MEET THE KASHRUS RCs RABBINICAL COORDINATORS

Rabbi Sholem Y. Fishbane

HOW LONG AT cRc: 18½ years INDUSTRY: Kashrus Administrator BACKGROUND: Attended Telshe in and Mir, Yerushalayim, and got semicha from Yitzchak Kolitz, of , and the Jerusalem Beth Din. He has a M.A. in Leadership from Bellevue University in Nebraska and is certified as a Shochet. We can’t change the world, but we can change ourselves.

Rabbi Dovid Cohen HOW LONG AT cRc: 8 years HOW LONG AT cRc: 14 years Rabbi Akiva Niehaus INDUSTRY: Director of INDUSTRY: Director of Finance Operations, Liquor Industry (Kashrus Department), Flavor Industry, Ingredient Review and BACKGROUND: After learning Approval, Halachic Liaison in Mesivta of Long Beach and Yeshivas Mir, Yerushalayim, BACKGROUND: Attended Yeshiva he attended the Chicago Check out his halacha Rabbi Chaim and Yeshivas Community for 7 years. on Fridays – live- Mir, Yerushalayim, and got semicha streamed on cRc social from Rabbi Feivel Cohen, author He’s passionate about media and archived of Badei HaShulchan. He has a B.S. helping consumers find on the cRc website. in Accounting from Touro College more kosher options. and is a CPA, as well as the author of several sefarim on kashrus.

Rabbi Yaakov M. Eisenbach HOW LONG AT cRc: 20 years INDUSTRY: Food Service/Catering BACKGROUND: Learned in , Chicago, and was a close talmid of Harav Avrohom Chaim Levin zt”l A warm greeting is a salve for the soul.

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HOW LONG AT cRc: 15 years HOW LONG AT cRc: 3 years INDUSTRY: Dairy INDUSTRY: Corporate BACKGROUND: Learned at Account Manager Yeshiva V’daas in Flatbush BACKGROUND: Received “Every morning when I go semicha from Rabbi Chaim to work, this is my thought: Yisroel Belsky zt”l, and a She’lo ye’era dvar takalah al B.S. in Accounting from Touro College Rabbi Yosef yadi – Hashem, please save me Rabbi Eli Landa from (serious) mistake.” Markowitz “I love my job!”

Rabbi Moshe Moscowitz HOW LONG AT cRc: 18 years Rabbi Yisroel Langer

INDUSTRY: HOW LONG AT cRc: 3 years Chemicals, Spices, INDUSTRY: Produce and Condiments BACKGROUND: Got semicha from BACKGROUND: Harav Shmuel Fuerst, shlit”a, and a - B.S. in Accounting from Touro College Lubavitch, 1977 I believe education and kashrus go hand-in- Join him at one of his vegetable-checking seminars! hand and I am so grateful that the cRc invests in education and training, allowing us the opportunity to educate consumers, the community, and our clients in order to maintain the highest standard of kashrus. Rabbi Yochanan Schnall HOW LONG AT cRc: 20 years HOW LONG AT cRc: 1.5 years INDUSTRY: Industrial Bakeries, Juice and Soda, INDUSTRY: General Candy and Nuts Manufacturing and Transportation

BACKGROUND: Received BACKGROUND: Received semicha semicha from Beth Medrash from Beis Hora’ah Hayashar Govoha v’Hatov in Yerushalayim and the Mesivta of Long Beach Rabbi Dovid It’s hard to find a greater expert in commercial Oppenheimer The secret to always being in the right place at the bakeries. right time is knowing that you always are.

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