https://hiddush.org/subchannel-1086-0-Private_Certification.aspx This is an RSS update from channel Private Certification on Hiddush website Tue, 21 Apr 2026 19:59:31 GMT He-il https://hiddush.org/article-23213-0-Tzohar_enters_the_kashrut_certification_market.aspx https://hiddush.org/article-23213-0-Tzohar_enters_the_kashrut_certification_market.aspx Thu, 01 Mar 2018 18:24:00 GMT An important chapter in the ongoing saga of religion and state has been written in Israel this week. In a widely covered press conference, the Zionist Orthodox Tzohar rabbinic organization announced that it is launching a kosher supervising entity that will compete with the Chief Rabbinate and offer the Israeli food industry an alternative supervision more convenient than that of the state. https://hiddush.org/article-23211-0-Another_nail_in_the_Chief_Rabbinates_coffin.aspx https://hiddush.org/article-23211-0-Another_nail_in_the_Chief_Rabbinates_coffin.aspx Mon, 26 Feb 2018 11:04:00 GMT Hiddush welcomes the announcement that Tzohar rabbis will be entering the kashrut certification market with its own private certification in direct competition with the Chief Rabbinate's state empowered monopoly. This religiously coercive monopoly is unparalleled in the democratic world. https://hiddush.org/article-17057-0-81_support_ending_the_Chief_Rabbinates_kashrut_monopoly_.aspx https://hiddush.org/article-17057-0-81_support_ending_the_Chief_Rabbinates_kashrut_monopoly_.aspx Thu, 23 Feb 2017 00:07:00 GMT Most of the Jewish Israeli public supports granting kashrut certification to restaurants that operate on Saturdays (Shabbat). The High Court once again finds itself dealing with the rotten fruits of Israeli politics, who give in over and over again to the religious parties' dictates, against the wishes of the majority of the Israeli public. https://hiddush.org/article-15754-0-2015_Religion__State_Index__support_for_religious_freedom_rises.aspx https://hiddush.org/article-15754-0-2015_Religion__State_Index__support_for_religious_freedom_rises.aspx Wed, 16 Sep 2015 14:05:00 GMT The good news, illuminated by the 2015 Israel Religion & State Index, is the continually increasing Israeli public support for freedom of religion and equality of burden. The bad news is the gaping divide between the public’s will on matters of religion and state and the Government’s coalition agreements. https://hiddush.org/article-7678-0-Private_kosher_certification_Integrity_or_Fraud.aspx https://hiddush.org/article-7678-0-Private_kosher_certification_Integrity_or_Fraud.aspx Mon, 24 Nov 2014 09:05:00 GMT A small revolution is under way in Jerusalem - activist Rabbi Aaron Leibowitz has founded a private kosher certification organization called Hashgacha Pratit, and is challenging the Chief Rabbinate's monopoly on kosher certification in Israel.