I set out to learn more about kashrut laws and the kosher certification process and OH MY GOD I CAN’T RECOMMEND THIS BOOK ENOUGH. It does an incredible job at compressing so many stories and issues, cites so many fascinating books, and has fundamentally changed my relationship to kosher food.
It’s truly eye opening in a way that few books are, and is written to be accessible to non-Jews who have always been curious about the little marks on food packages and what they mean.
A real testament to its quality is how many highlights I made while reading it.
Everyone should learn about what traditional kashrut is, because we should all be informed about what our laws are around food,” says conference cochair Zelig Golden, thirty-four, a former Adamah fellow and environmental lawyer. “And then like everything in Torah, we should go from that point and ask, what are the intentions behind the laws, and what are our values today? Which laws make sense and which don’t make sense?
Pg. 408 (in the digital edition)
