Kosher slaughter

Fire at kosher meat processing plant in Iowa shuts down production ahead of High Holidays

Elefant said OU Kosher was working to “find solutions for ramping up production at other plants” while warning that the crisis could fuel bad actors. 

The largest kosher slaughterhouse in the United States is located in Postville, Iowa and has been renamed AgriStar.
CUSTOMERS WAIT to be served at a butchers stall in Smithfield Market, the UK’s largest wholesale meat market in London, Britain, November 19, 2021.

UK animal welfare bill forcing divulging of kosher, halal meat passes first reading

 A man, wearing a kippah, holds the British flag at a march against antisemitism, after an increase in the UK, in London, Britain November 26, 2023.

The noise around religious slaughter has killed debate across the Diaspora - opinion

People stroll through the Grand Place (Grote Markt) near the Brabo Fountain in Antwerp, Belgium November 7, 2025.

US ambassador demands that Belgium drop ‘ridiculous and antisemitic’ investigation of mohels


Polish Jews to turn to Constitutional Court over slaughter ban

Polish law requires that animals be stunned before slaughter; Polish Jews maintain Kosher slaughter is still legal.

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Jews in Poland continue ritual slaughter despite ban

Large scale industrial kosher slaughter has ceased but the the local Jewish community is still carrying out practice.

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Israel calls Polish ban on ritual slaughter 'totally unacceptable'

Polish Chief Rabbi threatens to resign over shechita ban; Foreign Ministry summons Poland's envoy to register formal protest.

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Polish parliament upholds kosher slaughter ban

Lawmakers argue that kosher slaughter is cruel to animals; Polish Jewish community leaders: Decision harms Jews, Muslims.

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‘Jewish religion is under attack in Europe’

Conference of European Rabbis president says anti-Semitism in Europe is rooted in delegitimization of Israel.

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Polish Left tries to ban religious animal slaughter

Parliamentarians, NGOs call on Polish PM Tusk to support efforts to stop Jewish and Muslim religious slaughter.

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Poland tries to calm dispute over kosher slaughter

After Polish court ruling against kosher slaughter angers Jewsih community, Warsaw set to draft new laws to allow shechita.

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'Pre-slaughter stun less humane than shechita’

"Anti-kosher meat bill delayed in Dutch legislature due to Israeli research," TAU psychiatrist says.

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Shechita resumes in New Zealand

Judge allows kosher slaughter until Jewish lawsuit comes to trial.

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Diaspora: Who’s got the beef?

Sholom Rubashkin has received a life sentence.

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