In shooting her dog, Kristi Noem defied morality — and the Talmud
South Dakota governor publicly described shooting her own puppy, breaking, well, most rules
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Culture This Orthodox New Yorker feeds more cats than you
I followed a Jewish cat rescuer on his morning rounds to see what it's like caring for feral felines in a city that doesn't want to deal with them
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The Schmooze Jon Stewart Rescued The 2 Goats Wandering On New York Subway Tracks
Behold! He who protecteth Israel will neither slumber nor sleep. — Psalm 121:4 High on a (moral) hill lived a lonely goatherd, and that goatherd’s name was John Stewart. When two escaped goats were found roaming the tracks of the N train in Brooklyn (between the Fort Hamilton Parkway stop and the 8th Avenue stop,…
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Fast Forward Animal Rights Activists Sue Over Yom Kippur Chicken-Swinging Rite
An animal-rights group filed a lawsuit against the Irvine, California Police Department for not enforcing animal cruelty laws by halting a pre-Yom Kippur ritual. The lawsuit filed this week is aimed at stopping Chabad of Irvine’s kapparot ceremony, a pre-Yom Kippur ritual in which a chicken is swung by its legs and then slaughtered. It…
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Opinion The Hypocrisy Of Ritual Slaughter Bans
A widely supported bill in the Belgian region will ban versions of traditional Jewish and Muslim ritual slaughter. These attacks on Halal and Kosher meat are unfortunately not isolated and are occurring with more frequency around the world. Denmark, New Zealand, Switzerland and other European countries and jurisdictions prohibit traditional slaughter with laws requiring that…
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Opinion Why Jews Should Go Fur-Free
As Jews, our faith teaches us that having mercy and empathy for animals, and recognizing that they are also able to suffer and feel pain, fear and despair, is a gift from God. Tsa’ar ba’alei chayim is the gift of compassion and enlightenment and of treating animals, with whom we share this world, with dignity…
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Food Those Eggs Didn’t Just Fall Into Your Shakshuka
When making Kosher-for-Passover dishes like Shakshuka, keep animal welfare in mind. For ten days, I consumed all the shakshuka my heart desired. During a Birthright trip in Israel, in addition to hiking, sightseeing and making many new friends, I developed a love for this delicious Middle Eastern dish. When I returned home, I decided to…
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Fast Forward ‘Jewish Animal Liberationists’ Protest Kosher Slaughter At Urban Farm — Again
Activists calling themselves “Jewish Animal Liberationists” wore funereal clothes and infiltrated a Purim party at a Berkeley Jewish farm to protest their killing of chickens. “We are concerned about the violence against animals on this farm,” said Zach Groff, as he held a sign reading “I wanted to live,” in Hebrew. The Saturday demonstration was…
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