The Bavarian Party has introduced a bill in the Bavarian legislature seeking to outlaw schechita. A spokesman for the party today told the press that the practice of kosher ritual slaughter is “inhuman torture of animals” and that it has provoked indignation among the German people.
The Archive of the Jewish Telegraphic Agency includes articles published from 1923 to 2008. Archive stories reflect the journalistic standards and practices of the time they were published.
