Rotkovitz - Kashering the Melting Pot (2)

Main point is Kashrut observance which are dietary laws consisting of biblically mandated guidelines and prohibitions regarding permissible food and how its prepared, has been made both more complicated and simplified.

American jews can now shop for many of the same foods as other americans. They can travel the country or the world and find food from the oreo cookie M&M'S to the exotic chinese ,thai and Meixcan. This is due to the fact, that jews have opened up a market niche for kosher certified foods.

What does this mean to the individual jew and his spiritual connection to observe this biblical guidelines?. I think it will lessen it to some extent. In some ways each new food certified kashrut represents an invitation to tourism, the chance to experience their newly adopted American culture,but Americanising the process of instant kosher food without the traditonalobservances of not just including certain foods, but also preparing it mightovertime take away the inportance especially to the younger generation of jewswho won't have the history of practicing these dietary laws.

Look at the Catholic religion- most of the younger generation of catholics don't remember the stricter rules of observance regarding food during lentand Easter. The only thing most of my generation follows is you cant eatmeat on Good Friday.