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Subject: News From Agudah 25 Adar 1 5784, March 5, 2024
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Spotlight on Shechita

March 5, 2024 - 25 Adar 1 5784 In today's News from Agudah: Some of Agudah's GOTV activities around the country (GOTV stands for Get Out The Vote!); spotlight on shechita internationally from Rabbi Avi Shafran; Bnos Pals for grades 5-8; Pirchei of Denver's NIBS program winners; Mishna Rishona sponsor; and position still open at the Agudah. Did you get this email as a forward? You can subscribe to the Agudah's updates by clicking here. Agudah of Colorado arranged for vote-in-shul days in three shuls in Denver. California residents - vote today! Click here for more information. "Public Morals" and Religious Rights A High EU Court Allows Effective Bans on Shechita By Rabbi Avi Shafran A legal challenge to two Belgian regions' effective outlawing of shechita has been rejected by the European Court of Human Rights.  That decision, which is final, ruled that requirements that animals be stunned before slaughter do not breach the European Convention on Human Rights. Stunning involves either gassing, administering a strong electric shock or shooting an iron bolt into an animal's skull, and renders subsequent shechita invalid. European Union law permits ritual slaughter without prior stunning but does not prevent member states from imposing their own obligations to stun animals before slaughter. The court found that "the protection of public morals… could not be understood as being intended solely to protect human dignity in the sphere of interpersonal relations," and that the ban is "proportionate to the aim pursued, namely the protection of animal welfare as an element of 'public morals'." Animal rights activists expressed hope, and not unreasonably, that the verdict upholding laws in the regions of Flanders and Wallonia will open a door for enactment of stunning requirements throughout Europe, like those that already exist in Sweden, Slovenia, Finland, Denmark and Greece. Continued here. Introducing Bnos Pals for Bnosers in Grades 5 - 8 Attention Bnosers in Grades 5-8: Bnos Agudas Yisroel is proud to announce a brand new program: Bnos Pals! You will have a chance to have fun and be connected with a Bnoser in a different city and make a new friend! For more information, please contact us at bnos@agudah.org or 212.797.9000 x 353 Denver Pirchei NIBS Prizewinners Announced!   Agudas Yisroel of Colorado is thrilled to announce the winners of the Pirchei NIBS program.  NIBS is a learning program that incentivizes boys in grades 3-8 to learn during their spare time and during school vacation. Boys who participated logged their time spent learning and received points, which were exchanged for prizes.  Fourteen boys chose to spend their out-of-school time learning mishnayos or Gemara, time they could have spent playing ball or enjoying their vacations. Their hasmadah awarded them the opportunity to choose from a variety of amazing prizes, such as scooters, sports equipment, games, toys, or a cash incentive. Pirchei of Denver wishes a special yasher koach to the eight boys who learned 25 blatt of Gemara over just two weeks of vacation!  Pirchei would like to thank our generous donors, who made the NIBS program possible.  "NIBS sparks a genuine excitement for learning among the boys, creating an amazing and positive atmosphere and energy towards learning," said Rabbi Yosef Melamed, director of Pirchei of Denver. "The boys deserve a lot of credit for taking the program seriously and coming together to encourage each other; aside from the program itself, its participants brought a real sense of achdus and added hasmadah which ultimately resulted in a big kiddush Hashem."    Congratulations to the winners of the NIBS program!  Yaakov Yisroel Chernintzky  Aryeh Chill  Avraham Tzvi Erlanger  Chaim Fleisher  Chaim Simcha Joseph  Aryeh Kagan  Yehuda Kagan  Chaim Kaplan  Moshe Kaplan  Shimon Sauer  Ari Wasserman  Eliyahu Weitz  Yaakov Weitz  Mordechai Zeiger  Mishna Rishona Dedication 24th Adar was dedicated לעלוי נשמת ר' יוסף שמואל בן ר' נתן Leiser by his son Rabbi and Mrs. Ari Leiser.   To sponsor a day of Mishnayos, and have the z`chus of hundreds of children`s learning for a Yartzeit/Zechus, please click here or email mslevine@agudah.org. Administrative Intern Position Available in Yeshiva Services Department Agudath Israel of America's Department of Yeshiva Services is offering a paid administrative internship in our Manhattan office, for several months with the potential to turn into a long-term position, starting immediately. This role focuses on supporting our mission through organizational and administrative tasks, requiring a candidate with strong skills in coordination and project support. The position entails being physically present in the Manhattan office four days a week, with the possibility of remote work or from our Brooklyn and Lakewood satellite offices as needed. Compensation ranges from $20,000 to $60,000 per year, annualized. If you are passionate about helping Klal Yisrael, making a significant impact and possess the necessary administrative capabilities, please send your resume to careers@agudah.org. May Hashem heed our tefillos - and may we share besuros tovos. View as Webpage

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