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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
British and European flags
October 21, 2021, 4:45 pm
OPINION: When it comes to Shechita, Brexit actually does mean Brexit
Calls for labelling of non-stunned meat will lead to a lot of scrutiny on Shechita and many will see it as the start of a slippery slope of further regulation, writes Shimon Cohen
By Shimon Cohen
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
Cow (Photo by Garrett Butler on Unsplash via Jewish News)
December 17, 2020, 4:25 pm
OPINION: Court’s absurd bid to define Shechita for Jewish communities in Europe
Following a landmark ruling by the European Court of Justice, upholding a Belgian ban on kosher slaughter, Shechita UK's Shimon Cohen picks apart the decision
By Shimon Cohen
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
July 31, 2020, 12:49 pm
OPINION: Think this is all a fuss over nothing? Just look at Belgium
Shimon Cohen of Shechita UK reflects on the challenges facing the community's right to eat kosher food
By Shimon Cohen
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
James Brokenshire (second right) with strictly-Orthodox community leaders
August 15, 2018, 12:13 pm
Communities secretary tours Stamford Hill for cohesion consultation
James Brokenshire visits Strictly-Orthodox community in light of a Green Paper to tackle “barriers to integration”
Shechita UK campaign director Shimon Cohen
July 2, 2018, 3:07 pm
OPINION: British values have become a fundamentalist doctrine
Shimon Cohen responds to David Brown's opinion piece last week regarding Ofsted's latest action against Charedi schools
By Shimon Cohen
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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