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Chief Rabbis Repeat Promise To End Slaughter MethodAfter an article in the Forward detailed a controversial kosher slaughtering method, the Israel’s Chief Rabbinate has repeated an earlier promise to do away with it.…Read more
Widespread Slaughter Method Scrutinized for Alleged CrueltyOver the past few decades, kosher meat producers have learned what many others in the industry know: The broad expanses of rural Argentina and Uruguay have everything needed to make great beef, with a stable climate and seemingly endless pastures for grazing. There is just one, big problem: the way the animal is killed.…Read more
As Dubai Heats Up, Is Israel Frozen Out?There are many factors pointing to Dubai’s emergence as a new Middle Eastern economic hub, but one particularly revealing item is the number of foreign visitors patronizing the city’s hotels.…Read more
Kosher Activists Strive To Slaughter With a ConscienceAfter 18 months of planning, New York’s new kosher meat cooperative slaughtered its first animals this week, just in time for Thanksgiving.…Read more
Student Arrests In Russia Ignite Charged Chabad BattleThe arrest of 13 American yeshiva students in Russia last week has sparked a vigorous war of words within Russia’s most powerful Jewish organization.…Read more
Widespread Slaughter Method Scrutinized for Alleged CrueltyOver the past few decades, kosher meat producers have learned what many others in the industry know: The broad expanses of rural Argentina and Uruguay have everything needed to make great beef, with a stable climate and seemingly endless pastures for grazing. There is just one, big problem: the way the animal is killed.…Read more
As Dubai Heats Up, Is Israel Frozen Out?There are many factors pointing to Dubai’s emergence as a new Middle Eastern economic hub, but one particularly revealing item is the number of foreign visitors patronizing the city’s hotels.…Read more
Kosher Activists Strive To Slaughter With a ConscienceAfter 18 months of planning, New York’s new kosher meat cooperative slaughtered its first animals this week, just in time for Thanksgiving.…Read more
Student Arrests In Russia Ignite Charged Chabad BattleThe arrest of 13 American yeshiva students in Russia last week has sparked a vigorous war of words within Russia’s most powerful Jewish organization.…Read more
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