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A WAY OF LIFE
Keeping Kosher— Why they do it
By Ina Horwitz
Tradition, lifestyle and
health are the forces driving
many community members to
keep kosher. And those who
do, ranging from the strictly
kosher to health-oriented vegetarians, are determined to
maintain a kosher supermarket in the city.
However, those same people also said that even if there
were hot a Kosher market
nearby, they would not give up
the practice. They said that
they either would have to travel elsewhere for their purchases, call in a kosher butcher or even move to a Jewish
community that had readily
available kosher products.
Since many Jewish people
look at keeping Kosher as a
way of life, they feel that it is
critical to support their local
Kosher supermarket. Larry
Pollak, an attorney in his thirties, said that he observed,
when he lived in Canton, Ohio,
how the Jewish community
had suffered when the only
Kosher butcher went out of
business in the 1970s. "A
Kosher market is an essential
institution that is vital to a
Jewish community," he
added.
Terry Barnett, 35, recently
began switching to Kosher,
after being non-kosher during
the first ten years of her marriage. "Not being raised in a
kosher home, I needed the guidance and variety that a local
- market can offer," she said!
"A kosher outlet is as important to the Jewish commu-
This is something in which we
take great pride."
It appears that most of the
Jews who keep kosher are
from conservative or orthodox
homes. However, dieri Friedman, 28, raised in a Kosher
home, married a person who
was not, but who agreed to f ol-
CA Kosher market is an essential institution that is vital
to a Jewish community.'
nity as are synagogues and
other Jewish organizations in
the city," said Irvin Szames,
54, owner of Martin's Foods,
the;only complete Kosher
market in Columbus. "There
are a lot of things that go into
making up a Jewish community," he said. "Keeping
Kasruth, as a tradition, is a
big part of Judaism. Many
communities, that do not have
a kosher supermarket, feel a
substantial void in this
regard."
Szames added that "for a
small community, I believe
that my business provides the
most comprehensive selection
and services at some of the
lowest prices in the country.
low the practice for her.
"Now my husband Tod really enjoys it," she said. "And
he still attends the reform
Temple Israel, where he is a
board member, and I am the
president of the Sisteriiood of
Beth Jacob, an orthodox synagogue. Practicing Kosher and
the degree to which you follow
it, all has to do with what
makes you feel comfortable."
Jews observe the keeping of
Kasruth in varying degrees.
Some follow it at home but will
eat non-kosher outside the
home. Barbara Viner, in her
mid forties, keeps strictly
kosher and will not eat out, if it
is not kosher. "It is particularly difficult for our 18-year-old
daughter, who is in college, to
follow the tradition, because
of her immediate peer group
as well as just having the food
and utensils on hand that necessitates it," she said.
"But no matter what,"
Viner added, "my whole family, which includes five daughters, ages 8-25, manages, because we would not go against
something in which we believe. It's there in our hearts."
Esther Schwartz, 59,
agrees: "If you want to keep
kosher, you do it, no matter
what the circumstances. I did
it, while attending four different colleges years ago. This
4000-year-old, ingrained tradition states, for me, who you ,
really are. It's an important
part of my identity."
Schwartz added that Martin's keeps "glatt" or super
kosher, which means that the
lungs of animals are inspected
by the man who butchered
them.
Nancy Kay, in her thirties,
who lived in Houston, New
York and Los Angeles since
she married, found all those
cities to have tiny and/or dirty
Kosher butcher shops, in
sharp contrast to Martin's.
She also said that "with so
see KOSHER pg. 8