Mezuzah-waving tree-humpers round-up
Other than the media sensation of Israel’s cars going electric, a few other environmental Jew-news mishegas:
- Hazon awarded almost $84K to green projects in Israel and the States, including Adamah, Isabellah Freedman, Teva, Adventure Rabbi, AJWS, the Green Zionist Alliance, several shuls, and Israeli hunger programs.
- The Jew & The Carrot published a list of kosher organic cheeses (to go along with their existing kosher organic wine list, of course).
- Adamah farm fellowship now accepting applications for 2008!
- Teva featured in a film about America’s religious-environmental movements.
- Rabbi David Kraemer teaches at JTS on “Jewish Eating and Jewish Identity” at the Henry N. Rapaport Memorial Lecture at 7:30 p.m. on Monday, February 4, 2008.
- Palestinian alumnus of Arava Institute speaks in Kansas City on coexistance and the environment.
- The Jewish Vegetarians of North America’s new film, A Sacred Duty, is now online at YouTube. Their latest newsletter here covers a new book God Does Not Eat Meat, a vegetarian spoof of Presidential elections, and CHAI objects to Israeli horse racing.
Small correction: David Kraemer is not a rabbi as far as I know. It should be Dr. David Kraemer.
—ECJ · February 2nd, 2008 at 7:06 pm
Now that the film A Sacred Duty is on YouTube (www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y9RxmTGHZgE), it’s really easy to watch — and I highly recommend that people do so. Our environment is in peril, the way farmed animals are treated in industrialized animal agriculture causes them unnecessary suffering (tza’ar ba’alei chayim), and there are many other problems mentioned in this film that are widespread yet quite questionable through a Jewish lens. This film is a must-see.
Here’s my review: http://heebnvegan.blogspot.com.....ntary.html
P.S. I love the title of this post.
—Michael Croland · February 3rd, 2008 at 8:27 pm