Comments on: Star-K: Reflections On Kosher Cruises

By: Moose613

Moose613 — Fri, 20 Jan 2012 11:24:39 +0000

The only cruise lines that refuse to provde kosher food are those owned by Carnival (Carnival, Cunard, Costa, etc.) It is ironic since Carnival is Israeli owned.

By: akuperma

akuperma — Fri, 20 Jan 2012 04:30:49 +0000

I wonder if it would be possible to buy a cruise ship, kasher it totally (that includes installing kosher entertainments, Beis medrash, etc.), make many of the cabins less luxurious but cheaper, and ran a cruise line from North America to Israel.

A lot of frum Jews are unhappy with the problems of travelling to Israel, especially with children. A frum ocean voyage would be the answer. It might be cost efficient (and there would be a lot more luggage space, frum environment).

By: locknload

locknload — Fri, 20 Jan 2012 03:34:35 +0000

#3 — What is the point of a cruise, period? Is it to flush lots of gelt down a drain hole, when umpteen mosdos are closing their doors due to financial crunches? Baruch Hashem, many Yidden are well-off. Wasting money on frivolous narishkeiten is proof positive that being smart enough to make lots of money and common sense good stewardship of that wealth are mutually exclusive.

By: mark levin

mark levin — Fri, 20 Jan 2012 01:57:18 +0000

What’s the point of a cruise if a shomer Torah u’mitzvos has to walk around with his eyes firmly shut the whole time??????????

By: a jew

a jew — Thu, 19 Jan 2012 22:26:55 +0000

Any Hawaiin or Alaska cruises bring up additional shailos regarding the International Date Line and the Halachic day

By: ecomajor

ecomajor — Thu, 19 Jan 2012 21:03:09 +0000

Ask your local orthodox rabbi but I have heard either r belsky or r herschel schechter on an OU webcast comment about cruising on shabbos that the restriction of 3 days prior to shabbos does not apply these days bc that entire restriction is due to lack of getting used to being at sea and todays cruise ships are very pleasant. If you look in shulchan aruch it clearly states that is the reason.