A debate has recently been raging in Israel's haredi, or ultra-Orthodox community. Is a new form of imported chicken kosher? The chicken breed, called Braekel, has actually existed for centuries, but ...

Rav Shlomo Machpud, who heads the 'Yoreh Deah Badatz' kashrut agency, has decided that braekel chickens will not be considered Kosher until further notice, the hareidi Kikar Hashabbat website reported ...