re: #266 Fat Bastard Vegetarian

All right, I just checked the “Inn Season Cafe” “Kosher certification” page and now I’m really pissed. This is the “New Kosher” shield which disregards traditional kosher rules and makes up a bunch of new ones. The creators of this “New Kosher” promised that they would NEVER attempt to mislead and confuse the consumer by competing with traditional kosher certification organizations, but it looks like that is what they are totally doing in this case.

Conservative rabbis were pissed that Orthodox organizations had a “monopoly” on Kosher certification, mainly because Orthodox Jews are very stringent about eating onlhy kosher products at home and at restaurants, while Conservative and Reform Jews are more lenient, meaning, they will eat at establishments that are not kosher. So the Conservative rabbis founded the “Magen Tzedek” (so-called “ethical” Kosher) which is supposed to be a “New” set of laws they made up. But the fact is that they crave that sweet, sweet “Kosher certification” money that they think the Orthodox are just rolling in.

The food prepared at “Inn Season Cafe” is probably kosher since it does not include any meat or dairy products, but is NOT prepared according to traditional kosher rules and is misleading the consumer, which they PROMISED THEY WOULD NEVER DO.