As usual, KosherToday includes a number of exclusive stories this week. We lead with the story of how major supermarkets prefer major certifications for the kosher products they carry...It was only a matter of time that Tnuva USA would move to take its products mainstream in the U.S. market and we have their exclusive announcement to that effect...Sarah Cohen in her feature story covers a baker of frozen pastries who makes two great decisions and reaps the benefits...A new TeleKosher Conference is set to be launched in January to help people in the kashrus field...The cRc says that not all produce from Israel is kosher...I take a look at the future of machine made matzoh and you may be surprised at what I have learned...Idele Ross covers a new dairy being founded in the Dead Sea area and how kosher is driving up the cost for youngsters visiting Poland...In our Duly Noted, we pound our chests about a scoop that made it into major media and review comments about our story on new glatt kosher restaurants in Israel that may be off limits to some...Eda Kram covers new dry soups.

A happy New Year!

Menachem Lubinsky
Editor-in-Chief