Intervention by the Jewish Community Council here has brought about amendments of two new bills passed by the Michigan State Legislature, providing safeguards for practitioners of the Jewish religion, it was emphasized here today in a report by William Cohen, chairman of the Community Council’s subcommittee on legislative issues. The bills dealt with Sunday closing laws and with humane slaughter.
In the case of the Sunday closing law, the amended legislation provides that business establishments must refrain from selling specified articles on Sundays or from opening their businesses “on a successive Saturday or Sunday.” This wording, said Mr. Cohen, “grants complete protection to seventh day Sabbatarians,” permitting Jewish storekeepers to stay open on Sunday if they close on Saturday. The humane slaughter bill was amended so that it recognizes specifically that kosher slaughter is a humane method.
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