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Recent claims have been made questioning the viability of any cleaning and checking procedure for strawberries. These claims have caused much confusion and concern in the kosher consuming community. The OU has carefully investigated these claims, and a series of experiments were performed to address this issue. Research has determined that when prepared and washed properly, the insects will be removed from the strawberry.
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Nikkur: OU Kosher Instructs a New Generation of Mashgichim
A rabbi from OU Kosher hits the road to instruct a new generation of mashgichim on the complicated art of de-veining meat.
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OU/RCA Seminar Provides Know-How on Va’ad HaKashrut Issues
So a new kosher bagel store has opened for business in a community and there are rumors that the proprietor wasn’t so careful in his previous location about all the requirements of maintaining a kosher establishment. Or the catered Shabbat Kiddush, delicious though it may be, presents some difficulties regarding the standards of kashrut and the observance of the Sabbath. What’s a local Va’ad HaKashrut (certifying agency) to do?
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OU Kosher Presents Current Issues Facing Local Va’ad HaKashrut, May 1
Va'ad HaKashrut To offer insights into Current Issues Facing the Local Va'ad HaKashrut (certifying agency), the Orthodox Union Kosher Division's Harry H. Beren ASK OU program will present a Kashrut Yom Iyun -- a day of in-depth analysis --at OU Headquarters, 11 Broadway, Tuesday, May 1 from 10 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
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Your Link to Delicious OU Passover Recipes
The central role of food in the Passover holiday and the intricacies of Jewish law regarding which foods may be eaten and which foods are chametz (leaven) and may not, require recipes which both are Kosher for Passover and are as tasty as recipes the year ‘round which are not bound by Passover restrictions.
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Clarification on OU Certification of New York’s Le Marais Restaurant
A response to recent allegations about kashruth violations at Le Marais Restauarant in New York City.
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Back for a Second Year: OU’S www.oupassover.org - Expert Answers for Passover Queries
To answer questions that frequently arise during the Passover season, when the dietary laws are different and even more stringent from the ones that govern the rest of the year, the Orthodox Union Kosher Department for the second year has made available www.oupassover.org.
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For Your Passover Coverage: OU Passover Guide Is Now Available
The Orthodox Union does it again! Simplifying life for Jewish households across North America has been the OU's forté, and with Passover in sight, it has now made available the indispensable OU Passover Guide for Kosher for Passover Foods for 2007.
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Announcing Beren ASK OU Kosher Education Channel on OU Radio
For the past year, the Orthodox Union Kosher Division has presented in-depth kashrut education programs, made possible in great part by the Harry H. Beren Foundation of Lakewood, NJ. Due to the great success and popularity of these programs, foundation funding was recently renewed for the second year at a higher level than for the first grant.
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Getting the Knack of Nikkur: OU Kashrut Seminar on Removing Veins and Forbidden Fat Big Success
