Kashrut
Aryeh Markovic runs Murray Avenue Kosher with his parents, Saul and Beth. (Photo by Benyamin Cohen)
September 16, 2026, 8:58 am
A new grocer is moving into Squirrel Hill. Its rival says the deal isn’t kosher.
A Squirrel Hill family says a prospective buyer used its confidential financial records to help launch a competing store.
By Benyamin Cohen
The largest kosher slaughterhouse in the United States is located in Postville, Iowa and has been renamed AgriStar. (Jake Tapper)
August 2, 2026, 8:19 am
Fire at Iowa kosher meat plant shuts down production ahead of the High Holidays
The fire has also interrupted a linchpin of kosher meat production, according to OU Kosher.
By Philissa Cramer
Raz Shabtai, the founder of, Mutra, a kosher restaurant in Miami. (N.A. Photography)
May 30, 2026, 9:34 pm
For the first time, a kosher restaurant has won a Michelin star
Inspired by his Jerusalem-born grandmother’s cooking, Mutra founder and chef Raz Shabtai says the award was for “the entire Jewish community.”
By Grace Gilson
It’s gonna be weird having these after a burger. (Photo by Louis Keene)
March 27, 2026, 10:35 am
Reese’s Pieces are now kosher pareve. Carnivores rejoice
A morsel of good news for kosher consumers
By Louis Keene
A bottle of the cow-free New Milk by tech company Remilk, which launched in Israeli supermarkets in January 2026. (Photo courtesy of Remilk, via The Times of Israel)
February 4, 2026, 10:04 am
New ‘no-animal’ milk has kosher foodies salivating. Here’s why you can have it with your steak
Cow-free beverage made from lab-engineered dairy protein is now sold in supermarkets across Israel.
By Rossella Tercatin
Kosher milk production in the United States has largely relied on government oversight as a crucial component. (Getty Images)
April 25, 2025, 1:31 pm
Could changes at the FDA call the kosher status of milk into question?
The Orthodox Union reported “off the hook” calls after revelations this week that federal testing of milk was being suspended.
By Philissa Cramer
Genie Milgrom holding a plate of Chuletas. (Courtesy of Genie Milgrom via The Times of Israel)
December 31, 2024, 11:16 am
Cookbook author proves it’s possible to make delicious — and kosher — Cuban cuisine
New recipe compilation ‘Salsa!’ is the result of decades of trial and error to adapt beloved Cuban dishes so that they retain their layered flavor — minus the pork and shellfish
By Renee Ghert-Zand
Olivia Ostrow sits in the kitchen of her namesake Ostrow Brasserie, a kosher French restaurant in Miami. (Courtesy Salar A - Miami Creative Agency, via JTA)
February 29, 2024, 1:20 pm
This unusual chef serves up ‘trayf good’ kosher French food off beaten path in Miami
Her ultimate goal is to be the first standalone kosher restaurant to achieve a Michelin star.
By Sara Liss
February 27, 2024, 6:09 pm
Chronicle poll results: Keeping a kosher home
We asked our readers if they keep a kosher home. Here's what they said.
By Toby Tabachnick
February 21, 2024, 10:14 am
Chronicle poll question
Do you keep a kosher home?
Orthodox Union's Rabbi Menachem Genack, left, visits Israeli startup SuperMeat as part of the company's kosher certification process. (Courtesy/SuperMeat)
September 13, 2023, 8:27 pm
In first, leading kosher authority Orthodox Union certifies lab-grown meat
Israeli startup SuperMeat’s chicken products sidestep restrictions on using parts of living animals by growing meat from egg stem cells
By Luke Tress
Rabbi Baruch Poupko and Heinz mashgiach Frank Butler inspecting a vat at the Heinz plant in 1951. (Image courtesy of the Rauh Jewish Archives)
April 26, 2023, 7:35 pm
Kosher certification got its start 100 years ago — in Pittsburgh
Frank Butler helped develop the national Orthodox Union’s familiar logo — a “U” in a circle — in 1923, exactly 100 years ago.
By Justin Vellucci
The Conservative Movement's 2023 Passover guide recommends browsing for certified gluten-free, oat-free products ahead of Passover when making their holiday purchases this year. (Getty)
April 5, 2023, 4:48 pm
An amended Conservative Jewish Passover policy taps into the booming gluten-free market
"It's very practical, and it's also consistent with other levels of kashrut."
By Jackie Hajdenberg
Michael Twitty speaks at the 2018 James Beard Media Awards in New York City, April 27, 2018. (Noam Galai/Getty Images)
August 12, 2022, 10:02 am
New book ‘Koshersoul’ fuses African-American and Jewish culinary histories
Twitty grew up in a Christian household but around Jewish food, with a mother who regularly made challah; he converted to Judaism in his early 20s and now keeps kosher.
By Caleb Guedes-Reed
Kof-K sued JetBlue for allegedly selling a food product with their kosher certification symbol. (Getty Images)
June 28, 2022, 4:11 pm
Kosher certification agency sues JetBlue, saying they lied about a kosher snack
In a lawsuit filed last Thursday, the agency said JetBlue put its hechsher, or rabbinical approval symbol, on an artichoke snack that the agency never certified as kosher.
By Jackie Hajdenberg
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