Dear Rabbi,
News of war and conflict are the order of the day, but something far worse looms over us. I am writing you because you have the potential to help avert a climate catastrophe and leave a sustainable world for future generations. There is a very strong consensus composed of almost all climate experts, all the major science academies, and over a thousand peer-reviewed articles in respected science journals that climate change poses an existential threat to humanity. Animal-based diets which seriously violate fundamental Jewish teachings, are the major contrib...