Resources

Websites

Books

Labendz, Jacob and Shmuly Yanklowitz, Ed. Jewish Veganism and Vegetarianism: Studies and New Directions.
NY: Suny Press. 2019.
Patterson, Charles. Eternal Treblinka: Our Treatment of the Animals and the Holocaust. NY: Lantern Books, 2002.
Schwartz, Richard H. Judaism and Global Survival. NY: Lantern Books, 2002.
Schwartz, Richard. Vegan Revolution: Saving Our World, Revitalizing Judaism.
NY: Lantern Publishing & Media, 2021.
Shoshan, A. Man and Animal (Hebrew). Jerusalem: Shoshanim, 1963.
Weintraub, Mark. Guide to Vegetarian Restaurants in Israel. Baltimore, Maryland: The Vegetarian Resource Group, 1996.

Relevant Books from a Jewish Point of View

Vegan Jewish clergy (Jewish Vegetarian Society)

JVS.org: List of Vegan Jewish Clergy

Vegan, vegetarian, or vegetarian-friendly rabbis (Jewish Veg)

JewishVeg.org: Veg Rabbis

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Animals & Religion tri-fold brochure

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Comprehensive, rigorous, and accessible, Animals and Judaism brings the Judaism portion of animalsandreligion.org to readers in both digital and paperback form.
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Diet is an ethical choice that millions of people make each day, usually a number of times each day, and yet many do not even recognize eating as a moral concern.
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Vegan Revolution demonstrates that a vegan diet helps care for the Earth, anymals, and people, and that such care is a Jewish mandate.
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On a planet where habitat destruction and species extinction threaten the balance of life, Animals and World Religions reexamines and reimagines our place in the universe through sacred texts and spiritual teachings from around the world.
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Eating Earth explores the environmental effects of dietary choice by getting at the facts behind contemporary animal agriculture, fishing, and hunting, exposing the vital importance of a plant-based diet.
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Through engaging stories about animal activism, Sister Species exposes the complex interconnections of speciesism, sexism, racism, and homophobia.
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Through the voices of activists, scientists, and educators from around the world, Bear Necessities takes readers onsite to where people work to protect and gently heal the worlds many wounded bears.
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In Search of Consistency critically examines the work of Tom Regan (animal rights), Peter Singer (utilitarian ethics), Paul Taylor (environmental ethics), and Andrew Linzey (theology), exposing interconnections between animal, environmental, and religious ethics, while also introducing a new theory, the Minimize Harm Maxim.
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This international anthology explores wilderness and wildlife, dietary choice, cutting-edge theories, and activism, exposing a wide swath of fertile ground between animal activists and environmentalists—and the urgency of working together against big government and big industry.
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Through Indigenous, Indian, Chinese, Middle Eastern, and contemporary Wiccan traditions, Call to Compassion revisits sacred teachings about kindness and compassion, the interconnected nature of existence, and the ethics of diet.
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In Primate People, sanctuary founders, scholars, and activists vividly depict why the planet’s many primates are critically endangered, what they are doing about it, and how each of us can help.
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