‘Nearly impossible’: Canadian Jewish groups raise alarm about threat to kosher slaughter
Three of the country’s five kosher butchers have ceased operating since the country’s food agency began enforcing new regulations last year
shechita
The Latest
-
Fast Forward -
Fast Forward EU court upholds Belgian bans on ritual slaughter, dealing major blow to Jewish, Muslim advocates
(JTA) – The European Union’s highest court has upheld Belgium’s bans on slaughtering animals without first stunning them, a ruling that confirms the prohibition on the production of kosher and halal meat in parts of Belgium and clears a path for additional bans across Europe. Israel’s ambassador to Belgium called the ruling “a blow to…
-
Food All The European Countries Where Kosher and Halal Meat Production Are Now Forbidden
A ban on the Jewish and Muslim methods of ritual slaughter of animals in Belgium’s northern Flemish region went into effect on January 1. The region’s capital is Antwerp, home to approximately 20,000 Jews. This is just another step in a larger trend across Europe — which we’ve mapped out below, with individual restrictions and…
-
Food Poland’s Proposed New Law Limiting Kosher Slaughter Is Anti-Semitic. Here’s Why.
A new Polish bill proposes to limit kosher slaughter, in a move that has been internationally interpreted by Jews as anti-Semitic. But kosher slaughter is evil, you protest. Surely the world is better off free from the scourge of cruel, old-fashioned, unnecessary ruthless murder and torment that haunts Eastern Europe? Not so fast. Poland has…
-
Breaking News British Lawmaker Says Stunning Animals May Be Kosher
A British lawmaker who advises the government on meat production said he hoped to prove to Jews and Muslims that slaughtering with the stunning method is ultimately compatible with their faiths. Neil Parish, who heads the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Beef and Lamb, was quoted by the news site Jewishnews.co.uk on Thursday as saying: “If…
-
Food Why I Stand By Urban Adamah
thinkstock In August of 2012, I ran one of my first kosher slaughter workshops at the Urban Adamah educational farm in Berkeley. I explained the kosher process and demonstrated live slaughter and processing on a few of their spent laying hens. Several participants cried during the slaughter and while some were inspired to eat better…
-
Food Life, Death, and Kosher Slaughter
Yadidya Greenberg is a certified shochet (kosher slaughterer), animal welfare educator and blogger. He has given live kosher slaughter and animal welfare presentations at The Portland Meat Collective, Urban Adamah of Berkley and the Hazon Rocky Mountain Food Festival just to name a few. Yadidya will also be featured in the upcoming documentary “Farm and…
-
Food Digital Ritual Animal Slaughter: The Game Leviticus!
“Children are pure; therefore let them study laws of purity” (Leviticus Rabbah 7:3) What do you get when you mash-up ‘Fruit Ninja’ (the popular touch screen game) with the laws and procedures of the ancient sacrificial cult embedded in the Torah? You get “LEVITICUS!” A downloadable game for your smartphone or tablet by the folks…
Explore
Most Popular
- 1
Fast Forward ‘Rabbi rebellion’: 33 Orthodox rabbis endorse Harris
- 2
Opinion I was a Bernie supporter. This year, I’m voting Trump. Here’s why liberal Jews like me made the switch
- 3
Opinion Here’s why Orthodox Jews are loyal to Trump — even if they don’t love him
- 4
FIRST PERSON As a rabbi, he helped others mourn. So why wouldn’t his daughter say kaddish for him?
In Case You Missed It
-
Culture How Quincy Jones scored with the gritty story of a Harlem Holocaust survivor
-
Fast Forward Crown Heights get-out-the-vote activists aim to turn election into a show of Chabad’s local force
-
Fast Forward 4 Jewish questions for Election Day 2024 and its aftermath
-
Fast Forward Trump is spending time with critics of Israel. His Jewish supporters aren’t concerned.
-
Shop the Forward Store
100% of profits support our journalism
