PETA chose what some may consider a strange way to honor the legacy of both the famed Yiddish writer Isaac Bashevis Singer and the Warsaw Uprising, organizing a lunch, hosted by the Polish supermodel Joanna Krupa, at which they awarded Singer a posthumous PETA “Hero to Animals Award.” A PETA press release praised Singer for…
Comedian Carol Leifer — the Emmy-nominated writer behind Seinfeld, Saturday Night Live, and much more — recently teamed up with PETA to show you how to deliciously veganize your Passover Seder. WATCH:
(JTA) — The government of Paraguay will move to require more humane ways of kosher slaughter following a Forward expose about questionable practices. Slaughterhouses will have to stop using the shackle-and-hoist method of slaughter and instead use the method of rotating pens, which is seen as more humane, The Jerusalem Post reported. The international organization…
In the last decade, scandals involving kosher slaughter have led to dramatic improvements in the industry. But both the U.S. and Israel continue to import beef certified as glatt kosher that is slaughtered in ways that animal welfare experts condemn as inhumane and cruel. Kosher meat production plants in the South American nations of Uruguay,…
It’s official: From here on out, just call him him Farmer Jon. Jon Stewart and his wife Tracey said over the weekend that they are opening a sanctuary for abused animals at their 12-acre farm in Middletown, New Jersey, where the former host of the “Daily Show” has jokingly been spending his days as “the…
When it comes to animal cruelty, actress Alicia Silverstone says she’s not clueless. The 38-year-old still-stunning Hollywood beauty, who grew up in a conservative Jewish family, was one of several big-name vegetarians and vegans of the year Wednesday night. It was a star-studded bash celebrating People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals’ 35th year —…
Pamela Anderson came back from her honeymoon Israel with some serious business on her mind. The actress/activist, who recently honeymooned in the Holy Land, sent a letter to Benjamin Netanyahu urging him to support a proposed ban on the sale of clothing made with fur. If passed, the bill would make Israel the first country…
Academy Award winning actor Adrien Brody is the voice of a new PETA video ad, narrating a PSA that walks viewers through the life of apes that are used for entertainment purposes. Brody teamed up with PETA to make the film to promote the cease of using animals in film production. “The Great Ape; he’s…
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