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Message: <br /><br /> If you are having trouble reading this email, you may view this article online at: http://www.jweekly.com/17485/full/17485/swiss-retain-kosher-slaughter-ban/ <br /><br /> <b>Swiss retain kosher slaughter ban</b> <br /> Friday, March 22, 2002 | by <p>BERN, Switzerland (JTA)—Switzerland has decided not to ease a ban on kosher slaughter. </p> <br /><br /><p>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.<br /><br /> Alfred Donath, president of the Jewish Federations, said the law forbidding kosher slaughter is discriminatory and a violation of human rights and religious freedom.<br /><br /> The government agrees, Donath said, but the Swiss public apparently does not.</p> <p> </p>

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