Chanukah is no longer the stepchild of the Jewish calendar is the essence of our lead article this week...The Union charge of major recalls at Agriprocessors holds no water, but we found plenty on recalls of Union operated plants...Most of the new exhibitors at Kosherfest came searching for new distributors, did they succeed?...Idele Ross, our Israel Bureau chief, paid a visit to a family winery in the Galilee, which happened to win the Best Kosher Wine at Kosherfest...Citrus farming, once one of Israel's leading industries, is making a huge comeback...In our From Here and There we cover the effect of the slumping dollar on Israeli exports, a university in the UK introduces kosher to the community, more kosher cheddar cheese is about to hit the U.S. market, and Sydney looses its last tablecloth dining...In The Sixth Sense, I discuss the future of diet foods...Eda Kram in her New Product Showcase covers Beef Jerky.

Menachem Lubinsky
Editor-in-Chief