(Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
Efforts to popularize the use of treifah meat among Jews are to be made in Minsk, the capital of White Russia, following an agitation which has been conducted for some time by the local Yiddish Communist daily, “Oktiabr.” The paper has been complaining that the animals slanghtered in Minsk for the State and co-operative butcher-shops are all slaughtered according to the Jewish ritual law, and six Jewish ritual slaughterers and the Rabbi of Minsk are all being provided for in this way.
The chairman of the Minsk Central Labor Co-operative, Singerman, now publishers a statement in the “Oktiabr,” explaining that it was impossible to put a sudden stop to Shechita, because that would have strengthened the position of the private butchers. In future, however, there will be two or three butcher-shops in Minsk which will sell both kosher and treifah meat, and efforts will be made to increase the use of treifah meat among the Jewish population.
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