Growing Number of Israeli Restaurateurs Forsake Rabbinate Kosher Supervision for Private Orthodox Alternative Daniel Sonnenfeld
Public dissatisfaction with the state-sanctioned religious organ is translating into action
Two weeks ago, Israeli headlines proclaimed that Café Kadosh, a renowned establishment of five decades’ standing in downtown Jerusalem, had opted out of the kosher inspection system of the state Chief Rabbinate of Israel. Instead, it chose an alternative organization called Tzohar to inspect its kitchen and supply it with a certificate that its products are indeed kosher.
The café and patisserie has always been known for its mouth-watering pastries and old-time charm, but now it found itself gaining publicity by standing at the forefront of a fight against a monopoly on religion in the country, one that is heating up. Let me explain.
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Keren and Isack Kadosh, the pastry chefs and co-owners of Jerusalem bakery Kadosh, which recently switched tokosher supervision with Tzohar and away from the Chief Rabbinate (Courtesy Kadosh)
Pastry chef Keren Kadosh was making meringues, piping perfectly shaped rounds from a pastry bag with her red manicured nails.
Her message on the Instagram reel, however, had nothing to do with the rounds of whipped egg and sugar.
“Despite the storm, nothing has changed!! Our desserts are the same desserts, and we have remained exactly the same people,” wrote Kadosh. “And more important, and before everything else, we will always always fight for the respect between people. Whoever has trusted us for many years knows that we always fulfill our promises.”
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A confectioner places a topping on the Abu Dhabi doughnut, a date-flavoured confectionery inspired by Israel s new relations with the United Arab Emirates, at a patisserie in Jerusalem December 13, 2020. Reuters pic
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JERUSALEM, Dec 14 Customers are lining up at a Jerusalem bakery-cafe for the “Abu Dhabi” doughnut, a date-flavoured confectionery inspired by Israel s new relations with the United Arab Emirates.
Doughnuts, called “sufganiyot” in Hebrew, are a popular fare in Israel during the current holiday of Hanukkah, in which Jews traditionally eat deep-fried delicacies.
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JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Customers are lining up at a Jerusalem bakery-cafe for the “Abu Dhabi” doughnut, a date-flavoured confectionery inspired by Israel’s new relations with the United Arab Emirates.
Doughnuts, called “sufganiyot” in Hebrew, are a popular fare in Israel during the current holiday of Hanukkah, in which Jews traditionally eat deep-fried delicacies.
This year, pastry chefs Itzik and Keren Kadosh put a new twist on the treat.
At their Cafe Kadosh, they devised the Abu Dhabi doughnut, filled with cream made from dates shipped by the UAE’s Jewish community, with a nougat crown topped with an edible gold leaf. It sells for 22 shekels ($6.76), compared with 18 shekels ($5.50) for a regular doughnut.
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Pastry chefs Itzik and Keren Kadosh put a twist on the popular Hanukkah treat called Sufganiyot. The ‘Abu Dhabi doughnut’ was a way ‘to appreciate the peace process’ upon which Israel and the UAE recently embarked on https://t.co/0S6KbuvSLppic.twitter.com/7P8DXetJh0