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Kosher Australia in the Media
Contact: Stephen Steiner Director of Public Relations 212.613.8318; steiners@ou.org QUITE A TRIP TO GO TO A MEETING: THREE AUSTRALIAN RABBIS ATTEND GATHERING OF ASSOCIATION OF KASHRUS ORGANIZATIONS, HELD AT THE ORTHODOX UNION IN NEW YORK
They traveled a long way for a meeting, but it was important, given the range of topics discussed, encompassing literally every significant issue today in kosher certification. Rabbis Yankel Wajsbort of Kosher Australia in Melbourne; Rabbi Moshe David Gutnick of the Kashrut Authority in Sydney; and Rabbi Mordechai Gutnick, of Kosher Australia, flew 26 hours to New York to attend Thursday’s annual meeting of the Association of Kashrus Organizations (AKO), which is held the day following the giant KosherFest show in New York.
The meeting of the Chicago-based AKO was held at the Manhattan headquarters of the Orthodox Union the world’s largest certification organization. Dozens of representatives of kashrut agencies were in attendance, but none came from as far as Australia. London was the closest, but crossing the Pond from the UK fell far short of the globe-hopping trip taken by the three Australian rabbis.
Rabbis Yankel Wajsbort, Moshe David Gutnick and Modechai Gutnick (l - r) traveled 26 hours from Australia to attend the meeting.
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News from Beckett's Flat August 2005 - More medals for Australia's best kosher wine!
New Survey Reveals: 21% of Americans Eat Kosher
(Chicago) Americans of all backgrounds are buying kosher products with the full knowledge that they are buying kosher, is a conclusion of a new study by the Mintel Organization, a global supplier of consumer, media and market research. The report, which is due to be released later next month, will be the second study of the major research organization in the last two years. Based on a survey of 2,042 carefully chosen subjects, the Mintel study sheds new light on the strength of the ever-growing kosher industry. 15% of the surveyed said they buy kosher “all the time” while 58% responded that they “occasionally” buy kosher. 55% gave health and safety as a reason for their kosher purchases with 38% saying they were vegetarians. Mintel researchers note a significant increase in kosher consumption by Halal customers. 16% of those who buy kosher said that they observe Halal. The new Mintel study will also feature a detailed demographic profile of who is buying kosher as well as important comparisons to the 2003 study on 5 major food categories. (Additional key conclusions of the report will be featured in future editions of Kosher Today. Ed).
See the Kosher Today website for more Kosher News.View photos from Kosher Fest 04
Newspaper Articles
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Editor's Comment from the Melbourne Weekly Bayside, June 2004
KA Press Releases
Press Release September 2004: SPC Ardmona
Press Release August 2004: Kosher Australia Exhibiting at Kosherfest!
