The Board is preparing research into Jewish eating habits to be delivered to the Stamstread Beth Din.

We have decided it was time to raise some important kosher issues with our religious courts and to make it easier and better to keep kosher.

One question we are asking is:

“Would you like an opportunity to eat sirloin steak?”

Up until the 1940s, kosher sirloin steak was offered but after this, butchers have not been offering sirloin steak and the Beth Din has not supported moves to bring it back.

The result today is that butchers are not trained to make sirloin kosher which needs special skills in order to remove sciatic nerve and fats from this cut of beef.

The Board is interested in the general promotion of kosher food and as the Board has a commitment to subsidise the cost, it is useful to us to know the Jewish public’s view on sirloin steak.

If the Stamstead Beth Din decides to allow its butchers to be trained in preparing sirloin steak, we will consider adding this to our subsidised range of kosher foods.

After nearly 60 years of no Jew in Britain being able to buy kosher sirloin steak, the Board advises all Jews to voice their approval for this and bring British Jewry in line with other Jewish communities who can buy kosher sirloin steak.