OU Kosher Staff

Complexities of Keeping a Kosher Kitchen

OU Kosher Presents Webcast On Complexities Of Keeping A Kosher Kitchen, With Rabbi Yisroel Belsky And Rabbi Hershel Schachter, May 29

OU Kosher’s China Syndrome

OU Kosher’s China Syndrome, or How I Traveled to Shanghai to Promote the World’s Most Popular Kashrut Symbol And Experienced a Shabbat To Remember

OU to Present 3 Week Hands-On Program in Kashrut Education in June to Rabbinical Students at YU

The OU Goes to YU: OU To Present 3 Week Hands-On Program In Kashrut Education In June to Rabinnical Students at Yeshiva University Seminary, RIETS

Students preparing for the rabbinate at Yeshiva University will learn firsthand the intricacies of kosher certification from June 2-19 when the Orthodox Union brings its Harry H. Beren ASK OUTREACH Community Kashrut program to YU’s Rabbi Isaac Elchanan Theological Seminary (RIETS) for three weeks of seminars and site visits.

Does Wine Vinegar Present a Concern of Stam Yeinam?

Recently a homemaker called the OU’s front desk, concerned that her non-Jewish help had just used kosher red wine vinegar to prepare a salad dressing. Is the dressing, and the red wine vinegar, still kosher? To put this question in other terms: is red wine vinegar, like non-mevushal wine, subject to the laws of מגע […]

Harry H. Beren OU Kosher Summer Program Now Accepting Applications

Harry H. Beren OU Kosher Summer Program, which trains next generation of Kashrut professionals, now accepting applications.

Avoiding the Pesach Pounds

(Reprinted from the Spring 2008 issue of Jewish Action, the quarterly magazine of the Orthodox Union. To obtain a copy of Jewish Action or to subscribe, call 212-613-8137.)

OU Introduces New Recipes for Passover 2008

Tired of the same old Passover recipes? Sick of making matzah sandwiches and snacking on stale macaroons? For those seeking to liven up their holiday fare, the Passover website of the Orthodox Union, http://www.oupassover.org, will once again this year offer valuable assistance to those preparing meals for the seder and the rest of the holiday […]

HONORABLE MENTION: Yaakov Holi, Brooklyn, NY – The Jewish Center For Special Education (Chush), Grade 3

HONORABLE MENTION Hi, My name is Yaakov Holi. I am 10 years old. I go to a yeshiva called the Jewish Center for Special Ed. I am in the third grade. I am writing to you today in reference to your Annual OU essay contest. In the next few lines, I will tell you about […]

Yaela Goldblatt, Providence, RI: Providence Hebrew Day School, Grade 6

Stranded in Montana Back when my parents were growing up in Connecticut, it was hard to go into any store and find a lot of certified kosher foods. People would read the labels and look to see that there were no non-kosher ingredients used in the product. Of course there were Kosher stores around here […]

Tamar Levy, St. Louis, MO: Block Yeshiva High School, Grade 9

Dearest Sarah!!! I’ve been trying to find a time where I could just sit down in a quiet area and write to you. You know it’s really hard to do that in my house, because there are so many people, and it’s always so noisy. I’ve wanted to write to you, for a while now, […]