Seventeen anti-Jewish measures have been introduced in the Sejm, lower house of Parliament, it was learned today. They include Deputy Budzinski’s bill for complete prohibition of shechita, Jewish ritual method of slaughtering animals, which is now under partial ban in Poland. The Sejm’s President is examining the bills to determine their constitutionality.
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