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Kudos to the Manchester Beit Din

From across the pond, (hat tip)
England - Kellogg’s has apologised to a Jewish man who ate a cereal bar containing pork gelatine because its wrapper incorrectly stated it was suitable for vegetarians.
Oberon Gardner and his family bought the Rice Krispies Squares bars at a supermarket in Colchester, Essex. Labels on 5,000 multipacks carried the words [...]

Mary Douglas on the Laws of Kashrut

For one of the classic treatments of the Jewish dietary laws, see Mary Douglas’s The Abominations of Leviticus. (hat tip)

Hanukkah Menorahs in McDonalds, Burger King and Jews in America

Some may remember my post about a person complaining that there was no menorah at McDonald’s. Not surprisingly, most of the letters-to-the-editor, which can be found here, thought that it was quite a ridiculous complaint. While not McDonald’s, one thing that my wife and I found interesting in Costa Rica was that there is [...]

Eating Blood

Regarding Prof. Ariel Toaff’s recent book, he is quoted as saying,
Although the use of blood is prohibited by Jewish law, Toaff says he found proof of rabbinic permission to use blood, even human blood. “The rabbis permitted it both because the blood was already dried,” and because in Ashkenazi communities it was an accepted custom [...]