Kosher Meals Program for Elderly to Be Resumed
The city of Los Angeles and local Jewish organizations worked out an agreement to resume a kosher meals program for senior citizens on the Westside and in the San Fernando Valley that was cut off in February after the previous caterer failed to meet health standards.
Leaders of Jewish groups said Monday that they would come up with extra money for the program, which relies on federal funds but must be supplemented by private donations because of the cost of kosher meat.
The announcement means that hot kosher meals will be available once again for more than 1,000 elderly Jews who patronized the program at nine local sites.
City Councilman Zev Yaroslavsky, who chaired Monday’s meeting, said that the meals will be restored in time for Passover, which begins next Monday evening.
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