The Yoshon Network Inc. endeavors to bring people together. Here we present Yoshon Contacts from the US and around the world. Whether you are going on a trip or plan to move to a new area, the contacts listed in the area should be able to help you with your yoshon needs.
If you would like to be a contact for your area, we'd love to hear from you! Please send us your name, address or location, your email address and/or phone number, the name of your group if you have one, a Rabbi of reference and his email address or phone number.
Yoshon Contacts and Referring Organizations Around the United States
Contacts listed by state below:
Arizona
Scottsdale, AZ
Local Contact:
Chasya Katriela Eshkol
Phone: 7325-YOSHON (732-596-7466)
info@yoshonnetwork.org
Scottsdale, AZ
Local Contact:
Akiva and Meira Maki
Phone: 510-368-0796
akiva@meira-akiva.com
(Specify that you do keep Yoshon.)
California
Los Angeles, CA
Local Contact:
Rabbi Nachman Morgan
343 N. Detroit
Phone: 323-938-2428
Florida
Miami
Local Contact:
Rabbi Manish Spitz
4510 Post Ave.
Miami Beach, FL 33140
Phone: (305) 672-1240
Illinois
Maryland
Baltimore
Local Contacts:
Star-K of Baltimore
Phone: (410) 484-4110
www.star-k.org
The Yoshon Exchange
Mrs. Debby Nelkin, c/o Star-K, (410) 484-4110
(Specializes in a Yoshon Gemach.)
Michigan
Detroit
Local contact:
Rabbi Berel Broyde
15130 Burton, Oak Park, MI
(248) 968-3057
Yoshon Hashgacha: Vaad Harabonim of Greater Detroit (COR)
248-559-5005
New Jersey
Lakewood
Local Contacts:
Rabbi Yoseph Greenfeld
1172 Tiffany St., Lakewood
(732) 364-1979
Rabbi Shimon Greenfeld
1 Kew Gardens Rd., Lakewood
(732) 364-7576
New York
Monsey
Contact for local information:
Y. Herman
20 Sylvan Road
Monsey, NY
Phone: 718-305-5133
Ohio
Cincinnati
Local Contact:
Cincinnati Yoshon Network (Part of The Yoshon Network Inc.)
7070 Elbrook Avenue
Cincinnati, OH 45237
Phone: 513-815-7070.
(Specializes in a Yoshon Gemach and setting up hospitality meals.)
Washington, D.C.
Washington, D.C.
Local Contact:
Rabbi Gedalia Walls of the Rabbinical Council of Greater Washington
Phone: (301) 983-1121
Yoshon Contacts and Referring Organizations Around the World
Australia
Melbourne
For local information, contact:
Kolel Bais Hatalmud
362A Carlisle St.
Balaclava, Melbourne (3183)
Belgium
Antwerp
Note: Locally grown Wheat and Barley are Yoshon! Bakeries use local wheat flour for breads and challah. Some bread-like cakes, such as yeast cakes may be Chodosh.
For pasta, ask for Israeli products, which are always Yoshon. During some years, most barley used for cholent comes from North America and may be Chodosh.
For local information, contact:
Rabbi S. Golovenshitz
011-323-230-8537
Canada
Montreal
Note: Wheat and oat items made in Canada are Yoshon at least up to a packing date of Sept 22.
Contacts:
Rabbis Peretz Jaffee or Y. Wenger of the Jewish Community Council of Montreal
5491 Victoria Ave.
Montreal
(514) 739-6363.
(They publish local Chodosh Bulletins)
Bakeries
Renfell Bakery-Montreal
Yoshon under the hashgocho of the CRC.
Toronto
Local contact:
Rabbi Yehoshua Norman at the COR
(416) 635-9550
(COR also publishes local Chodosh Bulletins.)
England
Gateshead
Local contact:
Rabbi Elozor Lieberman
37 Grasmere St West
Gateshead
Telephone 011-44-191-477-1598
(All food establishments in Gateshead, England are Yoshon under the hashgocho of Rabbi Lieberman.)
London
Local contacts:
Rabbi Michoel Scharf of Kedassia.
Office phone: 011-44-208-800-6833, Fax: 011-44-208-809-7292.
(All packaged items, under their hashgocho are certified. Most bakeries are Yoshon. The season starts in Nov. or later. Contact them for updated bakery lists.)
Federation of Synagogues
London
Telephone number 011-44-208-202-2263
Dayan Moshe Elzas.
(All packaged products with the Federation's KF symbol are always Yoshon, whether sold in Israel or elsewhere.)
London Beth Din
Rabbi Gershon Feinsilver
Telephone number 011-44-208-343-6253
(Contact them for some Yoshon information.)
Manchester
Local contact:
Manchester Beth-Din
00-44-161-740-9711
(Many services are Yoshon under the Beth Din.)
Israel
Food Exported by Israel
Note: Food produced in Israel under reliable hashgacha are also always Yoshon. In addition all items produced under the hashgocho of the Badatz Eida HaChareidus of Yerushalayim are also always Yoshon, even if they are packed outside of Israel.
Food Imported to Israel
Note: Many American-brand-name food items sold in Israel and other countries are produced under contract outside of the USA. Often packaged goods are imported to Israel without regard for the possibility of them being Chodosh. Importers may paste their own labels, in Hebrew on such packages, describing the foreign kashrus organization that vouches for the kashrus, but not the Yoshon status, of the contents. The general public in Eretz Yisroel is often unaware that some hashgochos in Chutz L'Aretz are not usually avoiding Chodosh.
Reliable Hashgacha
Rabbi O. Y. Westheim
(Everything under his hashgacha is always Yoshon everywhere in the world. This includes Bobbie's fish products sold in Europe.)
Kedassia
Rabbi Michoel Scharf of Kedassia
Office phone: 011-44-208-800-6833, Fax: 011-44-208-809-7292
London
(Everything with this hashgacha on it Yoshon everywhere in the world.)
London Federation of Synagogues
Telephone number 011-44-208-202-2263. Dayan Moshe Elzas.
(London Federation of Synagogues advised that to their knowledge all crackers and biscuits produced in Europe are Yoshon. Obviously not all of these are under the hashgocho of the Federation. All packaged products with the Federation's KF symbol are always Yoshon, whether sold in Israel or elsewhere.)
South Africa
Johannesburg
Local Contact:
The Union of Orthodox Synagogues of South Africa in Johannesburg
011-27-11-485-4865
www.uos.co.za
(Up to date Yoshon information is available from the UOS. Their Yoshon Bulletin may be accessed on the Web at their site. Look for the "Kashrus Guide", and under that, look for "Yoshon Update".)
