Kosher slaughter

Kosher or cruel? The Jewish ethical dilemma of factory-farmed meat

Growing demand for meat worldwide sparks debate about 'tza’ar ba’alei chaim' – causing needless suffering to living creatures.

 HOW DO factory farms figure in?
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Canadian court issues injunction against rules limiting Kosher meat production

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Canadian groups seek court order against rules limiting Kosher meat production

 Kosher inspector Aaron Wulkan examines display refrigerators containing meat in a food store to ensure that the food is stored and prepared according to Jewish regulations and customs in Bat Yam, Israel, October 31, 2016.

Kosher meat endangered by Canadian regulations, say Jewish certifiers


Top EU official backs freedom of religion amid calls against Jewish rituals in Europe

Brussels chief rabbi calls on Timmermans to aid Jewish community in battle.

A man putting on a kippa as part of a solidarity campaign with European Jews

Chief Rabbi Lau proposes significant reform to kashrut supervision system

The most crucial part of Lau’s proposal is a reform whereby kashrut supervisors would no longer be employed by the restaurant or business under supervision.

Chief rabbi David Lau

Le Pen indicates kosher, halal slaughter ban if elected French president

Le Pen has called on French Jews to make “sacrifices” to curb radical Islam and has promised to be French Jewry’s “shield” against Islam.

Marine Le Pen, French National Front (FN) political party leader and candidate for French 2017 presidential election, celebrates after early results in the first round of 2017 French presidential election, in Henin-Beaumont, France

Jews slam Belgian region's plan to ban ritual slaughter

The head of the European Jewish Association described the decision as "dubious and unsettling" and accused lawmakers of targeting Jews.

A KOSHER slaughterhouse.

Orthodox claim victory in Belgian kosher slaughter fight

The issue of shechita has caused controversy in countries all over the world.

Kosher certificates

Police examining irregularities in Jerusalem kashrut department and religious council

Jerusalem chief rabbi's staff found numerous deficiencies in the supervisory regime.

Chief Rabbi of Jerusalem Rabbi Arye Stern at Independence Day dinner, April 22, 2015

UK Independence Party in pickle over ‘shechita,’ ‘halal’

Previously, to a Jewish audience in 2013, Farage made clear the party would not alter current animal slaughter laws which grant exemption to both Jews and Muslims.

Meat (illustrative).

Jewish groups excoriate Denmark over legalized bestiality

Ritual slaughter currently banned due to concerns for animal rights; PETA tells 'post' shechita one of “least humane methods of slaughter.”

Giraffe killed at Copenhagen Zoo

European Rabbis call Danish shechita ban cover for terrible animal rights record

Rabbi says ban is not about animal welfare, citing the killing of a healthy giraffe and four lions at a Copenhagen zoo.

Giraffe killed at Copenhagen Zoo

Jews to petition European Commission over shechita

Rabbinic leader to meet with Muslim group, meat association in attempt to overturn Poland's ban on ritual slaughter.

Poland's chief rabbi Michael Schudrich 370