Tevet 5766 / January 2006
Vol. 14 / No. 4
• THE EDUCATED CONSUMER BY RABBI CHAIM GOLDBERG RC – Sea Food Industry
• TRANS FAT FREE SHORTENINGS.
• Kashruth Alerts
Shevat 5766 / February 2006
Vol. 14 / No. 5
• “IN THE BAG” – Kosher Certification of Bagged Salads BY RABBI DOVID BISTRICER RC – Vegetables, Salad Dressings, Sauces, Bake, Fish
• Kashruth Alerts
Adar 5766 / March 2006
Vol. 14 / No. 6
• OUP: What’s New for ’06? by Rabbi Shmuel Singer
• H2O – Not 2 Simple
• OU Kosher Announces Two New Programs: KOSHER TIDBITS, debuts this week (Feb. 15) on OURadio; A RABBINICAL ROAD SHOW to travel across North America
• ASK Mesorah Conference II by Rabbi Yosef Grossman, Director – ASK OU and Kashruth Education
Nisan 5766 / April 2006
Vol. 14 / No. 7
• Recovered Water: From the concentration of non-kosher soup, staam yayin, meat, milk or whey By Rabbi Dovid Cohen
• Students Visit OU Kashruth
• Excerpts from the Desk of…
• Kosher Alerts
Iyar 5766 / May 2006
Vol. 14 / No. 8
• Harry H. Beren Foundation Grant Provides Valuable Support to Orthodox Union’s Growing List of Kosher Education Programs By Stephen Steiner, Director of Public Relations
• The Modern Day Blood Spot Transcribed by Rabbi Yosef Grossman Based on a Discussion with Rav Yisroel Belsky, Shlita
• Kashruth Alert
Sivan 5766 / June 2006
Vol. 14 / No. 9
• Dairy English Muffins By Rabbi Dovid Cohen, Rabbinic Coordinator
• Kashruth Alert, advisory and notification
Tammuz-Av 5766 / July-August 2006
Vol. 14 / No. 10
• OU Introduces www.kosherprofessionals.com
• RFR in the News
• Kashruth Alert
• From the Review Dept.
Elul 5766-Tishrei 5767 / September-October 2006
Vol. 15 / No. 1
• Prof. Grandin Approves Agriprocessors Practices
• Absolutely Marvelous News In The World Of Vodka! Absolut Is Certified Kosher By The OU
• Other Liquor And Liqueur Products Attaining Certification
• Kashruth Alerts
• Special supplement – Pas Yisroel Products (as of Elul 5766)
Cheshvan 5767 / November 2006
Vol. 15 / No. 2
• OU Leads Kashruth Crisis Conference Rabbanim, Mashgichim, and Businessmen Convene to Resolve Kashrus Crisis By Hamodia Staff
• A Milestone Is Achieved By Regina Avshalumova
• A Chaver Hakollel From Williamsburg Reviews AskOU 8 Summary of OU Internship Program – 2006 By Rabbi Yitzchok Braun
• Kashruth Advisory
• Kashruth Alert
Kislev 5767 / December 2006
Vol. 15 / No. 3
• Is This Worm Kosher? By Rabbi Dovid Bistricer
• Duncan Hines Moist Deluxe Mixes Return to Pareve Status.
• Important Information Regarding Assignments By Rabbi Michael Morris
• OU Dairy Industry Seminar OU’s Rabbi Menachem Genack Named To The Forward 50
• Kashruth Advisory
• Kashruth Alert
Fall 2006
- 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
Winter 2006
- 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
Spring 2006
- Unilever United States – Adding Vitality to Life with the Orthodox Union
- The Hole Truth: Together, Bagels and the OU
- 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
- Dettling Swiss Kirsch: A Cherry Brandy to Savor for Purity and the OU Symbol
- How to put the OU Symbol on Your Label
- Have a Hot Kosher Question? Call the OU Kosher Hotline and We’ll Set You Straight
- 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?
- Salmones Mutliexport and Aquafarms International
- Marine Harvest’s Emphasis on Quality Includes the Symbol
- Exploring Glycerin Uses
- Let the World Know You are Kosher. Not just Kosher, OU Kosher
- OU Announces Certification of Miss Roben’s Allergen-Friendly Baking Mixes