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Plans for activities for restoring the ancient Jewish New Year for Animals and transforming it into a day devoted to improving conditions for animals.

July 28, 2021 No Comments

I am working with other Jewish veg activists to organize many events in an historic, potentially transformative initiative to restore the ancient New Year for Animals and to transform it into a day devoted to increasing awareness of Jewish teachings about compassion to animals and how far current

“A New Year for Animals?” article by Abigail Klein Leichner in the August 9 Jerusalem Report

July 28, 2021 No Comments

[This article discusses my efforts to restore the ancient Jewish New Year for Animals and to transform it into a day devoted to increasing awareness of judaism’s teachings on compassion to animals and how far current realities are3vfrom these teachings.] A New Year for Animals? By Abigail Klein Leichman Just

Article by Professor Yael Shemesh in the August 9 Jerusalem report, “Judaism does not allow the abuse of animals,” supporting my cover story, “Why Jews Should Be Vegans,” in the same issue

July 28, 2021 No Comments

Prof. Yael Shemesh, Bible Department, Bar-Ilan University I have read the words of Prof. Richard Schwartz, an observant Jewish vegan who dedicates his life to promoting the vegetarian-vegan idea in accordance with Jewish values, as well as the words of Rabbi Yoel Schonfeld clearly demonstrating that he is a non-vegetarian.

My cover story in the August 9, 2021 Jerusalem Report on “Why Jews Should be Vegans”

July 28, 2021 No Comments

https://www.jpost.com/jerusalem-report/heres-why-jews-should-be-vegans-675135 Since you may not be able toopen the link because you are not a Jerusalem Report subscriber, I have pasted the article below. Why Jews Should Be Vegans

My letter in the July 28, 2021 Jerusalem Post on climate threats

July 28, 2021 No Comments

Whither the weather? Kol hakavod for your editorial “A bigger step needed” (July 27), which cogently argued that “Israel should step up its game” in responding to climate change. Your article “Summer of disaster: Extreme weather wreaks havoc worldwide as climate change bears down,” (July 25) should convince everyone that

My Draft of a Haggadah for a Restored and Transformed New Year For Animals Event

July 21, 2021 No Comments

Shalom, Below is my very preliminary draft for a Haggadah’ for a future ‘Seder’ for a renewed and transformed New Year for Animals. It is presented mainly to get people thinking about possibilities for future observances of the restored ancient Jewish holiday. We may end up with an approach or

My three articles about restoring the ancient New Year for Animals

July 21, 2021 No Comments

Shalom My three articles about restoring the ancient New Year for Animals are: Restoring and Transforming an Ancient Jewish Holiday Related to Animals Ten Reasons for Restoring and Transforming the Ancient New Year for Animals An Often Overlooked Mitzvah: Tsa’ar Ba’alei Chaim Restoring and Transforming an Ancient Jewish Holiday Related

How Tisha B’Av relates to current environmental and climate threats published in the Jewish Journal

July 8, 2021 No Comments

My interview of Noam Bedein, founder in 2015 and director of the Dead Sea Revival Project

July 5, 2021 No Comments

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1XnE9I_37Z7K8XDQwUYQjn7QkjtP_h1cO/view?usp=sharing

Jewish Quotations About Animals and How Animals Are Treated Today

July 4, 2021 No Comments

Jewish Quotations About Animals and How Animals Are Treated Today A. Attitude Toward Animals 1. “A righteous person regards the life of his or her animal, but the tender mercies of the wicked are cruel.” ~Proverbs 12:10 2. The Lord is good to all and His tender mercies

Dr. Alon Tal Joins Knesset! Aytzim Co-founder Brings Green Agenda to Israeli Government

June 17, 2021 No Comments

JERUSALEM (June 16) — This morning Aytzim co-founder Dr. Alon Tal joined the Knesset, Israel’s parliament, becoming only the second Knesset member with roots in Israel’s Green Party to be appointed to the legislative body (following Yael Cohen Paran). Tal, who serves on Aytzim’s board of directors, led the founding

3rd Jewish Climate Action Conference:

June 6, 2021 No Comments

“Everything is Connected” by Rabbi Katy Z. Allen The JCAN-MA for the 3rd Jewish Climate Action Conference: Everything is Connected occurred April 25, 2021. Over 550 people attended. The 40 sessions focused on carbon reduction, advocacy, spiritual resilience, soil and agriculture, raised up the voices of youth, and addressed environmental justice. The

Four-page review of my latest book, VEGAN REVOLUTION: SAVING OUR WORLD, REVITALIZING JUDAISM, in the semi-annual journal of the Central Conference of American rabbis (CCAR), a publication that goes to US reform rabbis

June 1, 2021 No Comments

The Vegan Revolution by Richard Schwartz (Brooklyn, NY: Lantern Publishing and Media, 2020), 272 pp. I’ve been a vegetarian for forty years. Inspired by a college boyfriend, I then fully committed to it the year I was at HUC-JIRJerusalem, walking down the meat aisle of the Old City Shuk with

Honors thesis on the beginnings of Jewish environmental and vegetarian activism in the 1970s and 1980s

May 13, 2021 1 Comment

Renewing and Recycling: The Formation of American Jewish Environmentalism in the 1970s and 1980s Gabrielle Plotkin Advisor: Keith Woodhouse B.A. Thesis for Honors in History Northwestern University May 3, 2021 ii Abstract Few environmental historians have considered how American Jews interacted with the postwar environmental movement. Those that have, often

My interview of Jeffrey Spitz Cohan, director of Jewish Veg, formerly Jewish Vegetarians of North America

May 10, 2021 No Comments

Video of amazing Earth Day teach-in that involved talks by 22 fabulous speakers

May 9, 2021 No Comments

Earth Day teach-in I aranged (on Earth Day, April 22, 2021), which involved 22 fabulous speakers . The theme was “Applying Religiouis Values To Help Save the World.” Here is the list of speakers the order of their appearance. Richard Schwartz : President emeritus

Three Shavuot Articles Related To Vegetarianism and Veganism

April 26, 2021 No Comments

Below are three Shavuot-related articles. They are: 1. A Shavuot Message: Time to Apply Torah Values To Our Diets 2. Dialogue on Shavuot Night About Veganism 3. Shavuot and Vegetarianism and Veganism ============= A Shavuot Message: Time to Apply Torah Values To Our Diets Shavuot is “z’man matan Torateinu,” the

Unique, potentially transformative Earth Day zoom event scheduled

April 21, 2021 No Comments

In commemoration of the 51st Earth Day on Thursday, April 22, there will be a zoom teach-in, with the theme, “Applying Jewish and Other Religion’s Values to Help Save the World.” The teach-in aims to increase awareness of the seriousness of climate and other environmental threats, and the urgency of

Rainbow Day is May 8-9 in 2021, the week following Shabbat Behar-Bechukotai!

April 9, 2021 No Comments

Celebrate Rainbow Day and the Rainbow Covenant with all Life! The first covenant in the Torah, when Noah leaves the ark, is a covenant with all creatures, and a covenant with the Earth itself, not just with humanity. There are so many ways you can teach about this covenant, the rainbow

Jewish quotations about animals

April 7, 2021 No Comments

1. God’s original dietary law And God said: “Behold, I have given you every herb-yielding seed which is upon the face of all the earth, and every tree that has seed-yielding fruit – to you it shall be for food.”Genesis 1:29 God did not permit Adam and his wife to

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Plans for activities for restoring the ancient Jewish New Year for Animals and transforming it into a day devoted to improving conditions for animals.

Plans for activities for restoring the ancient Jewish New Year for Animals and transforming it into a day devoted to improving conditions for animals.

“A New Year for Animals?” article by Abigail Klein Leichner in the August 9 Jerusalem Report

Article by Professor Yael Shemesh in the August 9 Jerusalem report, “Judaism does not allow the abuse of animals,” supporting my cover story, “Why Jews Should Be Vegans,” in the same issue

My cover story in the August 9, 2021 Jerusalem Report on “Why Jews Should be Vegans”

My letter in the July 28, 2021 Jerusalem Post on climate threats

My Draft of a Haggadah for a Restored and Transformed New Year For Animals Event

My three articles about restoring the ancient New Year for Animals

How Tisha B’Av relates to current environmental and climate threats published in the Jewish Journal

My interview of Noam Bedein, founder in 2015 and director of the Dead Sea Revival Project

Jewish Quotations About Animals and How Animals Are Treated Today

Dr. Alon Tal Joins Knesset! Aytzim Co-founder Brings Green Agenda to Israeli Government

3rd Jewish Climate Action Conference:

Four-page review of my latest book, VEGAN REVOLUTION: SAVING OUR WORLD, REVITALIZING JUDAISM, in the semi-annual journal of the Central Conference of American rabbis (CCAR), a publication that goes to US reform rabbis

Honors thesis on the beginnings of Jewish environmental and vegetarian activism in the 1970s and 1980s

My interview of Jeffrey Spitz Cohan, director of Jewish Veg, formerly Jewish Vegetarians of North America

Video of amazing Earth Day teach-in that involved talks by 22 fabulous speakers

Three Shavuot Articles Related To Vegetarianism and Veganism

Unique, potentially transformative Earth Day zoom event scheduled

Rainbow Day is May 8-9 in 2021, the week following Shabbat Behar-Bechukotai!

Jewish quotations about animals

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