Laxity in the observance of the religious laws for the kosher preparation of food was declared to be prevalent in the delicatessen industry by a number of orthodox rabbis meeting as the Kashruth Association of Greater New York, Inc., at the Broadway Central Hotel on Wednesday. The rabbis passed a resolution demanding closer religious supervision of the preparation of the $10,000,000 worth of delicatessen food sold annually in New York. The operation of the kosher chicken market was also severely criticized.
“A deplorable state of lawlessness and violation of the Jewish religious laws in the delicatessen industry in the City of New York exists,” the rabbis resolved. “The abuses are the result of insufficient religious supervision carried on under the system of arrangements between the manufacturers and the rabbis.” The present situation in the kosher chicken market was called “a blot upon the good name of the Jew.”
The organization proposes a community supervision plan for the chicken markets and the delicatessen industry, to be carried out under the auspices of the United Rabbinate.
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