Jewish tax
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[edit]Noun
[edit]Jewish tax (plural Jewish taxes)
- Fees incurred in order for a food or other consumable goods producer or manufacturer to acquire certification from any of a number of Rabbinical Agencies that a product is considered kosher.
- Any of the taxes levied on items of Jewish religious observance, on individual Jews, or on a Jewish community.
Usage notes
[edit]- The kosher certification fee is not truly a tax. (A tax is imposed by a government.) The term Jewish tax is used refer to such a fee primarily by anti-Semites.
Quotations
[edit]- For quotations using this term, see Citations:Jewish tax.
Synonyms
[edit]- (fee for certification of kosher food): kosher tax, kosher fee