Sunday, September 7, 2008

Keeping Up With Heksher Tzedek - September

Thursday, September 25, 2008

Orthodoxy's Kosher Crisis, Forward
Hekhsher Tzedek's Law Problem, Forward
Orthodox Leaders Blast Hekhsher Tzedek, Mountain Minyan
Agudath Israel Blasts Hekhsher Tzedek, Conservative Jew
From Gay Rights to Kosher Standards, Gay Gevalt
Hekhsher Tzedek Responds to RCA, Failed Messiah
In 5768, establishment faced new upstarts, Jewish Chronicle
5768, A chronology, Jewish Chronicle

Wednesday, September 24, 2008

RCA Task Force to Publish Jewish Principles and Ethical Guidelines for Business and Industry, Rabbinical Counsel of America
RCA Starts Toothless Hekhsher Tzedek, Failed Messiah
Orthodox Version of Hekhsher Tzedek, Kosher Nexus
Agudath Israel Issues Statement On “Hekhsher Tzedek” Initiative, Jewish and Breaking News
Agudath Israel: Jews Must Conduct Business Ethically, ‘thanks, but no thanks’ To “Hekhsher Tzedek”‏, Vos Iz Neias
Agudath Israel Issues Statement on Hekhsher Tzedek Initiative, Yeshiva World News
Agudath Israel Of America Rejects “Hekhsher Tzedek” , Frum News
Rabbis tackle ethics of producing kosher food in wake of Iowa immigration raid, Sun Sentinel
What does kosher mean? Hekhsher Tzedek causing a rift in the Jewish community, Sun Sentinel
Agudah Israel Issues Statement on "Hekhsher Tzedek" Initiative, Kashrut News

Tuesday, September 23, 2008

Post Postville, Rabbi Shael Speaks
New Hekhsher Tzedek Website, Jews Next Dor
Denominationalism, My Jewish Learning

Sunday, September 21, 2008

Jesuit University to Offer Jewish Social Justice Course, The Tisch: Rabbi Menachem Creditor's Writings

Thursday, September 18, 2008

Support for Hekhsher Tzedek, Hekhsher Tzedek
New Unity Based on Hekhsher Tzedek, Conservative Jew
Yatid Interview with Rabbi Menachem Genack, CEO and Rabbinic Administrator OU Kosher, Kashrut News

Wednesday, September 17, 2008

Yatid Interview with Rabbi Menachem Genack, CEO and Rabbinic Administrator: OU Kosher, Yeshiva World News
New Ethical Kosher Seal in the Works, Mitzpeh

Tuesday, September 16, 2008

Agriprocessors: Why my family has stopped buying red meat, Jewneric
An Orthodox Take on a Conservative Approach to Jewish Law, LukeFord.net

Monday, September 15, 2008

The Truth Shall Set You Free, Kosher Nexus
Should Orthodoxy Promote Social Justice, Emes Ve-Emunah
Allegations Spur Debate on What's Kosher, Omaha World Herald
OU President: Agriprocessors Is Kosher, But Plant Managers That Do Not Obey Laws, Raises Issues If The Meat They Process Is To Be Trusted, Vos Is Neias
Agriprocessors Allegations Spur Debate on What’s Kosher, Yeshiva World
OU President: Agriprocessors has "Lost a Lot of Credibility", Failed Messiah

Sunday, September 14, 2008

Still Ignoring Reality, The Blog of Garnel Ironheart

Friday, September 12, 2008


Kashrut must also apply to ethics, insist local rabbis, Cleveland Jewish News
No Hekhsher, Not Tzedek, Cross Currents

Thursday, September 11, 2008
Conservative Movement Finds Unity In Promoting New Hekhsher Guidelines, Forward
'Ethical' kosher certification is a positive step, J. the Jewish News Weekly
Jewish Unity in the 21st Century, Jewneric
Agri and Alle and the World, Five Towns Jewish News
And You Will Incur Guilt, Shalom Rav

Wednesday, September 10, 2008


Kashrut agencies shouldn't be leveraging ethics, Canadian Jewish News
OU Threatens to Drop Agriprocessors, New York Jewish Week
Welcome to the hekhsher tzedek community, Orthodox Union, Zackary Sholem Berger
Meatpacker May Lose Kosher Certification, New York Times

Tuesday, September 9, 2008

Fare that isn't fair, The Shpiel

Monday, September 8, 2008


More Agri-vation, Kosher Nexus

Sunday, September 7, 2008

Hekhsher Tzedek
, The Rabbinical Assembly

Saturday, September 6, 2008

Faithful Have More Food For Thought, Washington Post

Friday, September 5, 2008

The N.Y. Reporter Who Exposed Abuses at Kosher Plant, Pro Publica
Conservative Movement Moves Into High Gear With Its ‘Heksher Tzedek’ Kosher Seal, Voz is Neias

Reform Embrace Ethical Kashrut, Cleveland Jewish News
How Kosher is Kosher? National Catholic Reporter

Thursday, September 4, 2008

The Forward Paper and Union are after Alle to Hechsher Zedek themselves, Yudel's Rest of the Story
Words and Meaning: We Go Where Language Take Us, The Triple Bottom Line Blog
As Industry Faces Criticism, a Look at How the Kosher Sausage Gets Made, Forward
Reform Embraces 'Ethical' Kashrut, Jewish Exponent
Quite Possibly the Last 'Miscellaneous Post' of 5768, Heeb'n'vegan


Wednesday, September 3, 2008

Reform Rabbis Endorse? Who Really Cares? Yudel's Rest of the Story
An Evolving Definition of What It Means to be a Practicing Jew, NIF Blog
Reform Rabbis Endorse Hekhsher Tzedek, Failed Messiah
Taking Hekhsher Tzedek to the Next Level, New York Jewish Week
Reform Rabbis Endorse Certification Plan, Frum News Report

Tuesday, September 2, 2008

The Conservative Movement's Greening Initiative, Heeb'n'vegan
Phil Haslanger: Tightening ties between food and faith, The Capital Times

Reform Rabbis Embrace Ethical Kashrut, JTA

Monday, September 1, 2008

Conservatives' kosher initiative launches High Holidays drive, JTA