"Food for Peace": The Vegan Religion of the Hebrews of Jerusalem

• Other Authors: Elkayam, Shelley
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu w Białymstoku 2014
• Subjects: veganism; Jewish rituals; Shabbat; theology; peace; utopia; Judah; Norway; Slaughter; Iceland
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/11320/3215

A debate over the morality of Kosher slaughter [Shechita (Hebrew: שחיטה)] has raged in Poland, Iceland, Norway, Sweden, Switzerland and Denmark, where the Jewish ritual slaughter was outlawed. The more the debate goes on, the more awareness arises to Shechita as a basic Jewish religious practice. Ye...