Shechita – the Jewish religious humane method of animal slaughter for food
News/Press releases
Shechita UK Addresses Cross-Faith Parliamentary Panel on Religious Slaughter
[London, Palace of Westminster, Monday, 15th December 2025] Shimon Cohen, Campaign Director of Shechita UK, addressed a cross-faith focus group convened by the Jhatka Council at the Palace of Westminster, bringing together parliamentarians, DEFRA officials, veterinary...
Keeping kosher alive: the year Shechita held the line
Behind every kosher meal lies a campaign few ever see Published in the Jewish News, 28 November 2025 For Jews in Israel and across the world, 2025 has carried both highs and lows, pride and pain. Our hearts and minds have been filled with the fate of Jewish people....
The Critic: An Uncritical, Crass Attack on Kosher Meat Provision
Shimon Cohen Last month, The Critic, which describes itself as “Britain’s most civilised magazine for arts, culture, politics, fashion and much more,” published an ill-informed, alarmist article attacking Shechita, entitled The problem of ritual slaughter (17 October...
Our Statement on Westminster Hall Mechanical Stunning Debate – June 2025
Following the Westminster Hall debate yesterday on the “Non-stun Slaughter of Animals,” Shimon Cohen of Shechita UK, the Jewish community’s campaign group for the protection of Kosher meat provision, released the statement below. Statement Shimon Cohen, Campaign...
Is the RSPCA assuring abattoirs or advancing an anti-faith agenda? – Jewish News
The RSPCA’s obsessive focus on shechita smells of something more insidious than concern for animal welfare By Shimon Cohen Opinion Piece, Jewish News December 19, 2024, 10:36 am Shimon Cohen from Shechita UK addresses the EC conference Once again, the RSPCA stands...
