The Greek Jewish community plans to request that the Greek government draw up legislation to legalize shechita, kosher animal slaughter, after the country’s highest court ruled last week that the practice was illegal. ruled last week that the practice was illegal. The Council of the State, Greece’s supreme administrative court, struck down regulations issued by ministerial decision that provided an exemption from pre-stunning for religious animal slaughter. This has meant that shechita in Greece became illegal overnight, depriving the Jewish community of kosher meat sourced in Greece. Victor Eliezer, the secretary-general of the Central Board of Jewish Communities in Greece,...
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