(Haaretz) — Six days after globally pioneering surgery to correct his slipped disc, the giant Syrian bear is moving his legs beautifully, says Sagit Horowitz, spokeswoman for the Ramat Gan Zoological Park. “He changes position from side to side all the time, which means he can,” says Horowitz of the quarter-ton quadruped, who was the…
Yadidya Greenberg is a certified shochet (kosher slaughterer), animal welfare educator and blogger. He has given live kosher slaughter and animal welfare presentations at The Portland Meat Collective, Urban Adamah of Berkley and the Hazon Rocky Mountain Food Festival just to name a few. Yadidya will also be featured in the upcoming documentary “Farm and…
Jewish actress Alicia Silverstone, whose vegetarian activism has drawn more attention than her thespian activity, is back in the spotlight after naming her newborn son for the ursidae family. Bear Blu Jarecki was born May 5 to the actress and author, 34, and husband Christopher Jarecki, Silverstone’s rep told People yesterday. Silverstone followed up with…
Noah built an ark. Rabbi Shaul Shimon Deutsch built a Borough Park taxidermy museum in a brownstone and filled it, he claims, with every animal mentioned in the Torah — 350 specimens in all. An article in The Brooklyn Ink details Torah Animal World, which will be complete once Deutsch puts the finishing touches on…
Fox 5 reports on a new (canine) take on an age-old Jewish tradition.
