English

Noun

Jewish tax ‎(plural Jewish taxes)

1. 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.
2. Any of the taxes levied on items of Jewish religious observance, on individual Jews, or on a Jewish community.

Usage notes

• 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

• For usage examples of this term, see Citations:Jewish tax.

Synonyms

• (fee for certification of kosher food): kosher tax, kosher fee