Contact the HKA
832.477.2406
The Houston Kashruth Association is a member of the Association of Kashrus Organizations and is recognized and accepted by all national kashrut agencies.
The HKA has provided quality kosher supervision to food establishments and manufacturers in Houston and throughout Texas for over 35 years.
HKA Board of Directors
Co-President: Ron Moses
Co-President: Steven Plumb
Treasurer: Larry Ellard
Secretary: Steve Paletz
Karen Bernstein
Reuven Bisk Harry Brown
Joan Foster Marshall Levit Hetty Perl Gary Swartz Brian Thum
HKA Rabbinic Council Chair
Young Israel of Houston
Rabbi Barry Gelman
United Orthodox Synagogues of Houston
Rabbi Daniel Masri
Congregation Beth Rambam
Rabbi Gidon Moskovitz
Executive Director
Rabbi Mark Urkowitz
Senior Rabbinic Administrator
Rabbi Yossi Grossman
Rabbinic Administrator
Director, Community Affairs
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Supervised by the HKA
YAD Kick-off Event
Saturday, September 7
Warehouse Live
Israel Bonds Dinner
Wednesday, September 11
Congregation Beth Yeshurun
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New Kosher Products
1) MegaFood, a US-based natural whole food supplements, multivitamins, and minerals provider, has received OK Kosher Certification's Circle K Seal for its whole food supplement product line. All of the products are pareve. MegaFood supplements and multivitamins are available at Whole Foods and Central Market. View a list of all their products.
2) The following Skippy Peanut Butter are now certified by the OU. Natural Peanut Butter Spread with Honey Chunk, Extra Crunchy Super Chunk Peanut Butter, Full Fat with Choc Chips, Light Smooth Peanut Butter, Peanut Cream,
Reduced Fat Peanut Butter,
and Skippy Natural Chunky Peanut Butter. Available where you find other Skippy products.
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Kashrut Alerts
Lay's Stax Sour Cream & Onion Potato Crisps contain dairy ingredients and are certified by the OU as an OU-D dairy product. Some packaging was mistakenly labeled without the D-dairy designation. Corrective actions have been implemented.
Pas Yisroel in Houston:
Here is an updated list of what is and is not currently Pas Yisroel in Houston.
Click link below:
Maca root powder, raw
Status: Acceptable Without Certification
All pure ground spices are acceptable without hashgacha.
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Mazel Tov!
It is with great pleasure that we wish a Mazal Tov to Jennifer Handy on her recent engagement to Ovadia Hayat from Los Angeles!! Mazal Tov to the entire Handy family!! |
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HKA celebrates past success, promising future
Taken from Jewish Herald Voice
Houston Kashruth Association held its Annual Meeting on Sunday, Aug. 25, in the library of United Orthodox Synagogues. Ron Moses, M.D., presided; Rabbi Yehoshua Wender opened with a dvar Torah. Dr. Moses said that HKA has many new clients and the organization has transformed in the last year. He acknowledged the contributions that board members, rabbis, mashgichim and HKA staff make to the success of the organization. "HKA is poised for unique relationships ... to be recognized nationally," he said. "We are slowly transforming the community's perception of keeping kosher - it's easier and easier - and the value of keeping kosher ... especially at simchas." Moses added that keeping kosher is more accessible now, than ever before. Continue Reading |
Local Kosher News
Break your fast with Three Brothers 
Rosh Hashanah has come and gone, but you'll need a Three Brothers Bakery raisin challah for break fast! If you're in need of holiday (and pareve) desserts, call us or come by to order a delicious apple cake, our chocolate or cinnamon raisin nut bobka or our honey pound cake. For more information, visit: www.3brothersbakery.com
The traditional peanut butter flavor now has an additional kick of nuttiness! Made with chocolate cocoa and creamy peanut butter, P.B.'s cup is sweet and playful just like the Sweet Friend it's named after. Pair it with Uber Fudgy Brownie Batter for added deliciousness at Menchie's Frozen Yogurt!
Located at 5122 Bissonnet St, 77401.
Fruit and Nut Trays Available at Houston
 Houston Pecan Company has a full selection of nuts and dried fruit for holidays and year round. Beautiful four compartment trays are now available, as well as two new mixes. Be sure to visit their website at www.houstonpecan.com. Everyone at Houston Pecan Company wish you a L'Shanah Tovah Tikatevu! Located at 7313 Ashcroft, Suite 212, 77081.
New Year Specials at Suzies Grill 
A Good and Sweet Year Shana Tova Umetukah. Make Suzie's the ideal and favorite spot to celebrate Rosh Hashanah
Featuring BBQ Brisket, apple glazed BBQ Chicken, Oven Roasted Potato, Pasta & Potato Kugel, Matzo Ball Soup, Gefilte Fish and Tzimmes.
Located at 8402 Hillcroft, Ste. B, 77096.
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Kosher News
Kosher Peace Dividend Put on Hold in Middle East
Taken from koshertoday.com
JERUSALEM - Rabbinic sources have long whispered that they frequently provide kosher certification in Egypt and Jordan, the two Arab countries that have signed a peace treaty in Israel. The sources say that for security reasons they never speak about these kosher certifications openly but they acknowledge that recent unrest in Egypt, for example, has for the time being resulted in a suspension of these kosher certifications.
Several Egyptian factories that marketed reliably kosher food to Israel will be affected. "At a time when we cannot guarantee our workers' safety one hundred percent, the policy is not to put them in danger," said a statement from Rabbi David Moskowitz, the Admor of the Shatz Hassidic movement in Ashdod and head of the SKS-Lemehadrin kosher label. As soon as the violence in Egypt subsides, the question of sending workers to supervise kosher food production will be reconsidered, he added. At some international food shows, at least one olive oil manufacturer from Jordan sported kosher certification from an Israeli rabbi.
Not your bubbe's kosher meals
Taken from washingtonjewishweek.com
Call it a different approach. Michael M. Medina wanted to start his own food business. Yet instead of taking the culinary collegiate route, the Northern Virginia resident knew he had to bring a strong business sense literally to the table.
First would come the business and marketing degree from George Mason University, next would come the food. But really Medina had grown up in a Montreal home of Moroccan-Jewish parents. The 33-year-old grew up speaking Spanish at home and French at school. Along with the language came tasty delicacies and meals that directly reflected his upbringing.
In June, The Kosher Kitchen Catering Company, owned by Medina, was selected by Beth Sholom Congregation and Talmud Torah in Potomac to become the shul's in-house caterer.
The Kosher Kitchen Catering Company is certified kosher by Capitol-K under the Rabbinical Council (Vaad Harabanim) of Greater Washington. Medina is also the owner of DISTRIKT Bistro, the kosher Mediterranean restaurant at the Washington D.C. Jewish Community Center.
"Food," he said during a recent interview at Beth Sholom, "is something that really communicates between people of diverse backgrounds." Continue Reading
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