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lieepihg It Kosher

Controlling
what is kosher
and what is not,
certifying agencies
vary around the
country.

JILL DAVIDSON SKLAR
STAFF WRITER

hey make the decisions
in this country when it
comes to deciding if
something is kosher or
not, for they provide the
necessary supervision.
They collect the fees or
fines from the shop or business
owners. Ultimately, they can
make or break a kosher business
by removing the
heksher, a trade-
Rabbi Jack
Goldman is
mark symbol repre-
senting supervision the rabbinic
by a rabbinic group, administrator
of the
usually Orthodox.
Metropolitan
"They" are the
Kashruth
kosher certification
Council.
authorities, with
260 groups operat-
ing in the United States, Israel
and 17 other countries. The num-
ber of organizations grows by
about 10 percent each year, said

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On Pins
And
Needles

David Tenenbaum is
essentially in hiding while
the FBI investigates his
alleged misdeeds with
intelligence information.

PHIL JACOBS EDITOR AND
JULIE EDGAR SENIOR WRITER

baum, the chemical engineer who
he damage has been done.
Like Richard Jewell, the se- admitted to giving classified infor-
curity guard who was false- mation on missile and defense tech-
ly accused of planting a bomb nology to Israeli associates at the
at Olympic Park in Atlanta, David U.S. Army Tank Automotive and
Tenenbaum's name is already taint- Armaments Command (TACOM),
ed, said his attorney Martin Cran- had not been criminally charged.
However, he is on paid administra-
dall.
tive leave and his building
"He's distraught. It's like
and parking passes have been
Da vid
he's in jail, insulated from his
wife and children, trying to Tenen baum: revoked.
An assistant United States
avoid the mass media that's Under a cloud
of sus picion. attorney said a member of the
been created," Mr. Crandall
U.S. Justice Department
said. "You sit on pins and nee-
dles. Sometimes the government would probably handle the prose-
just does nothing. Saying, We made cution if and when a case is estab-
a mistake,' like Richard Jewell, is a lished.
The FBI, which obtained a war-
rarity.
"David's extremely intelligent. I rant last week to search Mr. Tenen-
don't have to tell him anything baum's Southfield home, said only
twice. He has to evaluate on his own that the investigation is ongoing.
But the "web of misinformation"
what the future is, unfortunately
related to what Mr. Tenenbaum ac-
based on many unknowns."
PINS AND NEEDLES page 24
As of Wednesday, Mr. Tenen-