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False Kashrus Certificates Removed from Food Festival Booths in Old City

By Yechiel Sever

Opponents of the "Treif Festival" in the Old City, including the Jewish Quarter, continue to speak out against the event, where some of the booths serve non-kosher food and even non-kosher meat, with callous disregard for the sanctity of the Holy City.

During a tour conducted by HaRav Eliyohu Shlesinger, the head rov and posek for the Jerusalem Religious Council's Kashrut Department, many booth owners were found to have posted false kashrus certificates. The certificates have been removed and inspectors were sent on Tuesday to enforce the law.

According to an official notice HaRav Shlesinger released on Tuesday, "The Festival of Tastes currently being held under the auspices of the Jerusalem Municipality in the Old City and in the Jewish Quarter is not under our supervision. The booth owners do not have kashrus certificates and there is no supervision of the food sold there. Let the public beware!"

Jerusalem Deputy Mayor Rabbi Yitzchok Pindrus, speaking as part of United Torah Judaism's representation in the municipality, pointed out that a subsidiary company belonging to the municipality is producing the event — a blatant violation of the status quo in the city, which has been upheld for many years. The festival is particularly offensive since it is held near the Kosel Maarovi, he added.

 

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