The current widespread mistreatment of animals in the food industry, especially on factory farms, is inconsistent with Judaism’s ethic of compassion for animals. Nevertheless, most Jews are eating foods that entail animal abuse in almost all major phases of animal agriculture.
In addition to institutionalized abuses that are integral to the raising of animals for food, many undercover videos have revealed sadistic mistreatment of animals by workers.
But instead of taking the necessary steps to put an end to such abuses, the animal food industries would rather cover ...
A Plate of Resistance: Vegetarianism as a Response to World Violence
By Helene Defossez; translated from the French by Katie Chabriere: illustrated by Marc Defossez; New York: Lantern Books, 2014
Reviewed by Richard H. Schwartz, Ph.D.
A Plate of Resistance is a very welcome addition to the rapidly growing number of books on vegetarianism and veganism.
The book is relatively slim – only 141 pages, including a foreword, preface, bibliography, notes, and a list of background resources - and it does not aim to present a comprehensive coverage of all aspects of ...
