Religion & Beliefs
Heard of Holy Water? It’s Time for Kosher Water.
By Rachel Biale / October 5, 2007
San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsome recently banned bottled water from all city offices and functions (Yishar Koa’ch!). A recent documentary film and book, Thirst, by Deborah Kaufman (founder of the San Francisco Jewish Film Festival) and Alan Snitow asks whether water is a public resource or a commodity to be bought and sold for profit. From political debates over pollution, to controversies over public control vs. privatization, to the very personal dilemmas of whether you should carry bottled water, there is truly “water, water, everywhere.”
How should the Jewish community respond to these global and local water crises?
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My body is temple, and water certified as kosher by the OU just doesn't cut it. I therefore only drink water that has been endowed with Kabbalistic blessings and meditations with its unique "elegant and balanced crystalline structures."
 http://www.kabbalahwater.com/
No one has done more to religiously sanction water bottles and demonize tap water than the Orthodox Jewish community. The fact that this is not even alluded to in this post is upsetting, and quite frankly, irresponsible
Meet the Orthodox Union's recent client: http://www.water.com
Because water just ain't kosher without the OU taking a fee to say so. Check your Poland Spring's water bottle as well (or rather, hopefully, someone else's) — you'll see an OU mark there as well.
The reality is sadly the opposite of how Ms. Biale presented it.
And as long as the Jewish community pretends it is the opposite, it will continue to get worse and more corrupt.
It is time to question the Orthodox Union's position and power in the secular and public marketplace on so many levels. they are a multi-faceted disaster.
The damage that is done to the environment by excessive water consumption is truly astounding.
In Israel, the Ein Gedi natural spring near the Dead Sea is rapidly being diminished by the Ein Gedi water bottling plant.
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/852844.html
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