Kosher Resources » Recommended Kosher Symbols
There are hundreds of kosher certifications (hechsherim) in the marketplace today. We have chosen those commonly encountered and broadly considered reliable.
If an agency or symbol does not appear on this list, please contact the Va’ad for more information.
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Last update: July 21, 2011
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Va’ad HaRabanim of Greater Seattle5305 52nd Avenue S. Seattle, WA 98118 (206) 760-0805 www.seattlevaad.org |
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The Union of Orthodox Jewish Congregations (OU)
333 Seventh Avenue New York, NY 10001 (212) 613-8241 www.oukosher.org |
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The Organized Kashrut Laboratories (OK)
391 Troy Avenue Brooklyn, NY 11213 (718) 756-7500 |
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Star-K Kosher Certification & Star-K-D/Young Israel-Chalav Stam Products
122 Slade Avenue Suite 300 Baltimore, MD 21208 (410) 484-4110 |
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Kof-K Kosher Supervision
201 The Plaza, Teaneck, NJ 07666 (201) 837-0500 |
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The Va’ad HaKashrut of Denver
1350 Vrain Street Denver, CO 80204 (303) 595-9349 |
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Kehilla Kosher (Igud HaKashrut of Los Angeles)
186 North Citrus Avenue Los Angeles, CA 90036 (323) 935-8383 |
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Kosher Supervision of America (KSA) P.O. Box 35721 Los Angeles, CA 90035 (310) 282-0444 www.ksakosher.com |
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Rabbinical Council of California (RCC) 617 South Olive Street Suite 515 Los Angeles, CA 90014 (213) 389-3382www.rccvaad.org |
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Kosher Overseers (“Half-Moon-K” / KOAOA) Part of the P.O. Box 1321 Beverly Hills, CA 90213 (212) 613-8314 |
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Va’ad Hoeir of Saint Louis 4 Millstone Campus St. Louis, MO 63146 (314) 569-2770www.ovkosher.orgN OTE: This symbol, and symbols that look similar, often appear as a vegetarian or vegan designation, having nothing to do with kashrut. The consumer should make sure that any product bearing this symbol is indeed supervised by the St. Louis Va’ad. |
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Vaad Hakashruth Of Kansas City
P.O. Box 12542 Overland Park, KS 66282-2542 (913) 649-4300 |
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Blue Ribbon Kosher 2716 Kiplin Avenue S. Minneapolis, MN 55416 (952) 925365 |
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Vaad HaKashrut of Miami-Dade P.O. Box 403225 Miami, FL 33140 (786) 390-6620www.koshermiami.org |
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Vaad HaRabanim of Greater Washington (DC) 11161 New Hampshire Avenue Suite 401 Silver Spring, MD 20904 (301) 593-0336www.capitolk.org |
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Vaad HaKashrut of Northern California 2520 Warring Street Berkeley,CA 94704 (510) 843-8223www.norcalkosher.org |
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Central California Kosher Rabbi Levy I. Zirkind 1227 East Shepherd Avenue Fresno, CA 93720 (559) 432-2770 |
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K’hal Adath Jeshurun (Breuer’s) 85-93 Bennett Avenue New York, NY 10033 (212) 923-3582http://www.kajinc.org/ |
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Chicago Rabbinical Council (IKS & Texas Kosher are divisions of the CRC) 2901 West Howard Street Chicago, IL 60645 (773) 465-6632www.crcweb.org |
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Oregon Kosher 6698 SW Capitol Hwy., Portland, OR 97219 (503) 343-3497 |
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EarthKosher 137 Midwood Rd., Teaneck, NJ 0766 (310) 200-6653 www.earthkosher.com |
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Va’ad HaKashrut of Dallas 7900 Northaven Road Dallas, TX 75230 (214) 739-6535www.dallaskosher.org |
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Houston Kashruth Association P.O. Box 35225 Houston, TX 77235 (713) 517-3990www.kosherhouston.org |
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Kosher Supervisors of Wisconsin 4900 W. Burleigh Rd. Milwaukee, WI 53210 (414) 873-8746www.wisconsin-k.com |
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Atlanta Kashruth Commission 1855 La Vista Road Atlanta, GA 30329 (404) 634-4063www.kosheratlanta.org |
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Rabbi Sholom B. Dubov/Florida-K 708 Lake Howell Road Maitland FL 32751 (407) 644-2500www.flkosher.com |
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Organization of Orthodox Kashrus Supervision 3301 W. Ardmore Chicago, IL 60659 (773) 539-8049 |
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Global Kosher 79 Meade Passaic, NJ 07004 (973) 246-9545www.globalk.org |
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Young Israel of West Hempstead 630 Hempstead Avenue West Hempstead, NY 11552 (516) 481-7429www.yiwh.org |
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Vaad Harabonim of Queens 141-49 73rd Ave. Flushing, NY 11367 (718) 520-9060www.queensvaad.org |
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Orthodox Rabbinical Board of Broward & Palm Beach Counties 5840 Stirling Road #256 Hollywood, FL 33021 (954) 797-7888www.orbkosher.org |
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National Kashrut 101 Route 306 Monsey, NY 10952 (845) 352-4448 |
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Vaad HaKashrut of Buffalo 3940 Harlem Road Amherst, NY 14226 (716) 634-3990 www.yibuffalo.org |
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Rabbi Mordechai Kaplinksy 1444 East 15th St. Brooklyn, NY 11230 (718) 998-4188 All Chocolates should be considered Dairy, Chalav Stam. |
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Quality Kosher Supervision P.O. Box 21051 Canton, OH 44701 (330) 452-6480 rabbispero@yahoo.com |
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Vaad Hakashrus of Tidewater, VA 420 Spotswood Avenue Norfolk, VA 23517 (757) 627-7358 www.vaadoftidewater.com |
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Vaad of Cincinnati 6446 Stover Avenue Cincinnati, OH 45237 (513) 731-4671www.cincinnati-kosher.org |
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Community Kashrut of Greater Philadelphia 7505 Brookhaven Road Philadelphia, PA 19151 (215) 871-5000 |
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Kosher Los Angeles (KOLA)9025 Wilshire Bld. #301 Beverly Hills, CA 90211 (310) 246-3417 kosherla@gmail.com |
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Va’ad HaKashrut of the Five Towns and Far Rockaway 597A Willow Avenue Cedarhurst, NY 11516 (516) 569-4536vaad5tfr@gmail.com |
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Kashrus Council of Lakewood, NJ 750 Forest Avenue #66 Lakewood, NY 08701 (732) 901-1888 |
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Va’ad HaKashruth of the Capital District (Albany, NY) 877 Madison Avenue Albany, NY 12208 (518) 489-1530www.vhcd.org |
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Council of Orthodox Rabbis of Greater Detroit 16947 West Ten Mile Road Southfield, MI 48075 (248) 559-5005 cordetroit@hotmail.com |
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Association for Reliable Kashruth 104 Cumberland Place Lawrence, NY 11559 (516) 239-5306 |
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Vaad HaKashrut of Crown Heights 388 Kingston Avenue Brooklyn, NY 11225 (718) 604-2500www.chkosher.com |
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United Mehadrin Kosher 1001 Prior Avenue S. St. Paul, MN 55116 (651) 698-8300 www.umkosher.com * Glatt Meat is the Seattle community standard. Meats bearing this kosher symbol are not Glatt. |
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Kashruth of the Central Rabbinical Congress 85 Division Avenue Brooklyn, NY 11211 (718) 384-6765 |
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Rabbi Nuchem Efraim Teitelbaum (Volover Rav) 5808 11th Avenue Brooklyn, NY 11219 (718) 436-4685 |
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Rabbi Aaron Teitelbaum (Nirbater Rav) 1617 46th Street Brooklyn, NY 11204(718) 851-1221rabbi@cymkosher.org |
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Rabbi Shlomo Stern (Debraciner Rav )1641 56th Street Brooklyn, NY 11204 (718) 853-9623 |
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New Square Kosher Council 8 Truman Avenue #2 New Square, NY 10977(845) 354-5120nskosher@thejnet.com |
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Rabbi Binyamin Gruber 122 Adar Court Monsey, NY 10952(845) 425-7516 |
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Rabbi M. Weissmandl (Rav of Nitra-Monsey )21 Park Lane Monsey, NY 10952(845) 371-5802 |
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Orthodox Rabbinical Council of British Columbia 401-1037 West Broadway Vancouver, BC V6H 1E3 Canada (604) 267-7002www.bckosher.org |
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Montreal Va’ad Hair 6333 Decarie Blvd. Suite 100 Montreal H3W 3E4 Canada (514) 739-6363www.mk.ca |
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Kashruth Council of Canada 4600 Bathurst Street Suite #240 Toronto M2R 3V2 Canada (416) 635-9550www.cor.ca |
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Kosher Maguen David Mexico www.kosher.com.mx *Must have an ‘M’ (for Mehadrin) in the outside border to be a recommended product. |
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Kedassia, The Joint Kashrus Committee of England 140 Stamford Hill London, N16 6QT England44-20-8800-6833 |
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Manchester Beth DinManchester M8 6FY England44-161-740-9711www.mdb.org.uk |
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Chug Chasam Sofer – Bnai Brak Israel Chug@zahav.net.il |
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Beth Din Tzedek of the Eida Hachareidis of Jerusalem (Badatz)Israel 011-972-2-623-1084 |
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The Bais Din Tzdek of K’hal Machzikei Hadas Jerusalem (Belz)Israel 011-972-2-501-9888 |
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Rabbi Moshe Y.L. Landau (Rav of Bnei-Brak) Israel 011-972-3-618-2647 |
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Bedatz Mehadrin, RehovotIsrae l011-972-8-939-0819 mehadri1@zehav.net.il |
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Kosher Australia (formerly Melbourne Kashrut) 81 Balaclava Road P.O.B. 2247 Caufield North, Victoria 3161 Australia (613) 9525-9895www.kosher.org.au |
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Kosher Kiwi of New Zealand 800 Webb Street Wellington, NZ (644) 384-7531www.kosherkiwidirectory.co.nz |
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Kosher Authority P.O. Box 7206 Chambers Ave. Bondi Beach, NSW 2026 Australia (61-2) 9365-2933 www.ka.org.au |
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Union of Orthodox Synagogues of South Africa PO Box 46559 Orange Grove 2119 South Africa 27 11 485-4865 www.uos.co.za |
