On kosher meat production, the government said it did not expect Brexit to affect shechita in the UK. A spokesperson for the Department of Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, said there was “a manifesto commitment to protect methods of religious slaughter”.
Meanwhile, a Jewish care home group called on the government to take the lead in minimising the impact of Brexit on the sector.
Bernadette Thomas, director of human resources at Nightingale Hammerson, said it was uncertain how leaving Europe would affect the supply of EU nationals working as care workers.
She added: “We look with interest to the government to take a lead role in securing public sector funding and setting social care high on the agenda to help charitable organisations such as ours continue to provide quality care.”
Whatever the impact, a significant number of UK Jews appear to be preparing for a possible Brexodus of their own.
Applications for German citizenship from the UK’s Jewish community have soared by 400 per cent. Before the referendum there had been around 25 applications a year; since June last year there have been around 1,000.
