Kosher slaughter

Fire at kosher meat processing plant in Iowa shuts down production ahead of High Holidays

Elefant said OU Kosher was working to “find solutions for ramping up production at other plants” while warning that the crisis could fuel bad actors. 

|ByPHILISSA CRAMER/JTA
The largest kosher slaughterhouse in the United States is located in Postville, Iowa and has been renamed AgriStar.
CUSTOMERS WAIT to be served at a butchers stall in Smithfield Market, the UK’s largest wholesale meat market in London, Britain, November 19, 2021.

UK animal welfare bill forcing divulging of kosher, halal meat passes first reading

MP Esther McVey, who brought the bill on Tuesday, said it is about animal welfare, transparency in meat production and consumer choice, and does not seek to ban halal or kosher meat. 

|ByMATHILDA HELLER
A man, wearing a kippah, holds the British flag at a march against antisemitism, after an increase in the UK, in London, Britain November 26, 2023.

The noise around religious slaughter has killed debate across the Diaspora - opinion

A ban on non-mechanically stunned slaughter would profoundly harm the lives of observant Jews.

|BySHIMON COHEN
People stroll through the Grand Place (Grote Markt) near the Brabo Fountain in Antwerp, Belgium November 7, 2025.

US ambassador demands that Belgium drop ‘ridiculous and antisemitic’ investigation of mohels

Bill White directed the demand toward Belgium's health minister. With few exceptions, Belgian law requires that circumcisions be performed by medical professionals.

|ByPHILISSA CRAMER/JTA

A modest proposal for solving the kosher slaughter problem

Since countries that banned the practice also have hunting "traditions," maybe we can get them to recognize kosher slaughter as "Jewish ritual hunting?"

JUNE 15, 2010ByAVINOAM SHARON
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New Zealand bans Kosher slaughter

Jewish community shocked by new regulations

MAY 30, 2010ByJTA, JPOST.COM STAFF
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