Tuesday, February 20, 2007
Israeli chief rabbi issues fur edict
Jews must not wear fur skinned from live animals, Israel's chief rabbi said in a religious ruling on Tuesday.
'All Jews are obliged to prevent the horrible phenomenon of cruelty to animals and be a 'light onto nations' by refusing to use products that originate from acts which cause such suffering,' Rabbi Yona Metzger said.
Animal rights campaigners in Israel and abroad say that animals are skinned alive at fur farms in China.
Metzger issued the edict in response to an appeal by an Israeli legislator who looked into the reports of animal cruelty in China at the request of a constituent.
The ruling stopped short of banning the use of fur from animals skinned after they were slaughtered.
Mati Korinio of Israel's Nature and Parks Authority, which oversees fur imports, said much of the fur sold in the Jewish state did not originate in China.
http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/world/20070220-0627-israel-fur.htm
Jews must not wear fur skinned from live animals, Israel's chief rabbi said in a religious ruling on Tuesday.
'All Jews are obliged to prevent the horrible phenomenon of cruelty to animals and be a 'light onto nations' by refusing to use products that originate from acts which cause such suffering,' Rabbi Yona Metzger said.
Animal rights campaigners in Israel and abroad say that animals are skinned alive at fur farms in China.
Metzger issued the edict in response to an appeal by an Israeli legislator who looked into the reports of animal cruelty in China at the request of a constituent.
The ruling stopped short of banning the use of fur from animals skinned after they were slaughtered.
Mati Korinio of Israel's Nature and Parks Authority, which oversees fur imports, said much of the fur sold in the Jewish state did not originate in China.
http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/world/20070220-0627-israel-fur.htm
Comments:
no more being cheap in mea shearim! Have to get the good shtreimlach now
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: February 21, 2007 11:26 AM
: February 21, 2007 11:26 AM
What does he mean by "ALL JEWS"
If we are a light unto the nations,
Rabbi Metzger must let the Chinese know that this practice is also forbidden to them under sheva mitzvos b'nai Noach.
If we are a light unto the nations,
Rabbi Metzger must let the Chinese know that this practice is also forbidden to them under sheva mitzvos b'nai Noach.
Comment Credit ---This article posted by : February 22, 2007 1:48 AM
: February 22, 2007 1:48 AM
Is he a litvak who doesn't like chassidim??
Comment Credit ---This article posted by : February 22, 2007 10:42 AM
: February 22, 2007 10:42 AM
skinned alive ??? for whot rezon
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Comment Credit ---This article posted by : February 22, 2007 12:58 PM
: February 22, 2007 12:58 PM
