A response to an article in The Miami Student titled, "Not so kosher: Strict religious diets may present challenges for students"
I was so pleased to see the awareness on kosher food. Most Americans eat some kosher food every day, but chances are they aren't aware of it. Take a walk down the aisle of any supermarket and you will see the kosher symbol.
As a local rabbi eating kosher all my life, I feel it's a great and important topic to be recognized. Most of the information I will cite is years of research as well as experience with helping others with kosher questions.
For centuries, kosher consumers ate home-cooked meals, prepared with fresh food from a trusted butcher, baker, fisherman and farmer.
In the 20th century, self-serve grocery chains sprang up across the United States. With the rapid industrialization of America's food supply, products made in factories hundreds of miles from home appeared on store shelves. Concerned communities hired Rabbis to serve and "Mashigaich," supervise, in country-wide factories and even to far flung countries, to certify that the process of the products were in fact kosher.
To people's surprise, there is a growing number of kosher consumers all across the country with kosher products in U.S. supermarkets reaching 125,000.
The umber of year-round Kosher-eating Jews, Muslim and other religious groups or non-religious consumers has reached a staggering amount of 4,800,000!
People have enjoyed kosher food for various reasons: health, safety, vegetarian dietary reasons and its taste or flavor.
I feel strongly that if kosher were more available to students many would give it a try and benefit.
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