THE JEWISH NEWS
MARCH 20, 1987 / 19 ADAR 5747
SERVING DETROIT'S JEWISH COMMUNITY
THIS ISSUE 60c
Kashrut Director
Selected By Rabbis
Brooklyn, N.Y. rabbi will help oversee,
reorganize kosher supervision in Michigan
Staff Report
The Council of Orthodox Rab-
bis of Greater Detroit has named a
Brooklyn, N.Y. kashrut adminis-
trator as it director of kashrut.
Rabbi Mordechai Walmark has
been named to the new position, ef-
fective after Passover, to "assist
Rabbi Chaskel Grubner, mnahel of
the Vaad, in overseeing the entire
kashrut operation of the Council."
As kashruth director, Rabbi
Walmark's duties will include
supervision of all kosher meat
production and sales in the Detroit
area. His duties will also include
the Council's supervision of kosher
catering establishments and res-
taurants as well as production of
other kosher foods in Michigan.
The Council of Orthodox Rab-
bis currently supervises three
kosher restaurants — Pizza Maven
and Kafe Katan in Oak Park and
Sperber's North at the main Jewish
Community Center. A fourth res-
taurant, an Oak Park delicatessen,
is scheduled to open under its
supervision at the end of the
month.
Rabbi Elimelech Silberberg, a
member of the Council's executive
committee, told The Jewish News
that the rabbis expect additional
industry requests for kosher super-
vision of foods produced in Michi-
gan. He said this was an additional
reason for Rabbi Walmark's ap-
pointment.
Rabbi Walmark is a native of
Tennessee, and received his rabbin-
ical training in both the United
States and Israel. He was ordained
by the late Rabbi Moshe Feinstein.
He is currently serving as adminis-
trator of kashrut for Yeshivah Beth
Yosef in Brooklyn.
Observers believe his appoint-
ment will help quiet recent con-
troversies over the supervision of
kosher beef sales in the Detroit
area. Two butcher shops in recent
years lost their certification from
the Council after they were accused
of selling non-kosher meat. A third
shop lost its certification for failing
to comply with new kashering re-
quirements established by the rab-
bis.
Council officer Rabbi Elimelech
Goldberg called Rabbi Walmark's
appointment "a tremendous boost
for the community" that will help
organize the increasing workload in
the kashrut area. "He seems to be
a very capable young man," Rabbi
Goldberg said. "Everyone who has
met him has been enthusiastic."
Representatives of the Council
are also working with the Michigan
Department of Agriculture to pro-
pose new laws that would give the
department greater enforcement
powers. The proposal, copying New
York State's kosher food law, would
make the state responsible for in-
spection and enforcement.
Under current Michigan law,
passed by the legislature 20 years
ago, no enforcement provisions
exist. The only avenue left open to
the rabbis is to remove their cer-
tification. ' However, the removal
does not prevent stores and
businesses from continuing to oper-
ate as kosher establishments.
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