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• How To Tell the Difference Between Rennet and Acid Casein
By Rabbi Mordechai Merzel
• Summer Program Applications: Harry H. Beren OU Kosher Summer Program –
Training the Next Generation of Kashrut Professionals
• Harry H. Beren Ask OU9: Ask OU9 Kashrut Training Program
• Kashruth Alert!
• Kashruth Advisory!
• Mazal Tov to…
Iyar 5768 / May 2008
Volume 16 / No. 8
Download• Rav Kamenetsky visit: Rav Shmuel Kamenetsky visits OU Headquarters as
part of Harry H. Beren ASK OUTREACH Initiative
• The Hard Truth About Hard Cheese: How long must one wait after hard cheese?
By Rabbi Avrohom Gordimer
• Chametz She’avar Alav HaPesach
By Rabbi Eli Gersten
• Publications
• Kashruth Alert!
• Kashruth Advisory!
• Mazal Tov to…
• Condolences to....
Nisan 5768 / April 2008
Volume 16 / No. 7
Download• Master List of Temperatures: Issues and Responses
by Rabbi Eli Gersten
• Huge Lakewood Gathering: Crown of New OU Kashruth Initiative
• OU-P: What’s New for ‘08?
by Rabbi Shmuel Singer
• Health Products and Supplements List: Non-Chometz and Non- Chometz Derivatives
compiled by Rabbi Yonatan Kaganoff
• Passover Advisory
• Kosher Subway: OU Certified Kosher Opens In Wall Street Area
• Kashruth Alert!
• Labels
• Publications
• Mazal Tov to…
• Refuah Shlaimah
• Condolences to....
Adar Sheni 5768 / March 2008
Volume 16 / No. 6
Download• Master List of Temperatures
• Kashruth Advisory!
• YU Participates in Harry H. Beren Visit OU Program
• Kashruth alert!
• Mazal Tov To…
• Condeolences to…
Adar Rishon 5768 / February 2008
Volume 16 / No. 5
Download• Cholov Yisroel Ricotta Production
by Rabbi Avrohom Gordimer
• Kashering From a Davar Gush – Part Two
by Rabbi Eli Gersten
• Rabbis On The Road – Kashruth Experts Visit Small Communities
• Tidbits
• Kashruth Alerts
Shevat 5768 / January 2008
Volume 16 / No. 4
Download• Yoshon In America
by Rabbi David Gorelik
• New Harry H. Beren ASK Outreach Initiative, Rav Asher Weiss, Shlita, delivers inaugural shiur
• Kashruth Alerts!
• Davar Lach – Davar Gush
by Rabbi Eli Gersten
• Boachem L’Sholom new RFR from Antwerp, Belgium
• Tidbits
• Publications
Kislev-Tevet 5768 / December 2007
Volume 16 / No. 3
Download• Eich Naflu Giborim
by Rabbi Yaakov Luban, Executive Rabbinic Coordinator
• Survey Finds OU the Clear Leader in Kosher Certification
Consumers Trust OU to Ensure Highest Standards of Kosher, Food Safety and Cleanliness
•Boachem Leshalom: OU Welcomes Four New Rabbinic Coordinators
• Universal Kosher Database
OU Announces that its Universal Kosher Database is Being Made Available to the Public
• Lo Basi Ela Leorer
by Rabbi Eli Gersten, RC Recorder of OU Psak and Policy
• Kashruth Alert!
Cheshvan 5768 / Oct.-Nov. 2007
Volume 16 / No. 2
Download• Taking The Show On The Road - Three-Day OU Halachic Adventure wins raves and draws big audiences in L.A., CA
by: Stephen Steiner, Director of Public Relations
• Publications: Harry H. Beren ASKOU LA Halachic Adventure Sourcebook
• Kashruth Alerts
• Kashruth Advisery
• New OU Guide: New Expanded Edition of OU Guide to Preparing Fruits, Vegetables & Berries
Prepared by: Rabbi Dovid Bistricer
• OU Pas Yisroel Guide (as of Elul 56587
Compiled by: Rabbi Yonatan Kaganoff, Rabbinic Coordinator –Consumer Relations and Kashruth Website Administrator
http://oukosher.org/btus_issues/Daf_16-1.pdf
Elul 5767-Tishrei 5768 / Sept.-Oct. 2007
Volume 16 / No. 1
Download• OU Position On Certifying Specific Animals And Birds
• Kashruth Alerts
• A Three Day Los Angeles ASK OU Halachic Adventure, August 5-7
Tammuz-Av 5767/ July-August 2007
Volume 15 / No. 10
Download• Halachos of Hafrashas Challah by Rabbi Dovid Mintz
• New OU Guide: New Expanded Edition to Preparing Fruits, Vegetables & Berries
Prepared by Rabbi Dovid Bistricer
• Strawberries
• OU Kosher Video ‘The Kosher Standard’
• Kashruth Alerts
• A Three Day Los Angeles ASK OU Halachic Adventure with Rabbi Menachem Genack, Rabbi Dr. Ari Zivotofsky, Dr. Ari Greenspan and Rabbi Dr. Seth Mandel, August 5-7
Sivan 5767 / June 2007
Volume 15 / No. 9
Download• OU Recommendations for Vaad HaKashrus Supervision
• A position paper presented by Rabbi Yaakov Luban, Executive Rabbinic Coordinator, at the ASK – RCA Yom Iyun held at OU Headquarters, NYC, May 1, 2007
• New “Kosher Videos” Release
• Ask-RCA Seminar Provides Know-How on Issues Confronted by Local Va’ad Hakashrut Certifying Agencies
by Stephen Steiner, Director of Public Relations
• Kashruth Alerts
• A Three Day Los Angeles ASK OU Halachic Adventure with Rabbi Menachem Genack, Rabbi Dr. Ari Zivotofsky, Dr. Ari Greenspan and Rabbi Dr. Seth Mandel, August 5-7
Iyar 5767 / May 2007
Volume 16 / No. 8
Download• Glycerine and Detergent Issues
by: Rabbi Yosef Goldberg
• Three Color Signature Stamp
• OU Kosher Announces Harry H. Beren Visit OU Program for Jewish Youth
• Beech-Nut “Committed to Kosher” Despite Kosher Reductions
Reprinted with permission from www.koshertoday.com
• The Harry H. Beren– RCA Kashruth Yom Iyun
A One-Day Seminar on Current Issues Facing the Local Vaad Hakashruth
• Kashruth Advisory
• Kashruth Alerts
Nissan 5767 / April 2007
Volume 15 / No. 7
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