Caterer Sued for Blowing Kosher-Style Wedding

It had to happen sooner or later. Notice how solemn and respectful the article (from the Forward) is about eating treif while pretending to keep kosher:

. . . there are arguably more ways than ever to be — or not to be — kosher. Picking and choosing among halachic, or rabbinic, dictates is nothing new. But according to Arnold Eisen, professor of religious studies at Stanford University, the lines between the Jewish and secular worlds are more blurred than ever, leaving many Conservative and Reform Jews to continually ask, "How distinctive do I want to be?"

The challenges are particularly pronounced for those who fall in the middle of the religious spectrum, according to Eisen.

When it comes to religious observance, the Stanford professor said that "the people who are in and know for sure that they are in — they have a strict definition of what it means to be in." Conversely, he added, "The people who are out and have no doubt they're out... they don't have to make these decisions. [But] most Jews have to make these kinds of decisions all the time."

(Hat tip: Orthomom)