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Newark, NJ…Several major carriers have significantly upgraded their kosher cuisine aboard long international flights, most notably to Tel Aviv. United Airlines at Newark (EWR), and British Airways/American Airlines at JFK have both recently announced the launch of fresh, kosher meals in their airport lounges. The

(Hollywood, FL) With Yeshiva Week a distant memory and Purim days away…before you know it Pesach is on its way. We have to ask ourselves: Vacation or Family Trip? Many families leave their homes for Pesach to a program at a hotel or to do their own program in an airbnb. So you told your boss that you need to take

Miami…A teacher in a Brooklyn yeshiva polled his class where his young students spent Yeshiva Week (mostly the last week in January and the first week in February), the new term that was once referred to as “mid-winter vacation.” Nearly a third traveled to Nassau in the Bahamas to such luxury hotels as

New York…”The Kosher Food and Wine Experience has been a key influencer in determining which wines will grace America’s Passover Seder tables, showing wines ranging in price from $6 to $500,” says Gabriel Geller, PR Director, Royal Wine Corp. If anyone needed proof of the surging success of kosher

New York…While there may have been some signs in mid-January that inflation may be easing, it has not trickled down to the kosher consumer who is continuing to experience soaring food prices. Food executives also see a grim outlook for this coming Passover (April 5-13) and expect kosher food prices to rise by some

Birdsboro, PA…A group of investors has acquired the kosher poultry plant here with the intent of significantly upgrading the supply and quality of strictly kosher chickens. The products will be known as Mesorah Farm (www.mesorahfarms.com), which will be following “a tradition in kashrus and quality.”

Brooklyn, NY…There are growing fears in the kosher world of a major shortage of matzah and significant price increases this Passover due to the closure of the Shatzer Matzoh Bakery, one of the most iconic and popular Matzah factories. Sources told Kosher Today that the Shatzer bakery had a significant market share

Jerusalem…Israeli Chief Rabbi David Lau recently ruled that cultured meat is kosher. Rabbi Lau’s ruling specifically addressed the production process used by Aleph Farms of Rehovot, as the kashrut status of other production techniques vary. Some rabbis have ruled that the cultured meat with parts from a

New York…The days of putting together baskets of Mishloach Manos (traditional exchange of gifts on Purim, March 7th) at home are over, according to experts in the kosher market. Several experts said that sales of the prepared baskets have more than doubled in the past three years. Some told Kosher Today that the

New York…Myx Fusions Watermelon Moscato – is a new light, refreshing and real-fruit infused Italian Moscato.  Whether you host a few guests or a crowd, these single serve and full bottle sparkling wines are packed with refreshing flavor, fewer calories, and less guilt. Great for gift-giving