New Zealand Bans Shechita

Illustration Photo – Rabbi Osdoba inspects a knife used to slaughter cows at a meat plant – 2006

The New Zealand government has banned kosher slaughter within its borders, according to a new law that is to immediately take effect. The law requires stunning before slaughter, despite the known fact that the severing of the carotid artery and trachea causes immediate loss of consciousness. Arutz Sheva reports that these measure were taken by Agriculture Minister, David Carter against the advice of his advisors.

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The 5th National Jewish Retreat, A retreat unlike any other

Building on the incredible success of the past four years, this year’s National Jewish Retreat by JLI promises to be the best yet. Situated at the magnificent Hyatt Regency in Reston, Virginia, the national retreat will feature world renowned dynamic speakers, a five-star menu and interactive workshops and seminars in an enhanced and expanded program.

Op-Ed: Non–Tznius Magazines in Frum Establishments

From the inbox: I am not against all secular magazines, but when I went to a Jewish owned beauty salon in CH I was surprised to see among the reading material, some magazines that have virtually no redeeming value whatsoever and the only reason that someone would read such as magazine would be to see what the less moral side of the world is doing.

TRAGEDY: 11-Year-Old Boy Struck and Killed Friday

A major tragedy befell the Jewish community in Boro Park, 11-Year-Old Boruch Mordechai Berliner was struck by a bus and pinned underneath at 7:00pm on Thursday. He succumbed to his wounds just before Shabbos at Lutheran Trauma Center.

Wal-Mart Makes Splashy Price Cuts To Get Mojo Back

AP

Wal-Mart is counting on $1 ketchup bottles and sub-$4 cases of Coke to get its low-price mojo back.

The sharp cuts at its U.S. Walmart stores, which came ahead of Memorial Day weekend, have already pushed rivals such as Target into price wars. And the markdowns are expected to keep coming throughout the summer.

Mubarak: What does the Lubavitcher Rebbe want from me?

In a recent trip to Israel, as part of “My Encounter with the Rebbe” project, JEM interviewed Yisroel Katzover, a senior journalist who covered the IDF for several decades for numerous Israeli newspapers and media channels. Through the years, he consulted and received much advice and guidance from the Rebbe.

And Then the Lights Went Out

By Jonah T.

Heifers’ 1st basemen Dovid Stein dodging the raindrops. Illustration photo.

Weather last night showed no mercy as the Red Heifers faced The Tribe in an angst-filled match-up. The Tribe connected often and early, jumping to a wide-margin lead by the 3rd inning. As the rain created hazards at every turn on the field, runners were challenged to maintain their footing.

California Teens Play “Beat the Jew”

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PSA: Limited Amount of Softball League Caps Available

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Antagonizing Our Evil Inclination – The “Misoninim” Syndrome

By Rabbi Yoseph Kahanov Jax, Florida

Amongst the varied items for which we seek forgiveness in the confession prayer recited on the holy Yom Kippur, is a somewhat odd class of transgression: “The sins which we have committed before You with the ‘Yetzer hara,’ (evil inclination).”

“But,” as my early days spiritual mentor would rhetorically muse, “Aren’t all sins preformed with the evil inclination? Surely there are no sins committed with the ‘Good inclination?’”

“The sins which we have committed with the evil inclination,” he would offer as a rejoinder, “Refers not to sins which the evil inclination had managed to drag us into, but rather to sins into which we had managed to drag our evil inclination.”