The European Union’s point person for fighting antisemitism, who has been increasingly outspoken against bans on ritual slaughter, initiated the event. (JTA) — European Union officials in Brussels ...

(JTA) — The top rights court in Europe has ruled that bans of ritual slaughter in parts of Belgium can stand, ending the hopes of Jewish advocates who had said the bans were an unfair infringement on ...

Three major Canadian Jewish groups say new rules have made kosher meat production in the country “nearly impossible” to sustain in the long term. The Centre for Israel and Jewish Affairs, an umbrella ...

CSENGELE, Hungary (AP) — In a small room lined with religious texts, a Jewish rabbi demonstrates how knives are sharpened and inspected before they are put to use slitting the throats of chickens, ...

IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) -- Owners of the world's biggest kosher slaughterhouse say they will make minor changes to their slaughtering process after being accused last week of inhumane treatment of cattle ...

Orthodox Jewish rabbis clean slaughtered chickens at the Jerusalem Chicken Factory in 2006 in Jerusalem. (Photo by Paula Bronstein/Getty Images via JTA.org) The top rights court in Europe has ruled ...

European Union officials in Brussels invited Jewish and Muslim community leaders to discuss meat production, in what some of the guests characterized as progress toward ensuring religious freedom. The ...