Rabbi Yisroel Hollander
• They’re Nuts for Najla’s: A New Cookie Product Wins Raves And Boosts The Fortunes of a Newly Certified OU Company
• Certifying Najla’s: An RFR’s Dream Job by Rabbi Yosef Levy
• OU Kosher Announces Debut of OU DIRECT to Provide Vast Quantities of Information to Certified Companies
• Feature Your Company on www.OUKosher.org!
• A Recipe for Success: A Talented Team Creates a New Website
  by Regina Avshalumova
• Living-Kosher Website/Newsletter to Include OU Feature in Each Issue
• It’s Tough Work, But Someone Has To Do It: Being an RC For The Ice Cream Industry
  by Rabbi Michael Morris
• Dryer’s Kosher Champion: Ed Trujillo
• They’re Baaaaak! Duncan Hines Announces that Cake Mixes Will Once Again Be Certified Pareve
• A Nestle Baby Formula Becomes Pareve: And The OU Sees The Realization of a Dream
• Is Your OU Kosher Program Running Smoothly?

Summer 2004

• At Last, the UDB Becomes a Reality by Rabbi Yaakov Luban
• Here’s the Buzz on Certifying Veggies as Insect-free by Rabbi David Bistricer
• Why the OU Bugged a Mathematician or Why I’m Going to Think Twice Before Buying any Packaged Product with Fruit or Vegetables that Doesn’t Have an OU on the Label by Dr. Bruce Bukiet
• Bodek Kosher Produce – First in the Kosher Vegetable Revolution by Frimet Blum
• Sally Sherman Foods: Family Values Make Sally Sherman Food a Salad Lover’s Delight By Vasili E. Zisis
• Van Drunen Farms: Commitment to Quality for More Than a Century
• Sol Dios Tequila: Is a Hit — Not in Record Stores, But in Liquor Stores — Following OU Certification
• OU’s Longtime RFR’s — Kashrut Supervision Legends in Their Own Time by Bayla Sheva Brenner
• Spray Dryer’s and the Koshering Process by Rabbi Raphael Ya’akov Blugrond
• Sugar Flower Plus: When a Wedding Becomes an Even Greater Celebration by Terry Becker and Alex Koffler
• Market Intelligence: What You Don’t Know Can Hurt You by Elie Rosenfeld
• World Ethnic Market by Rabbi Aharon J. Brun-Kestler
• Michelman: Your One Source for True Kosher Packaging, with OU Quality Assured
• Manischewitz Says You Can Have Your (Pareve) Cake Mix and Eat It Too

Summer 2004

• Absolutely Marvelous News in the World of Vodka! Absolut is Certified Kosher by the Orthodox Union
• Love your OU Kosher Starbucks Coffee? The Fames Symbol Now Graces the Bottles of Starbucks Liqueurs as Well
• L’Chaim to Absolut Vodka, Starbucks Coffee and Cream Liqueurs, and Don Q Rums
• From the Editor: Rabbi Dr. Eliyahu Safran
• Inside The World Of Chocolate
  by Rabbi Kalman Scheiner
• Madelaine Chocolates: The Gourmet Chocolate For (OU) Kosher Consumers
• Endangered Species Chocolate: Tastes Good and Does good At The Same Time
• V Chocolates: Loving Life as an OU Company
• Hoffman Chocolates: From the Florida Tropics Comes a Really Hot Product
• The OU Becomes the Big Cheese At European Dairy Companies
  by Rabbi Andrew Gordimer
• In A Corner Of Old England, Making Cheese The Old-Fashioned Way At Ashley Chase
• By George: Dew Lay Royal George Kosher English Cheese has Brought its Quality and Personal Service to the American Market
• OU Orthodox Union Kashruth Division Presents A One Day Seminar for the Dairy Industry
• Getting the Flavor of Certifying Flavors: A Primer
  by Rabbi Moshe Zywica
• Don’t Forget to Take Your Vitmains – Don’t Worry, They’re Kosher!
  by Bayla Sheva Brenner
• From Puerto Rico Comes Big News in the World of Rum Don Q is Now OU Kosher
• Rum & Coke: Reuniting a Famous Pair, Under the OU Symbol
  by Rabbi Norman Schloss
• Kosherization made easy>>> Well, Not Exactly Easy, But Understandable
  by Rabbi David Bistricer
• ASKOU8 - Learning From the Masters: Two OU Late Summer Programs Train the Next Generation of Kosher Supervisors
  by Regina Avshlumova
• The Simple, But Extraordinary, Industriousness of the Bee
  by Rabbi Gavriel Price
• OU Companies Speak: At Balparmak—Honeybunch, The Beautiful Turkish Flowers Result In Great Turkish Honey
• A Honey Of A Story
• How Tropical Blossom Went From A Backwoods Cabin To Worldwide Sales
• A Honey Tree Grows In Michigan
• Gluten Free Certification Organization Moving Ahead; OU Partnership Critical To Program’s Success
• Marketing Tips: If You’ve Got It – Flaunt It.
• OU Policy Review

Summer 2004

• Absolutely Marvelous News in the World of Vodka! Absolut is Certified Kosher by the Orthodox Union
• Love your OU Kosher Starbucks Coffee? The Fames Symbol Now Graces the Bottles of Starbucks Liqueurs as Well
• L’Chaim to Absolut Vodka, Starbucks Coffee and Cream Liqueurs, and Don Q Rums From the Editor: Rabbi Dr. Eliyahu Safran
• Inside The World Of Chocolate by Rabbi Kalman Scheiner
• OU Companies Speak: Madelaine Chocolates: The Gourmet Chocolate For (OU) Kosher Consumers Endangered Species Chocolate: Tastes Good and Does good At The Same Time V Chocolates: Loving Life as an OU Company Hoffman Chocolates: From the Florida Tropics Comes a Really Hot Product
• The OU Becomes the Big Cheese At European Dairy Companies by Rabbi Andrew Gordimer
• OU Companies Speak: In A Corner Of Old England, Making Cheese The Old-Fashioned Way At Ashley Chase
• By George: Dew Lay Royal George Kosher English Cheese has Brought its Quality and Personal Service to the American Market
• OU Orthodox Union Kashruth Division Presents A One Day Seminar for the Dairy Industry
• Getting the Flavor of Certifying Flavors: A Primer by Rabbi Moshe Zywica
• Don’t Forget to Take Your Vitmains – Don’t Worry, They’re Kosher! by Bayla Sheva Brenner
• From Puerto Rico Comes Big News in the World of Rum Don Q is Now OU Kosher
• Rum & Coke: Reuniting a Famous Pair, Under the OU Symbol by Rabbi Norman Schloss
• Kosherization made easy>>> Well, Not Exactly Easy, But Understandable by Rabbi David Bistricer
• ASKOU8 - Learning From the Masters: Two OU Late Summer Programs Train the Next Generation of Kosher Supervisors by Regina Avshlumova
• The Simple, But Extraordinary, Industriousness of the Bee by Rabbi Gavriel Price
• OU Companies Speak: At Balparmak—Honeybunch, The Beautiful Turkish Flowers Result In Great Turkish Honey
• A Honey Of A Story
• How Tropical Blossom Went From A Backwoods Cabin To Worldwide Sales
• A Honey Tree Grows In Michigan
• Gluten Free Certification Organization Moving Ahead; OU Partnership Critical To Program’s Success
• Marketing Tips: If You’ve Got It – Flaunt It.
• OU Policy Review

Summer 2004

• Unilever United States - Adding Vitality to Life with the Orthodox Union
• The Hole Truth: Together, Bagels and the OU by Rabbi Yisroel Bendelstein
• Nobody Doesn't Like Sara Lee - Especially with the OU Symbol
• Just Bagels: Crunchy on the Outside, Chewy on the Inside
• Sound the Bell for Bell's Bialys
• Dean Foods Northeast Discovers the Joys of Consolidation by Bayla Sheva Brenner
• Dettling Swiss Kirsch: A Cherry Brandy to Savor for Purity and the OU Symbol by Andrea Baumgartner
• How to put the OU Symbol on Your Label by Rabbi Avraham Stone
• Have a Hot Kosher Question? Call the OU Kosher Hotline and We'll Set You Straight by Rabbi David Polsky
• An RC Explores the Lifestyles of Chilean Salmon, or, How are you Going to Keep them Down on the Farm, after they've Seen Salmones Multiexport? by Rabbi Chaim Goldberg
• Salmones Mutliexport and Aquafarms International by Brian MacDonald
• Marine Harvest's Emphasis on Quality Includes the Symbol
• Exploring Glycerin Uses by Lynn Grooms
• Let the World Know You are Kosher. Not just Kosher, OU Kosher
• OU Announces Certification of Miss Roben's Allergen-Friendly Baking Mixes

Summer 2004

Summer 2004

• Novoenzymes: Unlocking the Magic of Nature Through (OU Kosher) Biological Solutions Experiencing a Maalox Moment: Following Triaminic, the OU Certifies Novartis Consumer Health’s Famed Heartburn Remedy
• Chemical Engineer and Kosher Coordinator by Jes Knudsen
• When It’s Enzyme Time Call on the OU by Rabbi Menachem Adler
• OU Profile: Rabbi Menachem Adler
• October is National Inclusion Month at the OU
• New Food Safety Program: Independent Certification Program for Gluten-Free Food Processing Utilizes OU Kosher Expertise
• “I Have to Check With the Senior Rabbis” What Happens When A Question of Jewish Law Goes to the OU’s Poskim by Rabbi Dovid Cohen
• OU PROFILE: Rabbi Dovid Cohen
• The China Syndrome: Products Help to Fuel Giant Economic Growth by Rabbi Mordechai Grunberg
• The New China: Booming Economy, Growing OU Presence by Rabbi Donneal Epstein
• OU PROFILE: Rabbi Donneal Epstein
• OU COMPANIES SPEAK: And OU Tea from Argentina Too by Horacio Clein
• OU Certification Suits Sri Lanka Company to a Tea
• Looking for Kosher Sushi or MSG? If it’s OU Certified, it’s on the New Website Product Search by Rabbi Yonatan Kaganoff
• So You Hate Regulatory Paperwork? The OU Comes to the Rescue by Howard Katzenstein
• The Kashrut of Color Additives by Rabbi Gavriel Price

Summer 2004

• The Health Benefits of Fish: Without the Fish Now Kosher, MEG-3™ Brand Omega-3 Powder and Fish Oil Offer Food and Supplement Companies an Explosive Opportunity by Susan Michel, MBA
• Spring 2005 Kashrut Conference
• Nothing Fishy Here: Beyond the Four-Year Process at Ocean Nutrition to Make Fish Oil Kosher by Rabbi Chaim Goldberg
• Culture for the Masses: The Complexities of Yogurt Certification by Rabbi Andrew Gordimer
• OU Companies Speak Leaving No Stone Unturned at…Stonyfield Farm By Chris Halverson
• Stonyfield Farms: An OU Rabbi’s Dream Company by Rabbi Gershon Segal
• Organic Valley Dairy Cooperative: Independent and Farmer-Owned by Jim Pierce
• An Axelrod to Grind at the OU by Jerry Gaube
• OU KOSHER Bringing Boom for Business & Consistent Quality to Consumers by Rabbi Dr. Eliyahu Safran and Bayla Sheva Brenner
• The Case of the Baffling Bialy by Rabbi Avrohom Stone
• Shaimos - A Brand Name That Has Withstood Time by Rabbi Yisroel Bendelstein
• When Dreams Become Reality: The Marvels of OU Special Productions by Rabbi David Bistricer
• Michigan Dessert Corporation

Summer 2004

• The Sleeping Giant: The Kosher for Passover Market by Rabbi Yaakov Luban
• Keeping Up with Passover Trenditions by Bayla Sheva Brenner
• Not a Half-Baked Idea: Baking for Passover Offers Tasty Rewards by Rabbi David Bistricer
• The Kosher for Passover Snack: A Rarity No More by Rabbi Dov Schreier
• Meeting the Challenge of Certifying Flavors for Pesach by Rabbi Nathan Neuberger
• A Chemical Reaction at Passover by Rabbi Eliyahu W. Ferrell
• Behind the Chometz-Free Certification by Rabbi Avraham L. Juravel
• Continuing a Kosher Tradition... Bumble Bee Seafoods Offers Prime Fillet Kosher for Passover Solid White Albacore by Jennifer Hayes
• The Modern Passover Marketing Story by Menachem Lubinsky
• The Big Three - For Generations, These Firms Have Defines Kosher for Passover Food by Rabbi Dr. Eliyahu Safran
• How Our Seafood Producers Navigate the Waters of kosher for Passover Supervision by Rabbi Chaim Goldberg
• With a Keen Eye Towards the U.S. Kosher Consumer Marketplace, Israel's Tnuva Dairy Giant Initiates Massive Preparations for Passover by Shlomo Stephens
• A Real Tear Jerker: Here's the Story of the Relationship Between the OU & Gold's Horseradish by Marc Gold
• Is there a Doctor in the House? Dr. Praeger is on Call, During the Year and at Passover by Rabbi David Bistricer
• MilMar's Marvelous Meals
• Ever Hear of Pasta Ice Cream? Why Dairy Products Must Be Kosher for Passover by Rabbi Avrohom Gordimer
• From Around the World to Your Table: Wine this Passover is Different From All Others by Bayla Sheva Brenner
• Glad Tidings from the World of Plastic Wraps
• Making a Date for Passover by Rabbi Binyamin Kaplan
• A Special Concern for Wheat Derivatives by Rabbi Gavriel Price

Summer 2004

Passover 2005

Summer 2004

• No Shortcuts for This Shortbread
• Making Fruit Jelly Kosher: It’s Easier Than Ever by Rabbi Gavriel Price
• The Quest for Perfection at Sarabeth’s Kitchen
• Clearbrook Farms - “Taste Them Once, Be Spoiled for Life.”
• This Just In: OU News Roundup by Rabbi Avrohom Stone
• The OU Meets the Challenge of Certifying the Beverage Industry by Rabbi Zvi Goodman
• Putting Your New Beverages on the Fast Track to Approval by Rabbi Yitzchok Mincer
• AriZona Beverages’ Formula for Success: Quality, Packaging, OU Certification
• An Impulse to Succeed: The Energy Drink Becomes OU Kosher by Erin Gabrielle Hecht
• Water+Vitamins+Nutrients+OU kosher=Vitaminwater!
• Not a Bolt from the Blue: When Bolthouse Farms Opened a Juice Product Line, It Called on the OU by Bryan Reese
• The Rabbi Stone Road Show Goes to Texas: Wowing Them at Best Brands Dallas by Al Turkot
• Rabbi Stone’s Road Show or, Why Your Kosher Product Is Kosher by Shayndi Raice
• Walt Disney....Hanna/Barbera...Rabbi Ossey...Rabbi Ossey???!!!
• Food for Thought on Campus: An OU Program Brings a Busy Kosher Kitchen to Cornell by Rabbi Joshua Ross
• JLIC: A Home Away From Home For Jewish Students at Cornell and Eight Other Campuses
• Helping Santini Foods Meet a New Challenge Helping Santini Foods Meet a New Challenge
• Kosherfest 2004 Brings Many Visitors to OU Booth
• The Seventh Annual ASK OU Program

Summer 2004

Summer 2004

• Dawn Food Products: Where Bakery Success Starts
  by Jim Peacock
• Kosher Pizza – Cardboard No More
  by Rabbi Andrew Gordimer
• A Pizza Success Story: Bake it and They Will Come
  Mendelsohn’s Pizza
• Look up in the Sky: It’s a Bird, It’s a Plane – No, It’s a Kosher Pizza
  Jerusalem II Flying Pizza
• An Upscale Brand of Pizza
• Nothing to Sneeze at: Orthodox Union Certifies Triaminic Pediatric Cold/Cough/Allergy Liquid Medications as Kosher
  by Stephen Steiner
• Mesorah: OU Conference Explores the Traditions of Rare Animals and Birds
  by Rabbi Chaim Goldberg
• Protecting the Symbol: Tracking Down the Unauthorized OU
  by Howard Katzenstein
• Salad Days for the OU
  by Rabbi David Bistricer
• OU Companies Speak:
  Walden Farms
  Nature’s Choice
• OU Joins in Aquathin Corp. USA’s Silver Anniversary Celebration
• Ancient Bowfin Presents New Ich-Theological Conundrum
  by Jan Jeffrey Hoover
• Dawn and the OU: 2 Perfect ‘Matching Circles’
  by Yisroel Bendelstein
• Keeping Our Food Products Kosher for the Right Reasons
  by Jim Peacock

Summer 2004

Nestlé USA: Providing Good Food for Kosher Life
by Nicole Turner-Stone
Behind the Scenes of the Amazing(ly secret) World of a Flavor Company
by Rabbi Nathan Neuberger
A Primer on Flavors and the Kosher Process: Yummy, This Tastes Good!
by Ilana Kurts
Mother Murphy’s Laboratories
by Pamela Murphy
S&S Flavors
Gold Coast Ingredients
Test Your Kosher IQ
by Rabbi Avrohom Stone
We Mourn Rabbi Syshe Heschel
Let’s Talk More Turkey
By Rabbi Eliyahu Safran
Nestlé And The OU: A Relationship Built On Communications

The Entenmann’s-Bakers Treat Connection: A Tale of Rugelach, Philanthropy & OU Kosher
If You Provide Kosher Food, Let the Consumer Know: ‘Your Meal Is Waiting’
by Elie Rosenfeld
Your LOC: What’s in a Name? Plenty.
Resources for Success
By Rabbi Reuven Nathanson

Summer 2004

• Eating their Wheaties:
  OU Certification Helps Propel General Mills To New Heights In Food Sales
• Making the Case for Kosher Casein in the Former USSR
• Erie Food International
  by Glenn Motsinger
• American Casein Company
  by Jane Macey
• From Alaska – the Call of the Wild (Salmon)
  by Rabbi Chaim Goldberg
• Specialty Needs for Kosher Processing
  by: Dennis Martin, Director, Food Industry Division, ChemTreat, Inc.
• Leads to Industrial Innovation
• ON THE ROAD - The Wondrous World of New Jersey
  by Rabbi Avrohom Stone
• Jewish Pastry Thrives Under Muslim Owner Choosing Kosher Route Paid Off For Chewy’s Rugelach
  by Asher Price
• The Quest: Achieving OU Certification at Morgan Foods, Inc.
• OU-P: The Letters That Lead to Higher Sales
  by Rabbi Yonatan Kaganoff
• An American (Dairy) Revolution?

Summer 2004

• It’s Not Easy Being Green
  The Success Story of Hanover Foods
• RMC Numbers on Your Schedule A– for Better OU Service
• A Fish Story
  The OU Challenges of the Sea
• Kosher Meets Moby Dick
  Issues in Kosher Shipping
• Always Check the Label
  A Review of Schedule B
• No Gulf in Kosher Observance:
  How an OU Expert Helped the Troops in Iraq Observe the Dietary Laws /li>

• A&B Gefilte Fish –
  No Labor, No Preservatives
• How to Get Kosher Certification
  The process takes time, but the benefits are worth it

Summer 2004

• Bumble Bee Seafood’s
  A Kosher Tradition
• It’s Your Spud
  How to keep your potatoes Kosher
• Dear Rabbi
  Understanding the Fine Print of Schedule A
• Simply the Best
• Lets Get Chemical
  Kosher Issues in the Chemical World
• Acidulants:
  OU CertifiedShellfish-Free Glucosamine
• Telling It Like It Is
• Let’s Talk Turkey
• Carriage House Companies, Inc.
  Appreciates OU RFR

Summer 2004

• Thomas’® and Entenmann’s
  A Kosher Tradition
• Industry Trends Bagels, Biscuits and other Baked Goods
  How to Keep Your Cakes Kosher
• Best Brands Corp.
  Innovated Products & Service. Bottom Line Results
• Pas Yisrael Certification
  Important Component for Business Growth
• Creating the “Gold Standard” for Butter
  A Kosher Clarifier
• Say Cheese!
  An in-depth look at the kosher dairy world
• KOSHER CERTIFICATION
  It Makes Good $ense
• On the Road with the OU - Oil, Oil, Toil and Kashruth
  An inside look at the RFR’s life in Malaysia and Indonesia

Summer 2004

• What are you, Chicken?
  An Inside Look at Empire
• Please Pass the Pareve – A Light-Hearted Look At Pareve Certification
  How becoming pareve can broaden your consumer base – A Pareve Primer – Kosher Pareve- A World of Opportunity – Another Lost Pareve Product – Miss Meringue Cookies Become OU Pareve
• Striving to Create an Honest Tea Experience
• Are your Enzymes Edible? – MSG, It’s Not Just A Garden
  Industry Issues examines concerns in the biotechnology industry – How I Keep it Perfectly Kosher at Northwestern Foods – City Harvest – An Opportunity to Help in New York City
– The Best Thing Since Flintstone Vitamins
• On the Road with the OU - The Golden State At A Glance
  An inside look at an RFR’s life in California

Summer 2004

• Coca Cola – A Very Trusting Relationship
• 0n the Road with the OU - Behind The Bamboo Curtain:
  An inside look at an RFR’s life in China
• Days of Wine & Chocolate – Life’s Little Luxuries Loom Large:
  The art of kosher wine & chololate reaches new heights
• Snack Attack! – Snazzy, Salty Foods—More Popular Than Ever – Industry Issues examines concerns in the snack market niche. – Nabisco Putting the KOSHER in Kookie
• Lactic Acid Approved For Passover
• Glossary of Kosher Concepts & Terms
  Prepared for the Oleochemical Industry

Summer 2004

• At Heinz, Kosher Shines
• All the Whey – Important New Industry Standards
• Understanding the Cream of the Crop
• OU Companies Speak – JB Laboratories
• On the Road with the OU
  Keeping it Kosher in India RFR on the Sub-Continent
• Attention Marketing VPs and Marketing Reps.
  You’ve Got the OU… Now What?
• Kosher and Spice – But is Everything Nice?
  New Column Tackles Industry Issues
• Friends, Rabbis and Companies – Lend Me Your Ears

Summer 2004

• Life Is Like A Box Of Godiva Chocolates:
  You Always Know What You’re Gonna Get…Quality
• Nantucket Nectars: Loyal To Quality And The OU
• To Market, to Market – Engendering Product Loyalty Recognizing the value of the OU symbol
• On the Road with the OU:
  Keeping it Kosher in Japan – An inside look at an RFR’s daily life
• Tips on Getting Your LOC
• Tetra Pak’s Remedy
  A 2-Day Seminar to Simplify your Life Making equipment and systems kosher adaptable

Summer 2004

Behind the Union Symbol is the highly acclaimed quarterly magazine of the Orthodox Union’s Kashruth Division for current and prospective Kosher certified companies.

The publication, which in only a few years has become the premiere kosher trade magazine, features technical articles on the scientific and halachic aspects of kosher food production, company profiles, tips on maximizing a kosher program, as well as sometimes whimsical and always fascinating articles on how the OU’s rabbinic experts bring their skills to more than 6,000 plants in 77 countries worldwide. A must read for food executives, marketing officers and plant personnel.

Behind the Union Symbol is read by over 6,000 food executives and reaches 6,000 food manufacturing facilities worldwide, as well as food industry leaders, editors and analysts.

Rabbi Dr. Eliyahu Safran, the OU’s Vice President of Marketing and Communication and Senior Rabbinic Coordinator founded Behind the Union Symbol and currently serves as Editor-in-Chief.

You can view and download current and previous issues in pdf format by using the dropdown menu below and you can request a free subscription to Behind the Union Symbol by calling 212-613-8346 or 8238 or by emailng Safrane@ou.org.