NY Post Reports On Bugs in Salmon Tumult
The following report appears in the New York Post: A group of ultra-Orthodox rabbis is waging a schmear campaign against a staple of the Jewish diet: lox. Smoked salmon should no longer be considered kosher, they say, because the fish often contain parasitic worms.
But some Jewish New Yorkers aren’t taking the lox-down lightly.
“What is a bagel and cream cheese without the lox? It’s nothing,” kvetched Josh Loberfeld, 29, of Riverdale, a regular at the Mr. Bagel eatery near his Bronx home.
The ban was announced last month when a small group of rabbis decided that a tiny parasitic worm, called anisakis, rendered its host fish nonkosher.
But many Orthodox rabbis are blasting the group for hysterics.
“This issue has been resolved in Jewish law for hundreds of years already,” said Rabbi Moshe Elefant of the Orthodox Union.
{NY Post/Matzav.com Newscenter}
10 Responses to “NY Post Reports On Bugs in Salmon Tumult”
2. Comment from Truth
Time March 8, 2010 at 10:08 AM
#1 what’s your gefilte fish made out of?
3. Comment from chaimz
Time March 8, 2010 at 10:11 AM
This is interesting but it would behoove Matzav to ask a reputable posek and add that to this article. What are we supposed to do with this information? Pasken like the the NY Times?
4. Comment from Albert Einstein
Time March 8, 2010 at 10:19 AM
#1: Give ‘em time; they will.
Reminds me of the old Rechnitzer Rejects song: “Machmir dis und machmir dat.”
5. Comment from Oy
Time March 8, 2010 at 10:56 AM
I really don’t like it when our Halachic issues show up in non Jewish papers. Why is it the goyims business? We always come off like backwards extremists. A goy understands about parasites making fish unkosher?
6. Comment from #5 Oy
Time March 8, 2010 at 12:06 PM
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7. Comment from rescue
Time March 8, 2010 at 1:25 PM
We have no one to blame but ourselves and only one father to look at for help.
8. Comment from zaide’s einekel
Time March 8, 2010 at 8:35 PM
i hope all the hotels for pesach advertise if they are using the fish or not
9. Comment from Torah Lover
Time March 8, 2010 at 9:25 PM
in response to truths shaila..gefilte fish is made of gefilte.. 
10. Comment from 100021
Time March 9, 2010 at 8:19 AM
This http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anisakis throws interesting scientific light on the subject.
It seems that our rabbis are well aware of the health implications.
1. Comment from Torah Lover
Time March 8, 2010 at 9:57 AM
as i always say, i was and havent ever been a fan of lox or any fish besides tuna fish and gefilte fish..i just hope that they dont find anything wrong with tuna and gefilte fish..