Cuba - Kosher Chicken Now Available

Cuba - A educational organization has begun slaughtering kosher chickens for the Cuban community on an ongoing basis.

"From now on every few weeks we'll have another few shochtim go down," said Rabbi Simon Aisenbach, executive director of the Canadian Friends of Cuban Jewry (CFCJ). "Every two to three weeks, a team goes down there to slaughter chickens, and we'd love to do more, but it’s based on how much we can put together. It’s a very costly project, but the more money we get the more we can do."

The organization pays $6.80 for each chicken.

Rabbi Aisenbach said it’s difficult for the average Cuban to access poultry or meat on a regular basis. "It’s very costly and the average individual makes very little there," he said. "They have a few dollars that they accumulate, they'll spend it on something else, like vegetables and eggs, which you can get more of for that same price."

Two hundred and twenty families receive the 500 kosher chickens. The number of chickens distributed to each family varies according to need, said Aisenbach.
Cuba's only Orthodox synagogue, Adas Israel, serves as a distribution center
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