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In a first, EU invites Jews and Muslims to stand up for kosher and halal slaughter amid local bans

The European Union’s point person for fighting antisemitism, who has been increasingly outspoken against bans on ritual slaughter, initiated the event.

Manchester’s Jewish community is growing — so why is its oldest kosher certifier in deep financial trouble?

The answers lie in the Jewish demographic shifts happening across the United Kingdom — and Europe.

Belgian lawmakers scrap bill to ban kosher, halal slaughter in Brussels

Brussels is the only region of the country where kosher and halal slaughter remain legal.

Joel Mergui speaks at a European Jewish Association conference in Brussels, Belgium on Oct. 12, 2021. (Cnaan Liphshiz)

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European Union plan to fight antisemitism ‘not serious,’ Jewish community leaders say

Hungarian Deputy Prime Minister Zsolt Semjén, second from left, meets with rabbis in Budapest, Hungary on Nov. 18, 2019. (EMIH)

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Hungary calls EU’s ruling against kosher slaughter a ‘disgrace’

Kosher meat from a cow that was slaughtered in Poland in Nov. 2013 carrying a kosher certification from the Chief Rabbinate of Israel. (Aryeh Gross)

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Polish government vows to introduce new bill to end ritual slaughter

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Poland will end its kosher and halal meat export industry in 2025

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EU court consultant says countries should not be allowed to ban kosher and halal meat

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Polish parliament expected to debate bill on ending export of kosher and halal meat

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Halal, kosher meat cannot be labeled organic, EU court rules

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