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

The president of Denmark’s Jewish community disputed a government minister’s claims that new regulations would outlaw all kosher slaughter in the country. “We find this an odd statement,” Finn Schwarz ...

The Lithuanian parliament passed a draft amendment aimed at preventing the outlawing of kosher slaughter. The amendment submitted by Vytautas Gapsys of the Labor party would benefit the “export of ...

People for the Equal Treatment of Animals, the radical vegetarian group that in an advertising campaign once compared the slaughtering of chickens to the murder of Holocaust victims, is taking aim at ...

It’s unnerving to read a government document describing how to properly cut a cow’s throat. But in order to understand the lawsuit between the producers of kosher meat, kosher certification agencies, ...

A group of British parliamentarians and peers called on Finlalnd not to ban kosher slaughter. The lawmakers sent a letter to the Finnish ambassador to the UK, calling on the EU nation to amend its ...

The Muslim custom of killing sheep at temporary slaughterhouses jeopardizes all ritual slaughter in Belgium, a Cabinet minister there warned. A workshop in Berkeley, Calif., on kosher slaughter — ...

In the post-Assad era, more Jews are visiting a country that some fled decades ago. One hotel restaurant offers a corner ...

Each year on Yom Kippur, when Jews fast for 25 hours, we abstain not only from food and water, but also from the wearing of leather footwear. One of the most beautiful interpretations for this ...

Kosher foods aren't just for Jewish consumers anymore. The expanding Muslim population, along with vegetarians, food-sensitive shoppers and those who simply associate kosher with safety and quality ...

Dr. Maya Shetreat-Klein is a pediatric neurologist and expert in some of the direct healthy benefits of pasture raised meat. In 2008, she started Mitzvah Meat and Mindful Meat, a co-op bringing local, ...