Facebook
Twitter
subscribe
The Blogs
Shimon Cohen
About Me
search
Home
News
Israel at War
Opinion
Culture & Lifestyle
Partners
Atlanta
Atlanta Jewish Times
North New Jersey
The Jewish Standard
Pittsburgh
Jewish Chronicle
United Kingdom
The Jewish News
Australia
The Australian Jewish News
For Publishers
Become a Times of Israel Partner
The Blogs
Shimon Cohen
Twitter
Website
RSS
The Blogs
Home
Terms of Use
About Me
Apply for a Blog
Oct 21, 2021, 6:44 PM
When it comes to Shechita, Brexit actually does mean Brexit
Brexit means Brexit, except I think we all now know that it doesn’t, apart from when it does. One area where Brexit actually does mean Brexit is in the laws that govern food production and that includes Shechita. In the lead-up to the Brexit vote,...
Dec 17, 2020, 6:23 PM
Court’s absurd bid to define Shechita for Jewish communities in Europe
The European Court of Justice’s verdict on the legality of the bans on Shechita in the Wallonia and Flanders regions of Belgium was always going to be a landmark ruling. Unfortunately, it did not go the way we wanted, and it will make future legal...
Oct 23, 2020, 11:33 AM
Ofsted is not following the law – it is a law unto itself
Eli Spitzer’s podcast interview with HMCI, Amanda Spielman, proved to be another insight into the agenda-led thinking of Ofsted. The difficulties between Ofsted and the Orthodox Jewish community have been well publicised over the last few years and this was an opportunity for Ms Spielman...
Jul 30, 2020, 4:00 PM
Think this is all a fuss over nothing? Just look at Belgium
Over the last few months, the news agenda has been dominated by COVID-19. Nevertheless, behind the scenes, many of the issues posed by Brexit continue to cause challenges to our community, not least the future of Shechita. These last weeks have seen increased scrutiny for...
Jul 2, 2018, 4:59 PM
British values have become a fundamentalist doctrine
David Brown’s Jewish News article last week does not reflect the ethos of Jewish schools or how the ‘British values’ agenda has been enforced. As Orthodox Jews, our community is proud to demonstrate two fundamental values: respect and tolerance. These are fundamental British values and...
Jun 29, 2016, 7:20 PM
After Brexit, we’ll have our work cut out to protect shechita
Speculation for a future outside of the European Union has dominated conversation for the last few months and intensified following last week’s shock result. Whilst we will all be affected individually, it is also important that we contemplate the consequences for the community as a...
Jan 8, 2015, 1:43 AM
Britain is a wonderful home for Jews
As a PR man, my job is to take a long hard look at a business, organisation, country or situation and find the positive in it. Then it’s a matter of encouraging others to focus on the positives that define the entity in question rather...
Jul 24, 2013, 8:23 PM
Why are we not talking about animal welfare?
The news that the Polish Government recently lost in the Sejm while attempting to introduce measures to protect the right of faith communities to carry out religious slaughter of animals for food (Shechita) has thrown up a range of interesting debates. Many have pointed to...
Apr 18, 2012, 8:00 AM
Leibler’s Britain is a fiction
The columnist would have us believe that life is impossible for Jews in the the UK. The truth, however, is that British Jewish life is experiencing something of a resurgence
Load more
About Me
X
Website
Rss
Shimon Cohen is the founder and chairman of The PR Office a Public Relations Consultancy that specialises in the Jewish community and non-profit sector. He is the Campaign Director of Shechita UK
close popup
Sign in or Register
Email address
*
Please use the following structure: example@domain.com
Continue
Or Continue with
By registering you agree to the
terms and conditions
Send me The Times of Israel Daily Edition
back
close popup
Register to continue
Email address
*
Change
REGISTER
Or Continue with
back
close popup
Log in to continue
Email address
*
Something went wrong.
Please try again in a few minutes..
Continue
back
close popup
Sign in or Register
Email address
*
Password
*
Incorrect password. Please try again or choose an option below.
Continue
I forgot my password
/
Send me a sign in link
Or Continue with
close popup
Check your email
We sent an email to you at
.
It has a link that will sign you in.
Click the link in that email to complete registration so you can comment.