as a deliberate attempt to violate German racial principles.
Jacob Jakobowitz was sentenced by the Leipzig court to four months in prison because he was caught slaughtering fowl in accordance with kosher laws for sheichets. In his defense Jakobowitz said he had not meant to perform the job of sheichet, and that he had attempted to sever the heads of the chickens completely, a violation of the kosher laws. He said that his clumsiness was the reason for the heads of the fowl not being decapitated. He and his wife were fined fifty marks.
The Central Board of Sheichets issued a warning to Jews asking them to refrain from risking heavy penalties by violating the anti-Sheichet law.
The executive editors of Jewish newspaper have organized a board of officers. The governmental authorities will be asked to exempt Jewish editors from the new editorial law which makes newspaper men servants of the state. Directors of the board include Robert Weltsch, of the Judische Rundschau; Dr. Hirschberg, of the Central Verein, and Leo Kreinder, of the Familienblatt.
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