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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 592

ritual slaughter ban

Belgian MP Michael Freilich speaking to an audience in a synagogue in Belgium. (Courtesy)
December 21, 2024, 3:02 pm
‘We are collateral damage’: Orthodox Belgian MP set to fight for the Jews of Europe
As the European Jewish Association’s first diplomatic envoy, Michael Freilich will go to battle as Jews’ and Muslims’ religious freedoms are systematically shrunk in the EU
By Zev Stub
The building of the European Court of Human Rights in in Strasbourg, France, March 13, 2012. (CC BY-SA Wikimedia commons)
February 15, 2024, 8:50 pm
Top European rights court upholds bans on halal, kosher slaughter in Belgium
Rabbi slams ‘a black day for Europe’ amid fears other countries will follow suit; critics say the bans infringe on religious practice
By JTA and Canaan Lidor
US Deputy Special Envoy to Combat and Monitor Antisemitism Aaron Keyak, right, meets with Western Wall Chief Rabbi Shmuel Rabinovitch in the latter's office in Jerusalem on October 6, 2022. (US State Department)
October 30, 2022, 3:31 am
In Israel, US monitor defends pressing government on ‘antisemitism’ at Western Wall
Antisemitism envoy Aaron Keyak says Jerusalem understands Washington wanting to keep Jews safe at prayer; tells ToI Kanye comments are fair game for office, but not Trump’s
By Judah Ari Gross
Illustrative: Staff work on the production line of Kosher poultry meat in a Kosher slaughterhouse in Csengele, Hungary on Jan. 15, 2021 (AP Photo/Laszlo Balogh)
April 15, 2022, 3:03 pm
Fears Le Pen could ban ritual slaughter unite French Jews, Muslims
Far-right presidential candidate says animals should be stunned to reduce suffering, which is incompatible with kosher and halal rules
By John Leicester
Rabbi Jacob Werchow presents geese slaughtered by his team in Csengele, Hungary on September 29, 2021. (Cnaan Liphshiz/ JTA)
December 22, 2021, 11:03 am
Hungary leads Europe in kosher foie gras production — to Viktor Orban’s advantage
During the COVID era, Hungarian kosher meat production ramped up. Between the appearance of religious tolerance and the many jobs created, there’s a net gain for the government
By Cnaan Liphshiz
Rabbis examine the production line at Quality Poultry KFT in Csengele, Hungary, February 2017. (Zsolt Demecs/ via JTA)
June 29, 2021, 4:16 pm
An EU ruling on kosher slaughter tells rabbis how to go about their business
The decision suggests Jews and Muslims find a way to make electronic stunning of animals consistent with religious law — despite the fact that it’s prohibited
By Cnaan Liphshiz
Kosher slaughterers arrive in Hungary on April 20, 2020. (Courtesy EMIH/ Nezer Hakashrut)
May 6, 2020, 4:13 pm
Hungary okays pre-screening to let in slaughterers, avert kosher meat shortage
Community expects to process a million chickens by year’s end, supply other European Jewish centers, as government allows vetted staff from Israel, Belgium to skip quarantine
By Yaakov Schwartz
Illustrative image of a calf in a pen ahead of slaughter. (Sean Gallup/Getty Images via JTA)
May 15, 2019, 8:45 am
US 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’
By JTA
Illustrative: Members of the Belgian Jewish community seen walking on the streets in the Jewish quarter in Antwerp, Belgium, August 7, 2014. (Johanna Geron/FLASH90)
December 31, 2018, 1:22 pm
Kosher 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
By Agencies
A consumer buys meat in Warsaw, Poland, Friday July 9, 2004. After Poland joined the European Union on May 1st, food prices increased in the country, with the sharpest rise, 21.7 percent, for meat.(AP/Alik Keplicz)
February 25, 2018, 9:23 am
Polish 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’
By Yaakov Schwartz
Illustrative: Kosher meat slaughtered in Poland bears the symbol of the Warsaw rabbinate. (JTA)
February 12, 2018, 11:41 am
Again angering Jews, Polish government eyes bill to limit kosher slaughter
Animal rights legislation would severely restrict methods used by Jewish abattoirs, as well as export of the meat, impacting supplies across Europe and in Israel
By Stuart Winer and JTA
Nissim Guedj unpacking merchandise at a kosher meat shop in Amsterdam, October 26, 2017. (Cnaan Liphshiz/JTA)
December 1, 2017, 1:19 pm
Why 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
By Cnaan Liphshiz
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