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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 348

shehita

Illustrative image of a man preparing meat at a kosher slaughterhouse (AP Photo/Mosa'ab Elshamy)
May 16, 2019, 4:07 pm
Dutch animal party begins 2nd attempt to ban slaughter without stunning
Party files bill after Senate scrapped 2012 ban; Netherlands’ highest general administrative court warns legislation will unreasonably compromise religious freedoms
By Cnaan Liphshiz
Nathan Lopes Cardozo
June 7, 2017, 4:31 pm
Nathan Lopes Cardozo
Circumcision: Should it be banned?
The ancient ritual is God’s seal imprinted on human flesh, and it is the secret to Jewish survival
Illustrative photo of a kosher butcher slaughtering a chicken. (Miriam Alster/Flash90)
May 18, 2017, 9:49 am
Belgium’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’
By AFP
Illustrative photo of a kosher butcher slaughtering a chicken. (Miriam Alster/Flash90)
April 6, 2017, 10:26 pm
Israel ‘closely following’ Belgium’s plan to limit ritual slaughter
Country’s Flemish Region recently announced curbs affecting kosher, halal meat production
By JTA and ToI Staff
Illustrative photo of a kosher butcher slaughtering a chicken. (Miriam Alster/Flash90)
March 30, 2017, 6:33 pm
Belgium’s Flemish Region announces new limitations on ritual slaughter
Jewish leaders have not consented to change in regulations governing kosher, halal meat production
By JTA
Freedom Party leader Heinz-Christian Strache casts his vote in national elections at a polling station in Vienna, Austria, September 29, 2013. (AFP)
December 28, 2016, 8:41 am
Russia’s chief rabbi blasted for meeting Austrian far-right leader
Vienna rabbis condemn visit with Heinz-Christian Strache, leader of Freedom Party that wants to ban ritual slaughter
By JTA
Francois Fillon, candidate in the center-right Les Republicains party primaries and former French prime minister, at a polling station on November 20, 2016 in Paris. (AFP Photo/Martin Bureau)
November 29, 2016, 6:49 am
When it comes to Israel, is François Fillon friend or foe?
An examination of statements by France’s Republican presidential candidate on Israel, Middle East conflicts, and the Jewish community
By Glenn Cloarec
Illustrative photo of a kosher butcher slaughtering a chicken. (Miriam Alster/Flash90)
February 4, 2015, 4:31 pm
British party supports religious slaughter ban
Jewish group accuses right-wing UKIP of using ‘weak science,’ calls the move ‘opportunistic’
By JTA
Illustrative: Ritually slaughtered meat being processed at a hallal slaughterhouse near Warsaw in 2011. (photo credit: Courtesy of Zaklady Miesne Mokobody/JTA)
December 11, 2014, 2:30 am
Polish court overturns ban on ritual slaughter
World Jewish leaders, Muslims welcome repeal almost two years after the practice was banished
By Vanessa Gera
Illustrative: Ritually slaughtered meat being processed at a hallal slaughterhouse near Warsaw in 2011. (photo credit: Courtesy of Zaklady Miesne Mokobody/JTA)
October 3, 2014, 11:01 pm
British MP says stunning is shehita-compatible
Lawmaker who advises UK government on meat production cites new study
Brigitte Bardot in Nice in 2002. (Photo credit: CC-BY-SA, Cdrik b06/Wikimedia)
September 10, 2014, 1:27 am
Brigitte Bardot wants ban on shehita
French actress launches campaign against Jewish and Muslim ritual slaughter, calling it ‘ritual sacrifice’
By JTA
Illustrative: Ritually slaughtered meat being processed at a hallal slaughterhouse near Warsaw in 2011. (photo credit: Courtesy of Zaklady Miesne Mokobody/JTA)
April 2, 2014, 4:40 pm
Poland: Noncommercial ritual slaughter allowed
Statement from parliament says practice won’t be prohibited if done ‘for internal Jewish communities’
By JTA
Illustrative photo of cows at a livestock farm (photo credit: Abed Rahim Khatib/Flash90)
March 29, 2014, 6:15 am
Rabbi: Danish zoo killings reveal truth of shechitah ban
Pinchas Goldschmidt says new regulation is less about animal welfare and more about politics
By JTA
A rabbi sharpens the knife to be used for traditional Jewish slaughter (illustrative photo credit: Kobi Gideon/Flash90)
March 1, 2014, 1:01 am
Jews, Muslims press Denmark on slaughter ban
Observant Americans ask Danish ambassador if decision is meant to force Jews, Muslims out of the country
By JTA
Polish Chief Rabbi Michael Schudrich (photo credit: YouTube screen shot)
February 15, 2014, 2:21 am
Polish chief rabbi suspends aide amid shechitah controversy
As reports surface that kosher slaughter goes on despite ban, religious leader suspects official of misrepresenting practice
By JTA
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