Junior Cheescake Loses Supervision ll

The JPost has an article on Junior's Cheesecake which as I discussed earlier has lost it's supervision by the OU. The reason suspected for the label-pull was a non-Jewish foreman who whipped up a batch over Passover for a long time customer. This article is bit annoying since they decided the person who should give you the inside scoop to kashrus is Joel Roth, professor of Talmud and Jewish Law at the Jewish Theological Seminary. Let's say I don't see I to eye with his views on Judaism, that's almost beside the point. This guy got into some serious trouble back in 93' and had to resign as Dean of the Jewish Theological Seminary's rabbinical school. He is also not an authority on the laws of Kashrus so honestly why would I care what he has to say? As the article points out this kashrus issue will now effect some people's holiday plans with regard to their shavous , although I can't imagine it would be all that difficult to find a good substitute.

Junior's Cheesecake Loses It's Supervision....

To be certain, I don't believe I ever had the honor of trying the famous Junior's Most Fabulous Cheesecake. They have however lost their kosher supervision label from the OU. The reason for the Orthodox Union pulling their supervision:They are owned by Jews and they baked a batch of cheesecake over Passover.

“The whole thing was a mistake,” Junior’s co-owner Alan Rosen told The Brooklyn Paper. “One of our customers ran out of cheesecake, so our shop foreman made some. I didn’t know about it at the time, and it’s a violation. We know we’re not supposed to bake during Passover, but what can I say? The company said it would search for Kosher certification from another kosher supervision company. Can you say Chof-K?