From the Editor...

We continue our coverage of the fallout of the federal raid on Agriprocessors with an update on the week that just passed and a sampling of e-mails received both through KosherToday and my e-mail directly…With the summer just beginning, kosher meat and poultry prices continued their climb to record levels…The recently concluded Fancy Food Show featured a record number of kosher food products, including many gluten-free items…Sarah Cohen continued her series on the impact of the economy on the Jewish poor and this week visits a kosher soup kitchen…An Israeli candle maker looks to the U.S. kosher market for growth…I share an eyewitness account of a 44-hour visit to Israel last week… Idele Ross has the latest on the supermarket efforts to win market share from the lucrative Orthodox Jewish market…Eda Kram reviews new frozen pasta in her New Product Showcase.

Menachem Lubinsky
Editor-in-Chief