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Canadian kosher-meat production protected by Federal Court decision

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Canadian Jewish organizations have triumphed in their effort to maintain the legality of the country’s kosher-certified meat preparation. On Wednesday, Canada’s Federal Court issued an interlocutory injunction against the Canadian Food Inspection Agency to halt the implementation...
Flags with European Parliament in background Strasbourg, France. Credit: Hadrian/Shutterstock.

European Union implements new strategy to address serious rise in anti-Semitism

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Acknowledging that most European Jews do not feel safe in their home countries, the European Commission released a report on Tuesday outlining strategies to combat anti-Semitism and encourage the growth of Jewish life there. At...
Close-up of three kosher steaks. Credit: BublikHaus/Shutterstock.

Will the war on kashrut merge with the war on meat?

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Many Americans spent their Fourth of July holiday at barbecues with family and friends. For observant Jews, that meant that plenty of kosher hot dogs and hamburgers were grilled and consumed as the country’s...
The European Court of Justice (ECJ) in Luxembourg, Nov. 18, 2006. Credit: Cédric Puisney via Wikimedia Commons.

European hypocrisy laid bare in kosher-slaughter legal judgement

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Last time I checked, the French were still preparing their famed foie gras delicacy using the method of “gavage.” This involves force-feeding a duck or a goose with grain passed through a tube over...
The European Court of Justice (ECJ) in Luxembourg, Nov. 18, 2006. Credit: Cédric Puisney via Wikimedia Commons.

EU court upholds Belgian ban on kosher ritual slaughter

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The European Court of Justice upheld a Belgian ban on religious slaughter, including kosher ritual slaughter without stunning, in a ruling released on Thursday. The E.U. court ruled that the laws requiring animals to be stunned enable “a fair...
The Sejm, or lower house of the bicameral parliament of Poland in 2014. Credit: Wikimedia Commons.

Polish Senate votes to delay bill that would ban exports of kosher meat

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The Polish Senate voted on Wednesday to postpone provisions to a controversial animal-rights bill banning the export of kosher meat until 2025. Last month, the Sejm, the Polish parliament’s lower house, passed the bill. But...
Shechita (kosher slaughter) of a chicken. Credit: Yofial via Wikimedia Commons.

European Jewish group sounds alarm over Polish bill banning kosher-meat exports

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Europe’s largest Jewish umbrella organization expressed alarm on Thursday over an animal-welfare bill in Poland that would ban exports of kosher meat. “This draft law is of deep, deep, concern to European Jewry. It puts...
European Court of Justice Advocate General Gerard Hogan. Source: Facebook.

EU court adviser calls for Belgian ritual-slaughter ban to be struck down

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The European Court of Justice should strike down a Belgian ban on kosher ritual slaughter without stunning, said an advocate general for the European Union’s highest court on Thursday. Gerard Hogan cited that the 2009 E.U. law...
The Hungarian Jewish community will supply tens of thousands of packages of poultry to Jewish communities in France, England, Germany and Austria In light of a growing shortage of kosher meat among European Jewish communities due to the coronavirus pandemic, April 2, 2020. Photo by Zsolt Demecs.

Hungary to supply packages of kosher poultry to Jewish communities of Europe

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In light of a growing shortage of kosher meat among European Jewish communities primarily due to the coronavirus pandemic, the Hungarian Jewish community announced on Thursday that it will begin supplying tens of thousands...
The Hall (left) and Maitland Building (right) of Somerville College, one of the constituent colleges of the University of Oxford in England. Credit: Philip Allfrey/Wikimedia Commons.

Oxford University in England debating ban on kosher meat

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A college at Oxford University in England is considering a ban on kosher and halal meat from its dining hall. The school’s student government, the Junior Common Room (JCR), passed a proposition that any slaughtered...