Chief Rabbinate warns Israeli businesses using alternative kosher supervision Israel's Supreme Court ruled that businesses cannot describe themselves as kosher unless they have official certification from the rabbinate.
Bill solidifying Chief Rabbinate’s kashrut monopoly passes initial Knesset vote The bill is expected to be amended to allow restaurants to declare that they are kosher under “self-supervision,” without rabbinic authority.
Israeli restaurants can present as kosher without Chief Rabbinate’s certifiers While the restaurants cannot call themselves kosher, the attorney general ruled, they can say they have private certification but must make their method clear.
