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Kosher Slaughtering Proves Humane
Any slaughterhouse, whether kosher or nonkosher, is by definition a disconcerting, blood-filled and gruesome place. Torah law, however, is most insistent about not inflicting needless pain on animals and in emphasizing humane treatment of all living creatures.
The Kindest Cut
Last week for Chanukah I wrote about latkes, this week, the brisket.
Kosher Slaughter Controversy Erupts
It\’s not every day that people affiliated with a strident animal rights group talk turkey with those who oversee kosher slaughter.
But that\’s exactly what happened this week, when an unpaid adviser to People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) discussed allegations of improper slaughtering practices at an Iowa kosher meat plant with the head of the Orthodox Union\’s kashrut division.
A Desert High in Palm Springs
At the top of the Palm Springs Aerial Tramway, there are a host of trails — including a three-quarters of a mile loop through picturesque Long Valley, just behind the Mountain Station that introduces visitors to regional plants and animals.
7 Days In Arts
See Spot pray. Blessings go to the dogs today as Newport Dunes Resort\’s annual Top Dog Fashion Show commences with a blessing of the animals performed by a Catholic priest, a Protestant minister and a rabbi.
The Blow by Blow on Shofarim
Yossi Mizrachi stood in front of a class of second-graders at Harkham Hillel Hebrew Academy with a dark, ridged, 4-foot-long buffalo horn in his hand.
Animal Activists Gone Wild
In the past, PETA has been responsible for in-your-face activism like slinging red paint at people wearing fur coats and breaking into laboratories to set animals free. Their antics have at times influenced public opinion — such as turning the fashion tide against fur in the \’90s. But will this Holocaust campaign have a similar effect?
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