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Shechita UK
Shimon Cohen, Dayan Menachem Gelley and Henry Grunwald OBE KC Pic: Dudy Braun
September 15, 2023, 1:52 pm
Celebratory dinner marks 20 years of Shechita UK success
Campaign promoting Jewish religious slaughter praised for bringing together diverse groups within the Jewish community
By Michelle Rosenberg
November 8, 2022, 6:04 am
British MPs and peers urge Finland not to ban religious non-stun slaughter
Parliamentarians at Westminster ask Helsinki for an amendment to the proposed Animal Welfare Bill that would allow religious practice
By Jewish News Reporter
Kosher met on display at a butchers.
July 15, 2022, 12:31 pm
‘Stunningly reckless!’ – Shechita UK attacks ‘ignorant’ Reform report on kosher meat
After a row breaks out over its report into Jewish ritual slaughter, Reform Judaism insists it is not changing its position
By Jenni Frazer
Neil Parish resigned as a Conservative MP after admitting watching pornography in the House of Commons (YouTube)
May 3, 2022, 1:01 pm
Porn shame MP was ‘noisiest opponent’ of shechita in Commons
Neil Parish was one of parliament's leading campaigners against Jewish religious slaughter.
By Lee Harpin
Kosher meat on a shelf in a deli
October 28, 2021, 2:18 pm
Kosher and halal groups work together as MPs’ move to limit non-stun slaughter
Jewish News understands there is co-operation between Shechita UK and officials connected to the Muslim Council of Britain and the Halal Monitoring Committee
By Lee Harpin
October 13, 2021, 11:01 am
Top Tories consider backing call for labelling of kosher and halal meat
Communal concerns raised over amendment planned by MP Chris Loder, which seeks to reduce the levels of non-stun slaughter in the UK
By Lee Harpin
Cow (Photo by Garrett Butler on Unsplash via Jewish News)
June 21, 2021, 12:06 pm
‘EU ruling on kosher slaughter tells rabbis how to go about their business’
Shechita UK's Shimon Cohen criticises a recent ruling as being 'astonishing' saying it does not have 'the authority to tell people if they can practice elements of their faith'
By JTA
October 13, 2020, 12:02 pm
Report stating 90 percent of EU oppose shechita ‘patronising and disingenuous’
Shechita UK accuses Eurogroup for Animals' survey of 23,000 people of promoting a 'misguided perception' about kosher and halal meat.
By Tali Fraser
Environment Secretary George Eustice leaving Downing Street, Credit: Stefan Rousseau/PA Wire)
February 13, 2020, 4:00 pm
New environment secretary ‘made no secret of views on shechita,’ campaigners say
The newly-appointed minister George Eustice spoke in favour of post-cut stunning and stricter quotas for kosher meat in the UK
By Mathilde Frot
The Winston Churchill statue and Union flags in Parliament Square, London, ahead of the UK leaving the European Union at 11pm on Friday. (Photo credit: Dominic Lipinski/PA Wire)
January 31, 2020, 11:39 am
What does Brexit Day mean for British Jews?
From shechita and security to UK-Israel trade, we look at the impact of exit from the EU on the community
By Stephen Oryszczuk
Theresa Villiers in La Boucherie kosher butcher in her constituency
September 18, 2019, 9:46 am
Theresa Villiers pledges to ‘protect freedom’ to practice kosher slaughter
Environment secretary 'wouldn’t accept labelling changes' on meat if it put up costs for the community, as she recognises 'importance' of eating food prepared with religious rules
By Jenni Frazer
February 6, 2019, 10:52 pm
Shechita UK anger as animal welfare groups, including RSPCA, demand pre-stunning
Campaign director Shimon Cohen accuses RSPCA and BVA of sounding 'like a cracked record' over labelling for religious slaughter
By Joe Millis
Kosher meat on a shelf in a deli
February 28, 2018, 9:09 am
Community ‘encouraged’ by ‘open and honest’ labelling talks
Jewish groups tell MPs they support marking of kosher and hallal meat as long as other methods are also labelled
By Jewish News Reporter
Kosher meat
February 21, 2018, 4:39 pm
Veterinary body accused of ‘deliberately misleading readers’ with Shechita criticism
Vet Record editor Lord Trees criticised for comments in relation to non-stun slaughter in Britain
Kosher slaughter
February 15, 2018, 10:32 am
Labour criticised over plan to mark meat ‘stunned’ or ‘non-stunned’
Opposition wants to introduce the mandatory labelling of meat, which is criticised by community leaders as 'neither correct nor sufficient'
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