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A Project of cRc Kosher Chicago
Kashrus Awareness Project


OK Response on Smoothies
Dear Kosher Spirit, When making a smoothie in a blender, what level of checking is required on the fruit and vegetables that ordinarily...
Kashrus Awareness Staff
Jun 22, 20221 min read


A Breakthrough for Summer-break
The AKO Camp Kashrus Initiative AKO introduces a free of charge camp Initiative under which kashrus experts from the most respected...
Kashrus Awareness Staff
Jun 22, 20222 min read


Download List: Approved Slurpee Flavors
Slurpee Lists Check on any of these lists, if the Slurpee flavor you want to buy is Kosher
Kashrus Awareness Staff
Jun 22, 20221 min read


Starbucks Refreshers: Kosher?
The following is a loose transcription of an insightful conversation between Rabbi Yitzchok Hisiger and Rabbi Sholem Fishbane, Director of K
Kashrus Awareness Staff
Jun 21, 20224 min read


How to enjoy kosher Summer Slurpees
The Slurpees have taken over! Enough Slurpee drinks are sold in the United States each year to fill 12 Olympic-size swimming pools, and...
Rabbi Sholem Fishbane
Jun 21, 20226 min read


Smoothies: A Kosher Primer
There are few things as synonymous with summer as a fresh, cold fruit smoothie, a classic hot weather staple for many. During the summer...
Rabbi Sholom Tendler
Jun 21, 20227 min read


Kosher Resources & Lists
The Kashrus Awareness Campaign receives guidance from AKO, an umbrella association of kashrus organizations. We do not intend to render...
Kashrus Awareness Staff
Jun 21, 20221 min read


Slurpee Confidential
Editor’s Note: The STAR-K Slurpee List is a compilation of flavors certified by an array of reliable kashrus certification agencies....
Rabbi Baruch Beyer
Jun 20, 20227 min read


Watch: Slurpees: Treading on Thin Ice?
Join an insightful conversation between Rabbi Yitzchok Hisiger and Rabbi Sholem Fishbane, Director of Kashrus for the Chicago Rabbinical...
Kashrus Awareness Staff
Jun 16, 20226 min read


Shavuos: Let's Talk Kashrus Newsletter
Gilyon 2 - Milchings on Shavuos Hot topics: Butter on Challah and more halachos regarding dairy foods Food for thought! Here's something...
Kashrus Awareness Staff
Jun 10, 20221 min read


Watch: The Rough side of the Smoothie
Watch an insightful conversation between Rabbi Yitzchok Hisiger and Rabbi Sholom Tendler, Kashrus Administrator of the Star-k. Enjoy the...
Kashrus Awareness Staff
Jun 10, 20227 min read


Kashrus Awareness Staff
Jun 2, 20220 min read


Kashrus Awareness Staff
Jun 2, 20220 min read


What's the Deal with Dairy
Cholov Yisroel and Non Cow Milks By: Rabbi Yoni Rappaport, Rabbinic Coordinator
Kashrus Awareness Staff
Jun 2, 20221 min read


Echoes of Achdusin Iselin, NJ
Kashrus News Running a kashrus organization can be a challenging job. Establishing standards and procedures and ensuring compliance is a...
Kashrus Awareness Staff
Jun 2, 20222 min read


Udder Disaster
Cholov Yisroel Available on Star K Website Approximately 25 years ago, a serious revelation was brought to the fore that affected the...
Rabbi Tzvi Rosen
Jun 2, 20223 min read


הנה לא ינום ולא ישן , שומר חלב ישראל
Cholov Yisroel Available on Star K Website The chaliva mashgiach neither slumbers nor sleeps. There is so much more that must meet the...
Rabbi Tzvi Rosen
Jun 2, 20225 min read


2 Words on Shtei Halechem
Milchigs on Shavuos As we celebrate the greatest gift in history, receiving the holy Torah at Har Sinai, our yom tov tables are graced...
Rabbi Aryeh Finkel
Jun 2, 20223 min read


Buttering up the Challah
Basar B’cholov As cookbooks proliferate, the options for Shavuos dairy recipes grow. Many are eager to fulfill the age-old minhag with...
Rabbi Aryeh Finkel
Jun 2, 20223 min read


Know Your A-B-C-DE’s
Are You Well ‘Equipped’? Join an insightful conversation between Rabbi Yitzchok Hisiger and Rabbi Moshe Elefant, Chief Operating Officer...
Rabbi Yitzchok Hisiger
Jun 2, 20224 min read
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