Orthodox Union Kosher, known as OU Kosher or OUK, is a kosher certification agency based in New York City. It was founded in 1923 by Abraham Goldstein. It is the certification agency of about 70% of kosher food worldwide, and is the largest of the "Big Five" major certification agencies, which include OK, Kof-K, Star-K, and CRC.[1]
OrthodoxUnionKosher, known as OU Kosher or OUK, is a kosher certification agency based in New York City. It was founded in 1923 by Abraham Goldstein...
customers. Because of this, after much negotiation, the OrthodoxUnion agreed to drop the word "kosher" from their initial design in favor of the less Jewish-sounding...
independent kosher certification became a necessity. The first independent kosher certification agency, OU Kosher, was founded by the OrthodoxUnion (OU) in...
John Loike) is an American Rabbi who works for the OrthodoxUnionKosher. He is an expert on kosher species of birds. He is the director of the Biblical...
symbols is the "OU" from OrthodoxUnionKosher the world's largest kosher certification agency, under the auspices of the OrthodoxUnion. As of 2010, it supervises...
one-half of the meal contains prohibited food. OrthodoxUnionKosher does not allow for bitul containing non-kosher foods. Products containing more than one-sixtieth...
Retrieved October 23, 2006. Luban, Yaakov (July 18, 2004). "The "Kosher Tax" Fraud". OrthodoxUnion. Retrieved October 23, 2006. Levenson, Barry M. (2001). Habeas...
Yaakov (2004-07-18). "The "Kosher Tax" Fraud". OrthodoxUnion. Retrieved 2006-10-23. "Dispelling a rumor - there is no kosher tax or Jewish tax". Boycott...
Action. OrthodoxUnion. Retrieved 24 April 2016. "IN TIME FOR PASSOVER 2013, OU KOSHER ANNOUNCES NEW "OU KITNIYOT" CERTIFICATION SYMBOL". OU Kosher (Press...
is an Orthodox rabbi and the CEO of the OrthodoxUnionKosher Division, a supervisory organization of kosher food. As such he oversees the kosher certification...
United States. He is also the Executive Rabbinic Coordinator at the OrthodoxUnionKosher and is a member of the Va'ad HaRabbonim of Raritan Valley. He learned...
Simons of the OrthodoxUnion, kosher casu martzu can be produced provided that all ingredients are kosher, the rennet comes from a kosher animal slaughtered...
the OrthodoxUnion's specialist on kosher bird species. Unlike with land creatures and fish, the Torah does not give signs for determining kosher birds...
S2CID 7645668. "OU Fact Sheet on NYC Water". OrthodoxUnionKosher Certification. New York City: OrthodoxUnion. August 13, 2004. Archived from the original...
The Union of Orthodox Rabbis of the United States and Canada (UOR), often called by its Hebrew name, Agudath Harabonim or (in Ashkenazi Hebrew) Agudas...
The Union of Orthodox Synagogues (UOS) is the coordinating body of Orthodox Synagogues in South Africa. The UOS maintains a Beth Din, The Johannesburg...
specialist on Women and Jewish law Menachem Genack (1949–), CEO of the OrthodoxUnionKosher Division, Rosh Yeshiva at Yeshiva University, founding chairman...
Kosher Jesus (2012) is a book by the Orthodox Rabbi Shmuley Boteach, focusing on the relationship between Christianity and Judaism. The book examines...
by a partnership between its developers and the OrthodoxUnion — the same group responsible for kosher food certification ("Circle-U"). The standard mode...
Rambam explicitly permits upright slaughter, and the OrthodoxUnion as well as all other major kosher certifiers in the United States accept upright slaughter...
Genack, "a rabbi who is CEO of the OrthodoxUnionKosher Division, which oversees certification of thousands of kosher food facilities around the world...
Rabbi, How Do You Make Kosher Wine?". OrthodoxUnionKosher. Archived from the original on 2011-06-05. Haruni, Alex. "Kosher Wine, what's that all about...
beyond external influence. Key practices are observing the Sabbath, eating kosher, and Torah study. Key doctrines include a future Messiah who will restore...
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