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If you want to eat kosher in Canada, use only the following four hashgachas. MK (Montreal Kosher), Badatz Toronto, OVH (Ottawa Vaad Hakashrut) and BCK (BC Kosher). |
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'''Kashruth Council of Canada''' is the largest [[kosher certification]] agency in [[Canada]]. It is best known for its kosher supervision service, with the [[COR (label)|COR symbol]] found on the labels of many commercial and consumer food products. After more than 60 years of existence, today more than 1000 facilities, retail and commercial, carry the COR as a symbol of kashruth certification, and over 45,000 products bear the certification symbol in Canada.<ref name=CORWeb>{{cite web|title=COR Website: About|url=http://www.cor.ca/view/92/about_consumer_cor.html|accessdate=18 July 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last=Sampson|first=Susan|title=Kosher food market growing|url=http://www.thestar.com/living/food/article/785423--kosher-food-market-growing|accessdate=5 March 2012|newspaper=The Star|date=26 Mararch 2010}}</ref> |
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==History== |
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In the 1940s and early 1950s kosher meet supply in Toronto was unregulated and chaotic, frustrating the local Jewish community. The Canadian Jewish Congress was asked to help establish an effective and orderly supervisory regime for kosher meat in Toronto.<ref>{{cite news|last=Kayfetz|first=Ben|title=Wanted: Support of housewives for congress kashruth program|url=http://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1902&dat=19580815&id=SFMfAAAAIBAJ&sjid=UNIEAAAAIBAJ&pg=1167,5831006|accessdate=6 March 2012|newspaper=The Canadian Jewish Review|date=15 August 1958}}</ref> In 1950, an Orthodox Division within Congress was established with 10 synagogue presidents appointed to serve on the Executive Committee with Mr. Meyer Gasner serving as Chairman.<ref>{{cite web|title=Meyer W. Gasner|url=http://www.billgladstone.ca/?p=6694}}</ref> The Committee met in November 1952 and formally established the Kashruth Committee. |
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The mandate of the Kashruth Committee would include: |
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a) Consolidation of all existing forms of supervision under the auspices of the Kashruth Committee; and |
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b) The institution of an intensified public relations program to increase awareness and observance of the laws of [[kashrut]]. |
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The Kashruth Committee met in November 1952 together with the Canadian Jewish Congress and approved the establishment of a kashruth board of CJC, authorized to certify food products as kosher. In November 1953 the Kashruth Committee met and authorized the Chairman to invite rabbis to be on the Vaad Hakashruth. |
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In 1954, the name “Vaad Hakashruth of the Canadian Jewish Congress of the Central Region” was adopted. The membership consisted of 12 pulpit rabbis. The Rabbinical Council of the Vaad Hakashruth was made up of Rabbis G. Felder, B Rosensweig, D. Schochet, and W. Wurzburger and had full authority over matters of [[halacha]] with respect to [[kashrut]]. Upon the recommendation of Rabbi Wurzburger, Rabbi Felder was appointed chairman—by acclamation. |
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Mr. Gasner became Chairman of the lay committee and Rabbi Nachman Shemen was engaged to run the department.<ref>{{cite web|last=Gasner|first=Cynthia|title=Toronto’s Rabbi Shemen adds to Jewish scholarship|url=http://www.billgladstone.ca/?p=7044|work=Best of Bill Gladstone|accessdate=5 March 2012}}</ref> |
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In June 1956 the name that was adopted by the Rabbinic Body was “Council of Orthodox Rabbis” affiliated with the [[Canadian Jewish Congress]]. This is the source for the Kashruth Council of Canada’s “COR” name and logo. |
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The parties agreed that Congress would undertake the administrative responsibilities including the guardianship over the kosher seals, while determination of all matters of religious law ([[halacha]]) would be determined by the Rabbinical Vaad Hakashruth. |
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During COR’s early years, the organization had a number of successes, perhaps chief amongst them was lobbying then Prime Minister [[John Diefenbaker|John G. Diefenbaker]] to have Jewish ritual slaughter ([[shechita]]) approved by the government of [[Canada]] and protected by law. |
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For many years, Rabbi Gedalia Felder<ref>{{cite web|title=FELDER, GEDALIA|url=http://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/jsource/judaica/ejud_0002_0006_0_06362.html|work=Jewish Virtual Library|accessdate=5 March 2012}}</ref> was COR’s leader as chairman of the RVH, while Rabbi Y. Kerzner, was vice-chairman, and later, chairman of the RVH.<ref>{{cite web|title=Clanton Park’s rabbi set to retire after 30 years|url=http://www.billgladstone.ca/?p=6851|accessdate=5 March 2012}}</ref> Rabbi Mordechai Levin joined COR’s staff in 1984 to assist Rabbi Shemen in the administration of the department. |
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Meanwhile, in 1975, the Canadian Jewish Congress of Toronto was restructured to form the Toronto Jewish Congress which was later restructured again to form [[UJA]] Federation.<ref>{{cite web|title=Ontario Jewish Archives|url=http://archeon.ca/canadian-jewish-congress-ontario-region-fonds;rad|work=Archeon|accessdate=6 March 2012}}</ref> |
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In July 2000, the Orthodox Division of Federation (COR) was incorporated as a legal non-profit entity and became the Kashruth Council of Canada under the chairmanship of Marvin Sigler. |
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In 2006, Rabbi Yacov Felder, son of Gedalia Felder, took on the position of vice chairman of the RVH and is its acting head to this day. Currently, Dr. Ira Marder serves as the chairman of the lay executive board while Rabbi Tuvia Basser serves as Chief Executive Officer.<ref>{{cite web|title=Rabbi Basser appointed CEO|url=http://cor.ca/view/87/rabbi_basser_appointed_ceo_complete.html|work=cor.ca}}</ref> Rabbi Sholom H. Adler serves as Director of Industrial Kosher Operations, Kashrus Administrator, and Rabbi Tsvi Heber acts as Director of Community Kosher Operations.<ref>{{cite web|title=Positions|url=http://cor.ca/contact.html|work=cor.ca}}</ref> |
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==Mandate== |
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The Kashruth Council of Canada's objective is to provide kashruth supervision and certification to all types of food service production and manufacturing businesses; to promote and encourage the production, distribution and use of kosher food products and services; and to educate and promote awareness amongst consumers about the use of kosher products<ref>{{cite news|last=MacLeod|first=Jennifer M.|url=http://www.cjnews.com/node/87454|accessdate=5 March 2012|newspaper=The Canadian Jewish News|date=23 March 2011}}</ref> , the importance of such products in Jewish observance and to identify for consumers which products meet the traditional standards of kashruth.<ref>{{cite web|title=Kosher Certification|url=http://www.dsmfoods.com/COR.html|work=DSM Foods|accessdate=5 March 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=COR|url=http://www.cbj.ca/business_in_action/september_10/cor.html|work=The Canadian Business Journal|accessdate=5 March 2012}}</ref> |
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== References == |
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<references /> |
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{{Kashrut}} |
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[[Category:Kosher food certification organizations]] |
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[[Category:Jewish organizations based in Canada]] |
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{{Canada-org-stub}} |
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{{Jewish-org-stub}} |
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Revision as of 11:27, 22 March 2012
If you want to eat kosher in Canada, use only the following four hashgachas. MK (Montreal Kosher), Badatz Toronto, OVH (Ottawa Vaad Hakashrut) and BCK (BC Kosher).