A further sign on just how far kosher has come was the announcement by Wal-Mart that it carries kosher products in 700 stores across the US...Israel's 'Kashrus Police' seem to have their hands full and we've got the details...It's that time of the year again in the Catskills and kosher sales may be the big winner, Sarah Cohen writes...With less than 5 months to go, Kosherfest is emerging as a truly international event...Cultural differences play a role in monitoring safety and kashrus issues in China now exceeding 1,000 kosher plants...Idele Ross covers the latest moves by Russian-born tycoon Gaydamak and reports that 2006 was a great year for Israel's food industry...We've got some good news for business diners in downtown Chicago...Read how the Intifada gave rise to a successful Tehina business by an Israeli Arab family...Our Here and There column covers a new kosher certification for French produced peptones, an important dairy ingredient, the reprieve that kosher restaurants in New York City are getting in posting calories on their menus, and the closing of a 15-year old landmark in Brookline...In Duly Noted, Asher Scharf has high praise for our challah baking family that we covered last week...Eda Kram has a new line of soups in her New Product Showcase...I'll be in Buenos Aires this week with some new information on kosher in South America.

 

Menachem Lubinsky
Editor-in-Chief