Ben & Jerry’s may lose kosher certification due to boycott November 12, 2021(Shutterstock)(Shutterstock)Ben & Jerry’s may lose kosher certification due to boycott“We are hopeful that Ben & Jerry’s will reverse their decision and that there will be some sort of resolution,” said Kof-K’s chief operation officer.By World Israel News StaffBen & Jerry’s could lose its kosher certification from the Kof-K kosher agency if it carries out its plan to boycott Jewish communities in Judea and Samaria, The Jerusalem Post reported Friday.“We have told Ben & Jerry’s that we do not know if we will be able to renew our contract,” Rabbi Daniel Senter, chief operating officer of the American-based Kof-K that provides kosher international certification, told the Post.Senter told the Post that Kof-K can break the contract only if the company is found to have violated the laws of kashrut.“Our concern is Ben & Jerry’s [pending] action of withdrawing distribution of products in Judea and Samaria,” Senter told the Post. “We are hopeful that Ben & Jerry’s will reverse their decision and that there will be some sort of resolution.”The current certification expires in 2022.Meanwhile, Kof-K “is living up to its side of the contract,” Senter said.Removing the certification is a process, he explained, and would require a decision by its rabbinic board.Regarding the decision, the Post added, Senter and his brother Ari, the agency’s senior rabbinic coordinator, visited Israel last week on a trip organized by Yigal Dilmoni, CEO of the Yesha Council, the umbrella organization of the Jewish communities of Judea, Samaria and the Jordan Valley.Read Iran flooding Palestinian Authority with weapons: ReportThey met with Religious Affairs Minister Matan Kahana as well as with Dilmoni and Avi Zimmerman, president of the Judea and Samaria Chamber of Commerce, according to the Post. Ben & Jerry'sBoycottJudea and Samariakosher certification