Three major Canadian Jewish groups say new rules have made kosher meat production in the country “nearly impossible” to sustain in the long term. The Centre for Israel and Jewish Affairs, an umbrella ...

Estonia will change its law on religious slaughter, government officials have said. The change is necessary because religious slaughter “does not take new scientific knowledge into account,” the head ...

“Other Canadians are guaranteed access to local Canadian meat,” Richard Rabkin, managing director of the Kashruth Council of Canada, told the Toronto Star. “Why should Jewish Canadians be treated any ...

WARSAW (Reuters) - Jewish groups said on Wednesday a Polish court ruling on methods used to slaughter livestock could halt the production of kosher meat, threatening their religious freedom in a ...

(JTA) — The top rights court in Europe has ruled that bans of ritual slaughter in parts of Belgium can stand, ending the hopes of Jewish advocates who had said the bans were an unfair infringement on ...

IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) -- Owners of the world's biggest kosher slaughterhouse say they will make minor changes to their slaughtering process after being accused last week of inhumane treatment of cattle ...

AMSTERDAM — For 60 years, the Sal Meyer deli in Amsterdam has been serving kosher foods like their signature pekelvlees, a fatty corned beef steeped in meat juices and served with a bun. The deli is ...

The law requires that animals killed for food should be stunned. An exception is made for religious reasons, due to Halal and Kosher rules. But while that exception is understandable, argues Jonathan ...

Orthodox Jewish rabbis clean slaughtered chickens at the Jerusalem Chicken Factory in 2006 in Jerusalem. (Photo by Paula Bronstein/Getty Images via JTA.org) The top rights court in Europe has ruled ...