In Europe, Animal-Welfare Rulings Needlessly Threaten Jewish Ritual and Culture

 https://www.nationalreview.com/corner/in-europe-animal-welfare-rulings-needlessly-threaten-jewish-ritual-and-culture/

In an essay in Mosaic, Eric Mechoulan addresses the threat against European Jewish communities posed by debates over banning religious ritual slaughter for animal-welfare purposes. Noting that animal cruelty is forbidden by Jewish law, he gives a meaningful history of Jewish ritual slaughter (shechita), which has created a culture that demands the slaughterer (shochet) be learned and trustworthy.