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July 2008 STAR-K Teaches Kosher Basics to Spanish Speaking Teens Twenty-two years ago, a young Mexican bachur who was learning at Yeshivas Ner Yisrael in Baltimore, filled a tremendous void in the world of kiruv when he founded Or HaNer. Recruiting teenagers primarily from Central and South America, Rabbi Moshe Fuller, z”l, provided them with the opportunity to come to the States and experience Torah-true yiddishkeit, during their summer and winter school breaks. Although the young husband and father was recently niftar, his dream lives on through the thousands of students he was mekarev, many of whom subsequently attended yeshivos. Today, there are yeshivos and learning programs throughout Latin America, and a kollel in Panama, thanks to Rabbi Fuller’s impact. This past week, STAR-K Kashrus Administrator, Rabbi Boruch Beyer, was a guest speaker at Camp Or HaNer boys’ campus on the grounds of Yeshivas Ner Yisrael. The sixty campers hailed from Spain, Mexico, Costa Rica, Venezuela, Panama, Columbia, and as far away as Israel. Rabbi Beyer, an expert in industrial kashrus and an experienced high school instructor, gave an interactive hour and a half session on basic kashrus and the challenges of keeping kosher. Using a PowerPoint presentation, Rabbi Beyer piqued the teens’ interest. One of the most popular slides in the show portrayed a collage of expensive sports cars. "I knew that would really grab the attention of teenage boys,” explained Rabbi Beyer. “I used the sports cars in a mashal, a parable about why we keep kosher. Just like a sports car owner needs to follow the manufacturer's manual to utilize the proper fuel in order to obtain the maximum horsepower from the car, Jews need to follow their manufacturer’s manual, the Torah, to only eat the proper foods that will fuel and get the most out of their Jewish soul and body." “Rabbi Beyer was an amazing addition to our program,” said Mordechai Friedman, a co-director of Camp Or HaNer. “He provided the campers with a deeper understanding of kashrus, on their own level, reinforcing principles that we have been teaching them in camp.” "I was really impressed by their enthusiasm and interest in kashrus" noted Rabbi Beyer. "We are talking about South American teens that for the most part are coming from weak Torah backgrounds at best, and no background in most cases, but their questions were insightful and sincere. It was really encouraging."
Auust 2007 Teshuva (Responsa) regarding Sabbath Mode ovens by HaGoan HaRav Moshe Heinemann Shlita, Rabbinic Administrator of the Star-K |
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August 2007 STAR-K and BASF An article that appeared in Euroscope Magazine - for BASF employees in Europe [No. 2/2007]. The essay discusses the STAR-K Kosher certifcation program at numerous BASF facillities worldwide. Click here to view full article. |
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March 2006 RABBI HEINEMANN DISCUSSES STAR-K'S CERTIFICATION OF VEGETABLES. |
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February 2006 STAR-K OPENS NEW ONLINE INTERACTIVE VIRTUAL KOSHER UNIVERSITY Those who are clueless but curious about kosher, have the opportunity to access the |
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January 2006 STAR-K'S KOSHER FOR THE CLUELESS BUT CURIOUS This guide is intended to assist shuls in implementing Kashrus guidelines for their shul Kitchens. It is based on the psak of Rabbi Moshe Heinemann Shlit"a, Star-K Kashrus administrator. |
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November 2005 STAR-K'S KOSHER FOR THE CLUELESS BUT CURIOUS Rabbi Apisdorf, well-known author of the successful award-winning Rosh Hashanah Yom Kippur Survival Kit, has collaborated with STAR-K on the just released Kosher for the Clueless but Curious. |
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Autumn 2005 STAR-K CERTIFIES NEW REMOTE CONTROLLED OVEN-REFRIGERATOR Star-K is proud to certify the new kosher consumer-friendly Connect Io™ Refrigerated, Internet-Controlled Electric Double Wall Oven, which includes separate Sabbath and Holiday modes, programmable prior to Shabbos and Yom Tov. Each of the two ovens may be programmed separately. |
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Autumn 2005 SHAKLEE'S VITA-LEA MULTI-VITAMIN JOINS STAR-K FAMILY “All of us grew up believing that if we ate a reasonable diet, that would take care of our vitamin needs,” says Harvard University’s Dr. Robert Fletcher. That may be good enough to ward off such vitamin-deficiency disorders as scurvy, beriberi and pellagra, but the latest evidence, he notes, is that supplementing our diets with multi-vitamins may be able to prevent the usual diseases we deal with every day - heart disease, cancer, osteoporosis and birth defects. However, vitamins often contain non-kosher ingredients, such as gelatin, that may not be listed on the label. As a result, the kosher consumer’s rabbinic advisor would need to question if vitamins were prescribed by a health care professional for vitamin deficiencies, or if they were self-prescribed for supplemental or preventative purposes. Star-K’s newest kosher certified multi-vitamin, Shaklee’s Vita-Lea, is one additional solution to this problematic situation. Until recently, it contained a trace amount of gelatin and was unable to be certified. Star-K worked together with Shaklee to remove the gelatin from its formulation, so it could become kosher certified. |
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August 2005 STAR-K OPENS OFFICE IN INDIA In the land of the lofty Himalayas, the majestic Taj Mahal, and the fabled Shangri La, stands the newest Star-K office in Mumbai, India. Kashrus is no stranger to this exotic country, located just west of China, the home of Star-K’s Far East office. |
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STAR-K KASHRUS SEMINAR DRAWS INTERNATIONAL ATTENTION Only two shuls stand in Lviv, Ukraine today. The home to approximately 6,000 Jews once bustled with 98,000, before the Second World War. Miraculously, the observance of kashrus and other mitzvos have undergone a recent revival; the collapse of the Soviet Union no longer forces Torah observance underground. Considering that just ten years ago, there were virtually no kosher products being produced in the Ukraine, Star-K’s annual Kashrus Seminar had an even greater zechus of hosting Rabbi Mordechai Bald of Lviv. Although Rabbi Bald traveled the farthest to Baltimore’s Star-K offices to attend the intensive seminar, held July 25 through July 29, several other attendees came from afar to join local Marylanders, as well. They came from California, Illinois, Minnesota, Florida, Connecticut, Massachusetts, Virginia, New York, Ohio, Georgia, and Ontario, to participate in a very unique interactive, hands-on seminar. |
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