Micah Streiffer is a rabbi, writer, and teacher and spiritual leader of Kol Ami, a busy congregation in Thornhill, Ontario.
Micah Streiffer
By Micah Streiffer
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Community Want To Save The World The Jewish Way? Become A Vegetarian
My summer camp had a funny mealtime tradition. When the kitchen staff was planning a special dessert, for which we would need to hang onto a utensil after the dishes were cleared, they would ask one table of campers to announce it to the dining hall. Those campers would, in unison, pound on their table…
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Community The Case For Jewish Vegetarianism
The first time I became a vegetarian I was 14. I liked to think it was for ethical reasons, but it was because I had a crush on a girl. I sat beside her in a kosher deli during a 9th grade class trip to New York. Our rabbi was also there, and as I…
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