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Featured / Global / Business and Economy / Kosher Food News

Leading Market Researcher Sees 4% Growth in Global Kosher Food Industry

By Jewish Press News Desk

The increasing prevalence of lactose intolerance is one of the key factors driving the growth of the kosher food industry.

Diaspora / Kosher Food News / Poland

Polish Senate Votes to Delay Bill that Would Ban Exports of Kosher Meat

By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)

Still, Rabbi Menachem Margolin of the European Jewish Association said “the battle isn’t over. It has merely been postponed. If you kick a can down a road, you will eventually run out of road.”

Europe / Kosher Food News / Coronavirus

Hungary to Supply Packages of Kosher Poultry to Jewish Communities of Europe

By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)

The shortage is due to the closure of many kosher slaughterhouses, as well as the outlawing of “shechita” (kosher ritual slaughtering) in certain parts of Europe.

Europe / Kosher Food News / Antisemitism

Jewish Agency Appeals to Belgian Regional Parliament to Permit Shechitah

By Arye Green / TPS

The ban on kosher slaughter was initially legislated in 2017 and came into effect at the beginning of September.

Antisemitism / Europe / Kosher Food News

Belgian Jews Adjust To Shechita Ban

By Tiferet Schafler

That provinces within Belgium, the law-making capital of Europe, have passed this type of anti-religious measure is an affront to the European values we all hold so dear.

Politics / Global / News Briefs / Religion / Judaism

Quebec to Tighten Regulations on kosher, Halal Meat Production

By JTA

Quebec’s agricultural minister is looking to tighten regulations for kosher and halal meat production. “We want the slaughter to happen in the most complete conditions of hygiene and cleanliness,” Quebec Minister of Agriculture François Gendron said, in comments reported by Montreal radio station CJAD last week. The minister said he would announce a plan for […]

News Briefs / Judaism / European Union

Lithuania’s Support of Ritual Slaughter May Turn the Tide

By Jewish Press News Desk

The Lithuanian parliament has taken the first steps to legal ritual slaughter in what could be move that turns the tide against the wave of initiatives in Europe to defend the “rights of animals” as a higher priority that freedom of religious practices. “The fact that Lithuania currently holds the Presidency of the European Union […]

News Briefs

Jewish, Muslim Leaders Unite to Fight Polish Ritual Slaughter Ban

By JTA

The directors of the Jewish Community Center of Krakow and the Krakow Islamic Center are joining forces to fight Poland’s ban on Jewish and Muslim ritual slaughter. Jonathan Ornstein, the JCC’s executive director, and Dr. Hayssam Obeidat, director of the Islamic Center, issued a joint open letter Tuesday saying their “communities stand united and call […]

Serials

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By Itamar Frankenthal

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