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Swiss retain kosher slaughter ban
by BERN, Switzerland (JTA) -- Switzerland has decided not to ease a ban on kosher slaughter., But the Swiss government did promise Swiss Jewish leaders last week that the import of kosher meat will be guaranteed by law, ac
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The Swiss government had considered legalizing kosher slaughter, but changed its tack in the face of a strong public reaction that had anti-Semitic overtones, government sources said.
Alfred Donath, president of the Jewish Federations, said the law forbidding kosher slaughter is discriminatory and a violation of human rights and religious freedom.
The government agrees, Donath said, but the Swiss public apparently does not.
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