NEW YORK, (JTA) — The growing interest of the general
Wall Street Journal, in its first shopper in kosher food, com-
survey of the kosher food mar- menting that "advertising and
ket, reported that the produc- supermarket displays are mak-
tion and sale of Kosher for ing Gentiles well aware of ko-
Passover foods and related prod- sher foods, other than corned
'tots was "a big and growing beef and pastrami, and not with-
business." out purpose."
A half-dozen specialists in
The daily quoted Benjamin
such Jewish staples as gefilte C. Weeler, Rokeach's president,
fish, borscht, and matzos "gross as saying "we want kosher foods
some $20,000,000 a year," the to be as universally accepted
business daily reported, adding as chop suey."
that this was "only a small part
of the market.
Rockefeller Grants
"Thousands of national-brand
food and soap products are be- Totalling $84,900
ing turned out under the strict Awarded to Israel
superVision of rabbis, in order
NEW YORK, (JTA) — Three
to qualify for the trade of those
of the 5,000,000. American Jews grants totalling $84,900 were
who observe some or all of the awarded by the Rockefeller
Foundation in the first quarter
Hebrew dietary practices."
of 1959 to Israeli institutions.
The Journal reported that the All three grants were awarded
Union of Orthodox Jewish Con-. to the Israel government itself.
gregations of America was pro-
One grant for $5,000 given di-
viding,' rabbinical certification
rectly to the Ministry of Foreign
for "more than 1,000 nationally Affairs, is for purchase and
and regionally distributed gro- shipment of a collection of ba-
cery items," made by 225 com- sic books dealing with interna-
panies. The report noted that tional relations.
"since Judaism in the United
The second grant in this cate-
States has no authoritative hier- gory, $9,500, went to the gov-
archy, a great many canners and ernment hospital at Tel Hasho-
packers, bakers and roasters mer, for research in the genetics
make private arrangements with of a biochemical abnormality in
individual rabbis."
various ethnic groups.
The business daily noted that
The largest of the grants,
"the leading specialists in ko- amounting to $70,000, was given
sher foods — all based in the to the Agricultural Research
New York area — for the most Station at Rehovot. It will sup-
part have experienced striking port a three-year research proj-
sales growths since World War est to be directed by Dr. Jacob
II.
Rubin into the soil moisture
They include B. Manischewitz balance required for optimal
Co., I. Rokeach & Sons, Inc.; plant growth under both field
Mothers Food Products, Inc., a and greenhouse conditions.
division of Vita Food Products,
Inc.; Horowitz Brothers & Mar-
Call for Aid to Israel •
gareten; Aron Streit, Inc. and
WASHINGTON (JTA) — Be-
A. Goodman & Sons, Inc.
cause of Arab threats against
Asking "what's behind the Israel, "the West must, much
groWing demand for kosher more clearly and definitely
foods?" the Wall Street Journal than in the past, underwrite
cited `qtt,•,general regeneration the security of Israel," accord-
of religious observance" and ing to a policy recommenda-
credited this partly to pride in tion of the political group,
the birth of Israel."
Americans for Democratic Ac-
The daily also noted the tion.
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11 —TH E DE TROIT JEWISH NEWS — Frid ay, May 1, 1959
Kosher Food Industry Seeks Same
Universal Acceptance as Chop Suey