Jeffrey Cohan
By Jeffrey Cohan
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Food Israel Sets Example on Kosher Animal Cruelty
(JTA) — Diaspora Jews often find themselves exasperated with the Israeli rabbinate. But on one significant issue, an Israeli rabbinic authority is looking far more enlightened and merciful than his peers in the United States. Recently elected Ashkenazi Chief Rabbi David Lau surprised more than a few people last week when he reportedly threatened to…
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Food The Truth Behind Tnuva
Tnuva, the giant Israeli food company, made headlines this week with an admission that was stunningly candid, if not exactly a revelation. In documents filed in Jerusalem District Court, Tnuva admitted that the slaughter of farm animals, if exposed to public view, “would horrify most meat-eating consumers.” It’s one thing for Paul McCartney, the former…
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Food Isaac Bashevis Singer, Yiddish Food Writer
Editor’s Note: The Beet-Eating Heeb is the nom de plume of Jeffrey Cohan, a former journalist in Forest Hills, PA. He also blogs about Judaism and veganism on his own website. Somewhere in the higher realms, Nobel Laureate Isaac Bashevis Singer is observing his 110th birthday today. And it would be a pity if his…
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Food New Year for Animals: The Time Has Come
Editor’s Note: The Beet-Eating Heeb is the nom de plume of Jeffrey Cohan, a former journalist in Forest Hills, PA. He also blogs about Judaism and veganism on his own website. A divinity student from a Presbyterian seminary approached The Beet-Eating Heeb recently and made a surprising comment. “I’m so impressed,” he said, “with the…
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Food No Meat — The 9 Days
Editor’s Note: The Beet-Eating Heeb is the nom de plume of Jeffrey Cohan, a former journalist in Forest Hills, PA. He also blogs about Judaism and veganism on his own Web site Observant Jews refrain from eating meat for the first nine days of the Hebrew month of Av as part of the mourning rituals…
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Food Torah or Vegan — Which Came First?
Editor’s Note: The Beet-Eating Heeb is the nom de plume of Jeffrey Cohan, a former journalist in Forest Hills, PA. He also blogs about Judaism and veganism on his own Web site. Invoking the which-came-first, chicken-or-the-egg paradigm is probably an unfortunate choice for The Beet-Eating Heeb, and not just because it’s a shopworn metaphor. The…
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