How come Chinese and Thai restaraunts are kosher in Israel.?

Question

It;s an absurd, do u agree?

Answer 1

It's not absurd.  It's marketing.  In Israel there is a large demographic of Kosher consumers and while non-Kosher people can eat at a Kosher restaurant, Kosher people cannot eat at a non-Kosher restaurant.  So many restaurants of all types, Chinese and Thai included, make sure they are Kosher and get more business.

Answer 2

Cat is kosher,J/K. Kismet is right,just follow the rules and anything can be kosher,even Mexican food. It wouldn't be as tasty without cheese and sour cream though.

Answer 3

Not absurd at all!

You can make ANY cuisine kosher if you separate meat from dairy and if you use kosher meat.

I have taken my non-Jewish friends to various kosher restaurants, and they were pleasantly surprized by the superior quality of the food (Chinese, Italian, Mexican, and other cuisines)!

Answer 4

Lene,

All the Thai and Chinese restaurants I eat at are not kosher.

Sincerely,

Ms. Miche ; })

Answer 5

Even McDonalds is kosher in Israel.  The reason is because it is Israel.  It is a jewish command.  Kosher has always been for health reasons.

Answer 6

Everything is kosher nowadays in The United States.

All processed and packaged food products have a U symbol or a UL symbol on the side of the product.  this can be seen on all soda bottles all jucie containers.  All potatoe chip bags all boxes of oatmeal. All cereal boxes and all cleaning products such as ammonia and clorox and pine oil and aluminum foil and wax paper and plastic baggies.  

This is called the Kosher tax here in the US and The Rabinnical Association makes millions of dollars each year by going to all the corporations and making them certify that their product has been blessed by the Rabbis which charge a fee for this service.

http://americandefenseleague.com/koshert...

Here are some quotes from the above link:  Also it will show you the names and addresses of these jewish Rabinical Associations

The Kosher Food Tax

U.S. Food and Drug Administration is not good enough for Jews!

The Kosher Food Tax is a fraud on the American consumer. Take a look at the items in your cupboard and you'll find either the (U) or (K) labels on almost every one of them. These symbols represent a Jewish "blessing", which means that you have unwittingly paid a tax to a Jewish religious group. These symbols could be anywhere on the package, so look carefully.

The circled "U," sometimes with the word "Parve", stands for Union of Orthodox Jews (UOJCA), the "K" stands for Kosher (KOV K). These symbols mean that the product's producer paid the Jews a kind of "tax" to have some rabbi "bless" it. Don't confuse these letters with the letter "R" which stands for 'registered trade mark' or a letter "C" which stands for 'copyright'.

In 1959, the Wall Street Journal estimated this "tax" at about $20 million and it is thought to be in the hundreds of millions today. The Jewish Post of July 30, 1976 reported that Rabbi Harvey Sentor admitted that Kov K was a "profit-making concern." The UOJCA extracts exactly the same levy as Kov K.

This "tax" is not an option for the Gentile, he has to pay it to the Jews. If this was nothing more than a religious ceremony, giving rabbinical approval to food and food products prepared in a specific way, then why are steel wool and kitchen utensils also included?

Here is how the scheme works. An Orthodox Rabbi warns a company that unless their product is certified as Kosher they will face a boycott by every Jew in America. Once the company agrees, it must keep the amount paid a strict secret!

In 1960, 225 food products paid the Kosher tax, 476 in 1966, 1000 in 1974, and today 17,500 companies are paying this multi-level tax. Listed below are National Kosher Agencies and their symbols - you might want to give them a call to see what they say. Regional listings and their symbols will follow soon.

Kof-K Kosher Supervision

1444 Queen Anne Road

Teaneck, NJ 07666

201-837-0500

Fax: [phone]

Rabbi Aharon Felder, Director of Kosher Standards

Rabbi Ari Moshe Senter, Halachic Research

Rabbi Dovid Senter, Rabbi Yehuda Rosenbaum,

Rabbi Daniel Senter, Administration

Rabbi Dr. H. Zecharia Senter, Executive Administrator

Publication: Kosher Outlook Supplement

The Organized Kashruth Laboratories

1372 Carroll Street

Brooklyn, NY 11213

718-756-7500

Fax: [phone]

Rabbi Don Yoel Levy, Kashruth Administrator

Rabbi Leizer Teitelbaum, Rabbi Dovid Steigman,

Rabbi Chaim Fogelman, Rabbi Levi Garelik,

Rabbi Avraham Juravel, Rabbi Mendel Raitzes, Rabbinical Coordinators

Publication: The Jewish Homemaker

Star-K Kosher Certification

11 Warren Road

Baltimore, MD 21208-5234

410-484-4110

Fax: [phone]

Rabbi Moshe Heinemann, Rabbinic Administrator

Dr. Avrom Pollak, President

Rabbi Eliyahu Shuman, Director of Supervision

Publication: Kashrus Kurrents

The Union of Orthodox Jewish Congregations

333 Seventh Avenue

New York, NY 10001

212-563-4000

Fax: [phone]

Rabbi Menachem Genack, Rabbinic Administrator

Publications: the "OU" Kashrus Directory, Jewish Action, Mesorah Journal of Halacha, Daf Hakashrus



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So it should come as no surprise that there are Kosher restaurants of every type of food imagineable.  Seafood restaurants vegetarian restaurants Chinese Restaurants Sushi Bars etc etc.....

Answer 7

It depends. As long as those restaurants prepare the food based on Kashruth (Jewish dietary law), they are kosher.

Answer 8

How come Mexican food in Texas is totally different than in Mexico.

You sell what the market will buy not what you like yourself.

You can be authentic at home.

Answer 9

There are Kosher Chinese restaraunts everywhere.  There are even vegetarian Chinese restaraunts. Not all Chinese are meat eaters and there are Chinese Jews.