Three weeks ago, I received a phone call from Larry Gordon asking if I would be interested in covering the 64th Nefesh B’Nefesh chartered aliyah flight on El Al Israel Airlines. I jumped at the opportunity, eager to know both more about the process of aliyah and the motivations of individuals and families to leave […]
Rabbanut requires kosher restaurants to rename their lamb and asado bacon to ‘facon’
Rabbanut requires kosher restaurants to rename their lamb and asado bacon to ‘facon’
“The term refers to a process, not a specific piece or cut of meat,” said Yoni Van Leeuwen, though the terminology battle was lost.
(May 20, 2021 / JNS) Crave Gourmet Street Food, a kosher restaurant in Jerusalem’s Machane Yehuda market, told its customers last month that it would be changing the name of its famous lamb bacon to “facon” in accordance with a recent decision by the Rabbanut, Israel’s governing body on religious aspects of life such as the kashrut of food, marriage and conversion.