Kosher tax conspiracy theory

The " Kosher tax " (or " Jewish tax ") is a canard or urban legend spread by antisemitic , white supremacist and other extremist organizations. Anti-Semites have advanced 'the libel of the kosher tax' to claim consumers are paying an extra tax on products that carry kosher certification. The emergence of a Euro-American radical right . Habeas Codfish: Reflections on Food and the Law . The dark side of this rather uneventful marketing fact is that some anti-Jewish hate groups have developed a bizarre and baseless theory that there is a 'kosher tax' levied on food, a kind of Jewish conspiracy to extort money from the population at large. : Cite has empty unknown parameter: |coauthors= ( help ) Tuchman, Aryeh. "Antisemites have decried this certification as a 'kosher tax' that powerful Jews have enlisted governments to collect on their behalf; others have alleged that greedy rabbis threaten businesses with a Jewish boycott unless they accept their fee-based kosher certification." "Anti-Semitism: Patriot publications taking on anti-Semitic edge" . Media Bypass, for one, offered a story about a ' Kosher Nostra scam,' in which 'major food companies throughout America actually pay a Jewish Tax amounting to hundreds of millions of dollars per year in order to receive protection' against Jewish boycotts. These 'elaborate extortion schemes' are coordinated, alleges writer Ernesto Cienfuegos, by 'Rabbinical Councils that are set up, not just in the U.S. but in other western countries as well.' : Unknown parameter |month= ignored ( help ) Mikkelson, Barbara (May 24, 2002). Inside organized racism: women in the hate movement . Some antisemitic myths continued to proliferate through the year 2000. The Kosher Tax myth claims that the purchase of foods with a kosher symbol on it means that a portion of that money constitutes a tax which benefits the Jewish people. Individuals are advised to go to their cupboards and estimate the worth of all the foods which have those "hidden" symbols on them and claim the money back from the government in their tax returns. Many of the alerts that our offices received about the distribution of the "Kosher Tax" advisories were from accountants who received them as a mailing or were given them along with instructions from their clients to include the material in their taxes. According to these accountants, the people who wanted the refund were not antisemites per se but had received the letters and were ignorant to the meaning of the symbols on the groceries. However, it could be said that those fooled were all too ready to believe the message of the advisories that Jews are sneakily trying to extort money from an unsuspecting public. "Revenue Minister concerned by tax deduction misinformation" , Canada Revenue Agency news release, March 10, 1997.

The " Kosher tax " (or " Jewish tax ") is a canard or urban legend spread by antisemitic , white supremacist and other extremist organizations. They claim that unwilling food companies and unwitting consumers are forced to pay money to Jewish organizations to support Zionist causes and Israel . Food companies actively seek kosher certification to increase market share and profitability. Consumers who prefer kosher foods include not only Jews , but also Muslims , Seventh-day Adventists , and others. The fees collected support the certifying organizations themselves. Extra business generated by the voluntary certification process more than makes up for the cost of supervision, hence, the certification does not necessarily increase the price of products, and may in fact result in per item cost savings.

The " Kosher tax " (or " Jewish tax ") is the idea that food companies and unwitting consumers are forced to pay money to support the Jewish religion or Zionist causes and Israel through the costs of kosher certification . This claim is generally considered a conspiracy theory , antisemitic canard , or urban legend and is mainly spread by antisemitic , white supremacist , and other extremist organizations. Common refutations include: because consumers who prefer kosher foods include not only Jews , but also Muslims , Seventh-day Adventists , and others, food companies actively seek kosher certification to increase market share and profitability; the fees collected support the certifying organizations themselves; extra business generated by the voluntary certification process more than makes up for the cost of supervision, hence the certification does not necessarily increase the price of products, and may in fact result in per item cost savings.

Conspiracy theory about kosher certification For taxes formerly imposed by European governments on kosher foods, see Kosher tax . The " Kosher tax " (or " Jewish tax ") is the idea that food companies and unwitting consumers are forced to pay money to support Judaism or Zionist causes and Israel through the costs of kosher certification . The claim is generally considered a conspiracy theory , antisemitic canard , or urban legend . Common refutations include that consumers who prefer kosher foods include not only Jews but also Muslims , Seventh-day Adventists , and others, food companies actively seek kosher certification to increase market share and profitability; the fees collected support the certifying organizations themselves and that extra business generated by the voluntary certification process more than makes up for the cost of supervision and so the certification does not necessarily increase the price of products and may, in fact, result in per item cost savings.

Conspiracy theory about kosher certification For taxes formerly imposed by European governments on kosher foods, see Kosher tax . The " Kosher tax " (or " Jewish tax ") is the idea that food companies and unwitting consumers are forced to pay money to support Judaism or Zionist causes and Israel through the costs of kosher certification . The claim is a conspiracy theory , antisemitic canard , or urban legend . Common refutations include that consumers who prefer kosher foods include not only Jews but also Muslims , Seventh-day Adventists , and others, food companies actively seek kosher certification to increase market share and profitability; the fees collected support the certifying organizations themselves and that extra business generated by the voluntary certification process more than makes up for the cost of supervision and so the certification does not necessarily increase the price of products and may, in fact, result in per item cost savings.