Kosher

U.S. colleges with few Jews building facilities to draw more

As more Jewish students head to colleges with small Jewish populations, those schools are rushing to build Hillel houses and provide kosher dining options.

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Shofar blowing on Shabbos?

To the Editor: Re Liberals’ D.C. rally includes rabbi, diplomat, shofar: He blew a shofar on Shabbos? Oy vey. Not very "kosher." Carl Maltzman Long Island, N.Y.

Rubashkin legal team vowing to fight conviction, 27-year sentence

For years Sholom Rubashkin made his living as an executive in the country’s largest kosher meatpacking company. Now to keep him out of prison, his defense team is arguing that the judge in his financial fraud case made treif use of federal sentencing guidelines.

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