Belgium’s Flemish Region announces new limitations on ritual slaughter
Jewish leaders have not consented to change in regulations governing kosher, halal meat production
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Country’s Flemish Region recently announced curbs affecting kosher, halal meat production
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Flemish Region has announced new limitations affecting kosher, halal meat production to go into effect next year
View ArticleBrussels rabbi implores EU official to defend ritual slaughter in Belgium
Head of rabbinic group says legislation that would require stunning of animals is one of European Jews' 'main challenges'
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Jewish and Muslim leaders coordinating opposition to European legislation banning ritual slaughter of animals, public religious symbols
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California Chabad charging a fee for performing High Holiday 'kapparot' atonement ritual is ruled not a for-profit activity
View ArticleBelgium’s Wallonia region bans ritual slaughter
Spokesman for European Jewish group says new law sends message to Jews: 'We don't really respect you or your practices'
View ArticleAs Israel bans ‘shackle and hoist’ slaughter, activists ask: What about the US?
No more import of inhumanely slaughtered meat to the Holy Land, but as long as the cruel practice continues, concerns remain for Diaspora Jews
View ArticleSwiss lawmakers to vote on banning import of kosher, halal meat
Jewish leader in Switzerland says legislation will be 'a massive limitation on the religious freedoms of Jews' if passed
View ArticleHaifa slaughterhouse shut down after report on animal abuse
Agriculture Ministry opens investigation following Channel 2 exposé showing workers poking, hitting, electrocuting cows and sheep
View ArticleWhy kosher butchers in Western Europe are preparing to close shop
Legislation targeting Muslims along with heavy Jewish emigration call into question the sustainability of ritually slaughtered meat on the continent
View ArticlePolish lawmaker backs Jews fighting proposed ritual slaughter ban
As the government prepares to vote on animal-rights legislation to prohibit kosher and halal slaughter, opposition lawmaker Michal Kaminski says country is 'making a mistake'
View ArticleMuslim animal slaughter must occur in approved abattoirs: EU court
European Court of Justice upholds 2014 ban by Belgian region against temporary slaughterhouses set up to cope with demand during Muslim feast of sacrifice
View ArticleKosher slaughter ends in northern Belgium, threatening supplies to Europe
Following ruling last year, animals must be stunned before they are killed, a measure that precludes traditional Jewish butchering method
View ArticleUS anti-Semitism envoy: Europe’s kosher meat bans ‘forced expulsion’ for Jews
Elan Carr tells rabbis' conference that the prohibition on Jewish method of ritual slaughter of animals is 'intolerable'
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