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Earliest evidence that Jewish people in Britain followed a Kosher diet

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Food fragments discovered in an ancient toilet in Oxford helped scientists confirm that Britain’s medieval Jewish community avoided pork and ‘kept kosher’. While this has long been thought to be the case, this is the earliest concrete evidence so far of the diet in the UK.   Scientists from the University of Bristol and Oxford Archaeology, … Read more

Belgian ban on Muslim halal and Jewish kosher animal slaughter is backed by EU court

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Belgian ban on Muslim halal and Jewish kosher animal slaughter is backed by EU court, sparking anger by religious groups Flemish region of Belgium outlawed conscious livestock having their throat slit  The European Court of Justice backed the same ban in a ruling delivered today Decision has created outrage within the Muslim and Jewish communities  … Read more