Kosher agencies make no bones about ‘flawed’ Canadian slaughter laws “When the Jewish community is being treated differently than other communities in Canada because of our religious beliefs, that is discrimination,” said Richard Rabkin, managing director of the Kashruth Council of Canada. Dave Gordon March 15, 2024
Israeli innovation could end the slaughter of day-old male chicks The E.U.'s Food Safety Directorate determined the hens that lay eggs giving rise only to female chicks are fit for market. Dec. 14, 2022
First-of-its-kind program graduates kosher ritual slaughterers in Ethiopia Until now, observant Jews had to largely refrain from eating meat. Nov. 28, 2022
French presidential hopeful Marine Le Pen: Jerusalem must be capital of two states Jewish organizations call to “barrage” the extreme-right candidate and vote for incumbent President Emmanuel Macron. Yossi Lempkowicz April 14, 2022
Will the war on kashrut merge with the war on meat? In Europe, kosher slaughter is banned in the name of animal rights. In America, leftists think meat threatens the planet. Will religious freedom advocacy prevent a surge in anti-Semitism from bringing these two trends together? Jonathan S. Tobin July 6, 2021
Netanyahu urges European leaders to block kosher-slaughter ban The E.U. court’s ruling in support of the ban “threatens Jews’ freedom of religion across Europe,” writes Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in a letter to his counterparts in Europe. Ariel Kahana Feb. 1, 2021
Jewish Agency head Herzog calls out to European leaders on rising anti-Semitism Isaac Herzog, chairman of the executive of the Jewish Agency for Israel, referenced the recent ban on kosher slaughter in Belgium and similar attempts to ban circumcision in Europe. Jan. 27, 2021
The driving force behind the ban on kosher slaughtering The West’s predominant ideology of moral and cultural relativism has propelled the rise of paganism, as well as the veneration of the animal and natural world, at the expense of humanity. Melanie Phillips Dec. 24, 2020
Poor advocacy: Kosher slaughter was badly defended Jewish law was sensitive to animal welfare long before Western civilization—typified by the European Court of Justice—ever recognized it as a concern worthy of human attention. Nathan Lewin Dec. 21, 2020
