Consumer News

It’s A Small World: Webcast Shiur Appreciated By Kollel Audience In Australia

Rav Yisroel Belsky, OU Kosher halachic posek, is an extremely soft-spoken man, but through the wonders of modern communications, his voice and image carried 10,300 miles as he conducted the first of a series of five monthly lectures on Skype from the experts at OU Kashrus in New York to the students at the Kollel […]

AVA to Benefit Clients with Kosher, Vegetarian Products

OU, AMERICAN VEGETARIAN ASSOCIATION, ANNOUNCE PARTNERSHIP TO BENEFIT CLIENTS WHO PRODUCE BOTH KOSHER AND VEGETARIAN PRODUCTS OU Kosher and the American Vegetarian Association (AVA) are pleased to announce that they have recently partnered to more easily provide their clients who produce both kosher and vegetarian products with the opportunity to obtain OU Kosher and AVA […]

Coming To A Kollel Down Under: OU KOSHER To Present Series, Via Skype, For Kollel Beth HaTalmud

Live from New York: COMING TO A KOLLEL DOWN UNDER: OU KOSHER TO PRESENT SERIES, VIA SKYPE, FOR KOLLEL BETH HaTALMUD IN MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA, BEGINNING NOVEMBER 29 Talk about long-distance learning. OU Kosher’s Harry H. Beren ASK OU Outreach program will present a series of shiurim on Skype for the Kollel Beth HaTalmud in Melbourne, […]

OU KOSHER Thanks Oasis Foods

OU KOSHER THANKS OASIS FOODS FOR ITS STELLAR KOSHER PROGRAM AND ITS COOPERATION IN FACILITATING KOSHER EDUCATION PROGRAMS The OU Kashrut Department paid a visit to Oasis Foods Company in Hillside, NJ to present the firm with a plaque in recognition of its excellent kosher program and its “open door” policy of welcoming ASK OU […]

OU Adds Frequently Asked Questions To Its Popular Kosher App

The OU Kosher App, which burst on the scene prior to Passover and was downloaded more than 10,000 times by consumers preparing for the holiday, has reached its next stage of development with the addition of more than 20 FAQ’s – Frequently Asked Questions – compiled by Rabbi Benjamin Geiger, the voice of OU Kosher’s […]

The Cheese Guy Receives OU KOSHER Certification

THE CHEESE GUY RECEIVES OU KOSHER CERTIFICATION; TAKING KOSHER CHEESES TO ENTIRELY NEW HEIGHTS The Cheese Guy, makers of high end, small batch, primarily handmade, artisanal cheeses, has received certification for its cheeses from the Orthodox Union, the world’s largest and most respected kosher certification agency. The Cheese Guy partners with the very best family-owned […]

OU Kosher’s Rabbi Merzel To Present Seminar At October 26 Food And Beverage Show In Miami

Rabbi Mordechai Merzel, rabbinic coordinator for the Orthodox Union Kosher Division, will be a presenter at the 14th Americas Food and Beverage Show and Conference on Tuesday, October 26 from 3-4 p.m. at the World Trade Center Miami.

Orthodox Union Approves Placement Of Kosher Symbol On Old World Kosher Sausage

Old World Kosher Sausage today announced that it has been certified kosher by the Orthodox Union, the world’s largest kosher certification agency. The new variety of kosher chicken sausage bearing the OU symbol will be distributed nationwide beginning in the next few weeks

If It’s Monday, It Must Be Latvia (With Tuesday In Lithuania And Wednesday In Estonia)

Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia, the Baltic States, the frozen north, and particularly in Lithuania, home to great Jewish communities — now these communities are gone and only memories remain. I share these memories — my grandparents trod this ground 70 years ago.

A Kosher Formula

I have heard it said that running a successful kosher program is as easy as PIE: Products, Ingredients and Equipment. One must keep an updated schedule B (products) an updated schedule A (ingredients) and have a proper system for keeping track of the kosher/pareve status of equipment. I would like to add another interpretation to this wise adage. Running a successful kosher program is as easy as π (as in 3.14159…).