Just a Few Seats Left! Kosher Food Pantry’s Annual Music for Food Concert, November 19th
Stellar classical musicians are donating their time and talent to help Kosher Food Pantry distribute food to 4,000 per month to the local Jewish community!
Sunday, November 19th at 2pm at Maltz Museum of Jewish Heritage.
Buy tickets or donate here: kosherfb.org/concert.
Just a Few Seats Left! Kosher Food Pantry’s Annual Music for Food Concert, November 19th
Stellar classical musicians are donating their time and talent to help Kosher Food Pantry distribute food to 4,000 per month to the local Jewish community!
Sunday, November 19th at 2pm at Maltz Museum of Jewish Heritage.
Buy tickets or donate here: kosherfb.org/concert.
Tiferes Pizza – Authentic Italian Artisan Pizza!
Tiferes Pizza – Authentic Italian Artisan Pizza!
Tiferes Pizza – Authentic Italian Artisan Pizza!
Tiferes Pizza – Authentic Italian Artisan Pizza!
Kantina Open After the Fast on Sunday
Kantina will be open this Sunday night after the fast for Asarah BeTevet concludes. Reservations are now being taken for Sunday night. If you wish delivery, please place your orders early and Uber will deliver right to your home!
Call today: (216) 231-1079
We wish you an easy and meaningful fast!
Kantina Open After the Fast on Sunday
Kantina will be open this Sunday night after the fast for Asarah BeTevet concludes. Reservations are now being taken for Sunday night. If you wish delivery, please place your orders early and Uber will deliver right to your home!
Call today: (216) 231-1079
We wish you an easy and meaningful fast!
Petition for Kosher Dunkin Donuts
Some community members have created a petition to encourage Dunkin Donuts at Cedar Center to become kosher. No word on whether the expectation is for cholov yisroel or not but first steps first.
http://www.ipetitions.com/petition/kosherdunkindonutsforcleveland/
From David Farkas:
Thank you for posting. The petition, which has been enthusiastically supported since it was put up on Friday, is the first phase of our efforts. Once we have a suitable amount of signatures, we will IYH meet with the franchise owners to discuss possibilities, potential obstacles, and solutions. We will do everything we can to make it a reality. But the first and most important step is demonstrating to the owners the market share they can capture by going Kosher.
Signing the petition takes about 15 seconds. Please click the link to sign the petition today (if you haven’t already done so) and get your friends and spouses to do so as well. Even those who live out of town, but would appreciate a Kosher D & D for when they visit, should sign.
Petition for Kosher Dunkin Donuts
Some community members have created a petition to encourage Dunkin Donuts at Cedar Center to become kosher. No word on whether the expectation is for cholov yisroel or not but first steps first.
http://www.ipetitions.com/petition/kosherdunkindonutsforcleveland/
From David Farkas:
Thank you for posting. The petition, which has been enthusiastically supported since it was put up on Friday, is the first phase of our efforts. Once we have a suitable amount of signatures, we will IYH meet with the franchise owners to discuss possibilities, potential obstacles, and solutions. We will do everything we can to make it a reality. But the first and most important step is demonstrating to the owners the market share they can capture by going Kosher.
Signing the petition takes about 15 seconds. Please click the link to sign the petition today (if you haven’t already done so) and get your friends and spouses to do so as well. Even those who live out of town, but would appreciate a Kosher D & D for when they visit, should sign.
The Only Out-Of-The-Box Kosher Shaver- Price Reduction – $24.95
A few years ago Amazon started selling a version of the Norelco electric shaver that does NOT feature the Lift & Cut technology which makes for an out-of-the-box kosher shaver without any modifications. Our post from then appears below with a number of important links to learn more about the the various halachic approaches, and different models available.
UPDATED FOR 2017 – 2 Recommended Models
Philips Norelco 6948XL/41 Rechargeable Cordless Razor – kosher as-is, without Lift & Cut technology, rechargeable and has beard trimmer, a great deal (~$34)
Philips Norelco Electric Shaver 1100, S1150/81 – basically same as above but is corded. Costs less (~$24). From my experience, a corded unit, while a little inconvenient is better as inevitably the batteries on these units stop holding a charge after a few years of use and with a cord you always have 100% power.
But this week, just in time, Amazon has dropped the price on the Philips Norelco HQ6900/41 to just $24.95. This shaver clearly features the “Closecut” technology which despite its name does not have any extra features that make it a halachic issue. It is not a Lift & Cut shaver. This is a very bare bones shaver – corded and it has no rear beard trimmer. For $10 more you could buy the Philips Norelco 6948XL/41 which is cordless and has a beard trimmer. The price will not stay this low for long.
Kosher restaurant opens inside Hillel
(Cleveland Jewish News)
Uptown and its surrounding area has become a thriving arts and entertainment district in Cleveland’s University Circle. But even with the transformation over the last several years, the neighborhood was still lacking in one area: kosher restaurants.
That all changed on Jan. 14 when Kantina, a new kosher restaurant, opened inside the Albert and Norma Geller Hillel Student Center on Euclid Avenue.
Lyndhurst kosher grocer a go
(Cleveland.com)(Ed: Not a ton of new info but may be worth reading.)
A New York entrepreneur is one step closer to building a kosher grocery store on Mayfield Road in Lyndhurst.
Israel Blackman, who owns an electronics distribution company, bought a 1.6-acre vacant lot from Mark Sims last month for $700,000. A sign has been erected on the property announcing the “glatt kosher supermarket” is on its way.
NY developer buys Lyndhurst lot for glatt kosher grocery
(Cleveland Jewish News)(Ed: Previously reported in a July ’15 posting)
A kosher supermarket is firmly in the cards for Lyndhurst now that a Brooklyn, N.Y., business owner paid $700,000 for a 1.6-acre lot at the southwestern corner of Mayfield and Richmond roads.
Chuck Essreg of Kowit & Co. Real Estate Group, who handled the deal, said Nov. 2 that Israel Y. Blackman, who is president of Discover Group, plans to build a “glatt kosher supermarket” on the lot.
BJ’s Wholesale Club converts bakery
(Cleveland Jewish News)
BJ’s Wholesale Club in Warrensville Heights became the first BJ’s in Ohio – and the 36th in the United States – to have a kosher bakery when its oven was made kosher June 24.
Rabbi Moishe Lebovits, rabbinical administrator in charge of new business development for KOF-K Kosher Supervision, was on hand to oversee the process of kosherizing the oven, racks and sheet pans in the store’s bakery section.
Kosher Out-of-the-box Shaver – NOW JUST $19
The Philips/ Norelco 6948 is now on a major sale! $19 for kosher shaver! It has a lot going for it: heads are not Life & Cut so fulfills all of the requirements of an electric shaver for those poskim who permit (no need to fix it), has a built-in rechargeable battery, and has a trimmer attached to it too. The price is $24.99 and you just will need to “clip” the $5 coupon on Amazon’s page. If you want to learn more about the halachos of these electric shavers, click here >>
Ritz Crackers – “Circular” Reasoning About Their Pareve Status
(Community Member)
There seems to be a wide-spread overly optimistic assumption that Ritz Crackers are pareve and that the OU-D designation simply refers to the fact that it was produced on a dairy production line. I have seen several people take this for granted and consume Ritz crackers within a meat meal.
I personally contacted the O-U and was told that these crackers contain real dairy ingredients! See the ingredient list below. (Ed: you may also wish to check out “No more fudging the facts” about the Oreo dairy controversy too. Also check out a great web article on deciphering ingredient labels to figure out which ingredients are dairy, but please do not use to permit foods for kosher concerns).
Kosher Out-of-the-box Shaver – NOW JUST $19
The Philips/ Norelco 6948 is now on a major sale! $19 for kosher shaver! It has a lot going for it: heads are not Life & Cut so fulfills all of the requirements of an electric shaver for those poskim who permit (no need to fix it), has a built-in rechargeable battery, and has a trimmer attached to it too. The price is $24.99 and you just will need to “clip” the $5 coupon on Amazon’s page. If you want to learn more about the halachos of these electric shavers, click here >>
The Only Out-Of-The-Box Kosher Shaver- Price Reduction – $25
Last year we did a post on a new shaver by Norelco that is the first model in a long while that does NOT have the Lift & Cut technology. Why does this matter? Based upon information from KosherShaver.org (brought below) and the psak of HaRav Dovid Feinstein and other poskim, this shaver is indeed a kosher shaver out-of-the-box. Also please note that KosherShaver.org offers a free service to “kasher” other models of Norelco shavers that do have the Lift & Cut that need to be removed.
Right now Amazon has a great deal on this shaver again – just $25 (just be sure to clip the coupon located just below the price)
Philips Norelco 6948XL/41 Rechargeable Cordless Razor – rechargeable and has beard trimmer
STAR-S Passover Kitniyot Selection Grows Again This Year
(This is a press release from the Star-K but contains much newsworthy interesting information for Sefardim and Ashkenazim interested in the process of certifying kitniyot for Pesach use in America)
(By Judah Levi) When the major American Kashrut agencies were developing, the Sephardic communities were not well-represented in American Jewish communal life. Over the last 30 years, Baruch Hashem, American Yeshivot have been filled with many of the best and brightest boys of our communities. In addition to Syrian and Morrocan boys studying at the Mirrer Yeshiva in Brooklyn, many Persian boys studied in Ner Yisrael in Baltimore, MD where the President, Rabbi Herman N. Neuberger, ZT”L, was instrumental in helping tens of thousands of Jews escape after the Shah’s fall in 1979.
No More Fudging the Facts with “Pareve” Kosher Oreos
A reader has written in asking that we alert the community to a possible error in the practice of those who eat Oreo Cookies based on the assumption that while they carry an OU-D they do not have any actual dairy ingredients and are merely considered “dairy equipment.” This assumption was perhaps based on statements available online such as:
(From cRc newsletter alerts, Shavuos 5772 / 2012) “At the present time, most varieties of Oreo Cookies contain dairy ingredients, with two notable exceptions. Original Oreo Sandwich Cookie and Oreo Double Stuf Sandwich Cookie do not contain dairy ingredients, though they are manufactured on dairy equipment. The equipment is not necessarily cleaned before the [Read more…]
Kosher Food at Chuck E Cheese
Well, only if you bring it! An LJN reader asked us to share that the Chuck E Cheese location in Mayfield Heights has a new policy allowing kosher food to be brought in for paid/ reserved parties. Specific approval from the manager is still required when obtaining the reservation.
The Only Out-Of-The-Box Kosher Shaver- Just Released and Only $17!
(Updated October, 2017) Last year we did a post on a new shaver by Norelco that is the first model in a long while that does NOT have the Lift & Cut technology. Why does this matter? Based upon information from KosherShaver.org (brought below) and the psak of HaRav Dovid Feinstein and other poskim, this shaver is indeed a kosher shaver out-of-the-box. It is available in 2 versions as below. Also please note that KosherShaver.org offers a free service to “kasher” other models of Norelco shavers that do have the Lift & Cut that needs to be removed.
Philips Norelco 6945XL Electric Razor – basic shaver, kosher as-is, corded, does not have beard trimmer (~$25) (Unavailable as of 2017)
Philips Norelco 6948XL/41 Rechargeable Cordless Razor – kosher as-is, without Lift & Cut technology, rechargeable and has beard trimmer, a great deal (~$34)
Philips Norelco Electric Shaver 1100, S1150/81 – basically same as above but is corded. Costs less (~$24). From my experience, a corded unit, while a little inconvenient is better as inevitably the batteries on these units stop holding a charge after a few years of use and with a cord you always have 100% power.
Kosher Alert: Fresh Express Lettuce
A reader has reported that Fresh Express lettuce for sale at Heinen’s which usually carries the Star-K kosher now seems to be lacking it. The bags that were missing the hecksher had a best before date of Sept 28th. This is not based on any official alerts so do your homework.
Many Varieties of Minute Maid and Simply Beverages Now Under O-U
(OU Press Release)
Multiple juice and juice drink varieties from Minute Maid® and Simply BeveragesTM will now carry the kosher certification in the U.S. A variety of delicious options from the popular beverage brands have received certification from the Orthodox Union (OU), the world’s largest kosher certification agency.
The Minute Maid portfolio of beverages, with more than 100 different flavors and varieties, is the No. 1 fruit and vegetable juice brand in the world in terms of combined retail volume sales. More than a dozen chilled Minute Maid orange juice varieties — including the newest not-from-concentrate offering, Minute Maid Pure Squeezed orange juice beverages — will feature the symbol on packaging.