KASHRUT COMMISSION
Identity Statement
Reference code(s) | : GB 0074 ACC/2980 |
Held at | : London Metropolitan Archives Click here to find out how to view this collection at https://www.cityoflondon.gov.uk/lma › |
Full title | : KASHRUT COMMISSION |
Date(s) | : 1951-1983 |
Level of description | : Collection |
Extent | : 1.63 linear metres |
Name of creator(s) | : London Beth Din | Kashrut Division |
Context
Administrative/Biographical history:
The Kashrut Division is the largest single department of the London Beth Din (the Beth Din gives advice on halachic matters and is the ecclesiastical authority on Kashrut and Shechita for the majority of Anglo-Jewry; it supervises religious conversions, divorces, adoptions and deals with determination on Jewish status). The Division is responsible for the licensing of restaurants, hotels, bakeries and similar establishments, and supervision of catered events per year, and certification of almost 700 factories worldwide.
The Kashrut Division produces The Really Jewish Food Guide annually. This lists several thousand products whose kosher status have been approved by the Beth Din on the basis of research by Food Technologists into ingredients, processing aids, and any shared use of equipment.
Content
Scope and content/abstract:
Records of the Kashrut Division of the London Beth Din, 1951-1983. The collection consists mainly of financial records together with some material on koshering work at private functions and newscuttings scrapbooks.
PLEASE NOTE: Written permission from the depositors is required to access this collection. Contact the Chief Executive, United Synagogue, 735 High Road, North Finchley, London NW12 OUS.
Access & Use
Language/scripts of material:
English
System of arrangement:
Archives have been divided into the following series: ACC/2980/1: Administration; ACC/2980/2: Finance; and ACC/2980/3: Miscellaneous.
Conditions governing access:
Access by written permission only.
Conditions governing reproduction:
Copyright to these records rests with the depositor.
Finding aids:
Please see online catalogues at: http://search.lma.gov.uk/opac_lma/index.htm
Archival Information
Archival history:
Immediate source of acquisition:
Deposited in October 1991.
Allied Materials
Related material:
See also reference ACC/3400: London Beth Din, Court of the Chief Rabbi.
Publication note:
For further information please consult the LMA Information Leaflet: "Records of the Anglo-Jewish Community at London Metropolitan Archives"; available to download here: http://www.cityoflondon.gov.uk/Corporation/LGNL_Services/Leisure_and_culture/Records_and_archives/Visitor_information/free_information_leaflets.htm (URL correct Feb 2010).
Description Notes
Archivist's note:
Rules or conventions:
Compiled in compliance with General International Standard Archival Description, ISAD(G), second edition, 2000; National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997.
Date(s) of descriptions:
Description prepared in March 2010.
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