Comments on Rabbi Jason Miller - Blog: Kosher Chain Restaurants

We certainly don't have a shortage or Kosher r...

2009-10-13T17:07:28.457-04:00

We certainly don't have a shortage or Kosher restaurants here in Skokie, IL, but people are still excited about the Subway that's opening soon.

My gut response to those objecting to Kosher Subwa...

2009-10-13T13:19:59.717-04:00

My gut response to those objecting to Kosher Subways is -- are you out of your mind? it makes me sick to read this response, when I think of how little Kosher is available (i.e. just about nothing) in my town and almost every city in North America. Judaism is not a religion of masochism in my opinion, and the more welcoming the environment the better. Every observant Jew is so different in so many ways from the workplace to the school room to the weekends -- we don't need to be surrounded exclusively by trief restaurants to remind us of our differences. I'm not surprised that a Kosher Nathan's survives in Los Angeles, that city is Conservative Judaism Heaven in my opinion with great restaurants along with great Conservative and Orthodox congregations. And guess what, many of the kosher restaurants are so good they don't even have to say kosher on their signs to bring in clientele -- that to me is a true test.

I was in Gaitherburg JCC over Sukkot and saw that they had a kosher Subway -- closed for Yom Tov but what a great thing to see.

I just wish there would be such chains in France a...

2009-10-13T13:19:02.181-04:00

I just wish there would be such chains in France as well.

Yes, Rebecca, that's true. According to the ar...

2009-09-25T17:16:54.737-04:00

Yes, Rebecca, that's true. According to the article in the New York Jewish Week: "Two kosher Subways have already closed (one in lower Manhattan and one in Livingston, N.J.), but with two slated to open this year and another five next year, the grand total will soon be 16."

The kosher subway in Livingston, NJ lasted for abo...

2009-09-25T17:15:44.557-04:00

The kosher subway in Livingston, NJ lasted for about a year!