Kosher Meat

The Jewish Obligation for Humane Treatment of Animals

Rabbi Shmuley Boteach | Posted 02.06.2012

Rabbi Shmuley Boteach

There is a difference between legitimate, kosher Shechita, which may look unsavory, but which still accommodates the highest ethical concerns of the Jewish religion, versus any cold-hearted violation of ethical norms designed to speed up the slaughter process.

EasyJet FAIL: Serves Jewish Customers Ham & Bacon On Flight

Posted 05.25.2011

EasyJet Airlines made a tactical error (to say the least) recently when they served Jewish customers on a London-bound flight ham and bacon sandwiches...

Rubashkin Appeals Conviction And Sentence On Kosher Case

Posted 05.25.2011

By Nicole Neroulias Religion News Service (RNS) Convicted businessman Sholom Rubashkin, former executive of the now-defunct Agriprocessors kosher mea...

'Kosher Nation': An Interview With Sue Fishkoff

Benyamin Cohen | Posted 05.25.2011

Benyamin Cohen

There's a shocking statistic in Sue Fishkoff's new book, Kosher Nation: The majority of people who buy kosher products are not even Jewish.

Morimoto: Kosher Butcher?

Posted 05.25.2011

"Iron Chef" Masaharu Morimoto tried his hand at koshery butchery last night, butchering a full tuna and rolling sushi with the help of Rabbi Yonah Met...

Does a Kosher Butcher's Fraud Mandate a Life Sentence?

Rabbi Shmuley Boteach | Posted 05.25.2011

Rabbi Shmuley Boteach

The largest kosher meat plant in the country employing hundreds of illegal immigrants? These are serious charges that go against both terrestrial and celestial law.

The Best Hot Dog in Chicago Bites the Dust

Meathead | Posted 05.25.2011

Meathead

The best hot dog in the town famous for hot dogs has been chewed up and spit out by the conglomerate that swallowed it whole.

Customers Stew As Kosher Meat Gets Scarce

AP | JESSICA GRESKO | Posted 05.25.2011

MIAMI — Rabbi Moishe Silverman stood taking inventory of a meat freezer at South Florida Kosher, the supermarket and butcher shop where he works...

Rabbis, Activists Fight to Make Iowa Workers' Conditions "Kosher"

Rabbi Jennie Rosenn | Posted 05.25.2011

Rabbi Jennie Rosenn

A series of revelations about egregious conditions at the largest kosher meatpacking plant in the United State has inspired Jewish social justice activists to call for a redefinition what it means to be kosher.