Trademark infringement has always been a major issue for kashrus agencies; now AKO has decided to deal with it…After 73 years since the founding of the State of Israel, American Airlines has launched direct service to Tel Aviv…Hospital patients in the UK will finally be getting quality kosher meals, thanks to a London Jewish activist…So who has the best cheesecakes this holiday of Shavous? Rifky Grossman has some tips…Eda Kram has the story on how a gourmet kosher beverage company thanks Kosherfest for building their business…Israeli rabbis warn kosher diners to ask the Maître d’: “Where is the Mashgiach?”…There are some positive signs that kosher travel is inching back, not only in Israel, but in many parts of the world…The number of kosher independent supermarkets continues to grow even as a major kosher destination store in Los Angeles closes…In My Sixth Sense, I look at really good kosher dining in Miami Beach…Eda Kram in her New Product Showcase covers new baking mixes and dessert cups.

Menachem Lubinsky
Editor-in-Chief