{"id":23525,"date":"2022-12-07T14:53:32","date_gmt":"2022-12-07T14:53:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jewishaction.com\/?p=23525"},"modified":"2023-01-19T16:16:22","modified_gmt":"2023-01-19T16:16:22","slug":"rabbi-julius-berman","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jewishaction.com\/cover-story\/rabbi-julius-berman\/","title":{"rendered":"Rabbi Julius Berman"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_23526\" style=\"width: 228px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/res.cloudinary.com\/ouwp\/images\/f_auto,q_auto\/v1679404898\/Jewishaction\/Berman1_YU-Archives\/Berman1_YU-Archives.png?_i=AA\"><img width=\"218\" height=\"300\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-23526\" class=\"size-medium wp-post-23525 wp-image-23526\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciIHdpZHRoPSIyMTgiIGhlaWdodD0iMzAwIj48cmVjdCB3aWR0aD0iMTAwJSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxMDAlIj48YW5pbWF0ZSBhdHRyaWJ1dGVOYW1lPSJmaWxsIiB2YWx1ZXM9InJnYmEoMTUzLDE1MywxNTMsMC41KTtyZ2JhKDE1MywxNTMsMTUzLDAuMSk7cmdiYSgxNTMsMTUzLDE1MywwLjUpIiBkdXI9IjJzIiByZXBlYXRDb3VudD0iaW5kZWZpbml0ZSIgLz48L3JlY3Q+PC9zdmc+\" alt=\"\" data-public-id=\"Jewishaction\/Berman1_YU-Archives\/Berman1_YU-Archives.png\" data-format=\"png\" data-transformations=\"f_auto,q_auto\" data-version=\"1679404898\" data-seo=\"1\" data-responsive=\"1\" data-size=\"218 300\" data-delivery=\"upload\" onload=\";window.CLDBind?CLDBind(this):null;\" data-cloudinary=\"lazy\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-23526\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em>Rabbi Julius Berman, Chair, OU Kashrut Commission; OU President, 1978\u20131984. Courtesy of Yeshiva University Archives<\/em><\/p><\/div>\n<p>I joined the OU when Nathan K. Gross, who was known as \u201cMr. <em>Kashrus<\/em>,\u201d asked me to serve with him on the <em>Kashrut <\/em>Commission. At the time, OU Kosher was basically a one-man operation. It was directed by Rabbi Alexander Rosenberg, <em>a\u201dh<\/em>, who ran it like the German Jew he was. He ran the show from beginning to end, and nobody really conflicted with his views on anything.<\/p>\n<p>Rabbi Rosenberg served as rabbinic administrator at OU Kosher for twenty-two years, and when he died in 1972, there was a huge vacuum. In 1980, Rabbi Menachem Genack, who was a <em>talmid <\/em>of Rav Joseph Ber Soloveitchik, was enlisted to serve as rabbinic administrator of OU Kosher. Soon after he came aboard, it became evident that he was the man to do the job.<\/p>\n<p>When it comes to <em>kashrut<\/em>, the main thing to keep in mind is that we should never have a situation where any individual company is so important to us that we feel the need to lower our standards or make accommodations. I\u2019ll tell you a story. When Coca-Cola was seeking OU certification in 1990, we faced a unique problem. We asked the company, as we request from all companies, for a list of ingredients. Coca Cola was reluctant. \u201cWe can\u2019t give out our recipe,\u201d they claimed. \u201cIt\u2019s a $2 billion investment!\u201d We told them we can\u2019t certify a product if we can\u2019t review all of the ingredients and be assured of their <em>kashrut. <\/em>We then came up with a novel idea: the company would give us a list with more ingredients than they actually use, as long as it included all the possibilities. And so we were able to resolve the issue.<\/p>\n<p>Over the years, the growth of <em>kashrut <\/em>has been incredible. The burgeoning of the kosher food industry developed to such an extent that today when I walk into a supermarket, it\u2019s actually difficult to find something that\u2019s not kosher. That\u2019s a far cry from how it was when I was growing up.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong>Today when I walk into a supermarket, it\u2019s actually difficult to find something that\u2019s not kosher. That\u2019s a far cry from how it was when I was growing up.<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>But the truth is, the OU is so much more than just <em>kashrut<\/em>. It\u2019s NCSY, Yachad, OU-JLIC, Synagogue Initiatives, OU Advocacy, and Women\u2019s Initiative, to name a few of our far-reaching programs. It\u2019s so much greater than just <em>kashrut<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em>Nechama Carmel is editor-in-chief of <\/em>Jewish Action<em>.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>More in this Section:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/jewishaction.com\/cover-story\/rabbi-menachem-genack-ceo-ou-kosher\/\"><strong>Rabbi Menachem Genack<\/strong> <em>as told to Rachel Schwartzberg<\/em><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/jewishaction.com\/cover-story\/rabbi-moshe-elefant-coo-ou-kosher\/\"><strong>Rabbi Moshe Elefant<\/strong> <em>as told to Rachel Schwartzberg<\/em><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/jewishaction.com\/cover-story\/dr-chaim-wasserman\/\"><strong>Dr. Chaim Wasserman<\/strong> <em>as told to Rachel Schwartzberg<\/em><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/jewishaction.com\/cover-story\/dr-simcha-katz\/\"><strong>Dr. Simcha Katz<\/strong> <em>as told to Rachel Schwartzberg<\/em><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/jewishaction.com\/cover-story\/harvey-blitz\/\"><strong>Harvey Blitz<\/strong> <em>as told to Rachel Schwartzberg<\/em><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/jewishaction.com\/cover-story\/steve-savitsky\/\"><strong>Steve Savitsky<\/strong> <em>as told to Nechama Carmel<\/em><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>More Centennial Content:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/jewishaction.com\/cover-story\/even-the-stones-are-treif-the-kashrut-chaos-that-spurred-the-founding-of-the-ou\/\"><strong>Even the Stones are Treif: The Kashrut Chaos that Spurred the Founding of of the OU<\/strong> <em>by Dr. Rafael Medoff<\/em><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/jewishaction.com\/cover-story\/keeping-kosher-becoming-american\/\"><strong>Keeping Kosher, Becoming American: A Brief History of OU Kosher<\/strong> <em>by Dr. Rafael Medoff<\/em><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/jewishaction.com\/cover-story\/ou-kosher-through-the-decades-a-timeline\/\"><strong>OU Kosher Through the Decades: A Timeline<\/strong><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/jewishaction.com\/cover-story\/meet-the-mashgichim\/\"><strong>Meet the Mashgichim<\/strong><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/jewishaction.com\/cover-story\/legends-in-the-kosher-world\/\"><strong>Legends in the Kosher World<\/strong><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/jewishaction.com\/cover-story\/photo-essay-from-our-archives\/\"><strong>Photo Essay: From Our Archives &#8211; A Collection of Ads, Past and Present<\/strong><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/jewishaction.com\/cover-story\/the-future-of-food\/\"><strong>The Future of Food: Trends that are Shaping the Kashrut of Tomorrow<\/strong> <em>by Merri Ukraincik and Barbara Bensoussan<\/em><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/jewishaction.com\/cover-story\/the-technology-behind-ou-kosher\/\"><strong>The Technology Behind OU Kosher<\/strong> <em>by Rachel Schwartzberg<\/em><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/jewishaction.com\/cover-story\/ou-kosher-facts-and-figures\/\"><strong>OU Kosher: Facts and Figures<\/strong><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Today when I walk into a supermarket, it\u2019s actually difficult to find something that\u2019s not kosher. 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