Canadian kosher-meat production protected by Federal Court decision “This should dispel the false perception that “shechita” does not abide by the highest standards of animal welfare,” says Kashruth Council of Canada. July 26, 2024
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
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
European Union implements new strategy to address serious rise in anti-Semitism “This is an unprecedented and vital document that will act as a roadmap to significantly reduce anti-Semitism in Europe and beyond,” said Moshe Kantor, president of the European Jewish Congress. Faygie Holt Oct. 6, 2021
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
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
European hypocrisy laid bare in kosher-slaughter legal judgement The method of “shechita” has been twisted and distorted by anti-Semites for various tales of blood libel and theologically mandated cruelty allegedly practiced by Jews down the ages. Ben Cohen Dec. 18, 2020
EU court upholds Belgian ban on kosher ritual slaughter The case came to the European Union’s highest court in Luxembourg following a 2017 law in Belgium’s Flanders region prohibiting animal slaughter without stunning. Dec. 17, 2020
