Appeal to Tribunal Against Schechita Ban

Download PDF for this date

August 4, 1933

Warsaw (Aug. 3)

Polish Jews living in German Upper Silesia have submitted a complaint to the arbitration tribunal at Beuthen against the prohibition of schechita in the plebiscite area. Upon the intervention of Deputy Rabbi Lewin, the Polish foreign office agreed to support the Jewish complaint.

Sign up for JTA's Daily Briefing, your daily guide to the latest essential news in the Jewish world »

Founding Funders

The digitization of the JTA Archive would not have been possible without the generous support of the following donors:

The Gottesman Fund
Righteous Persons Foundation
Charles H. Revson Foundation

Elisa Spungen Bildner and Robert Bildner, in honor of Norma Spungen
George S. Blumenthal
Grace and Scott Offen Charitable Fund