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Plant-Based Torah: Parashat Vayakhel-Pekudei: Moved Hearts, Simple Tents
February 24th, 2022 By Alex Weisz In this week’s double portion, the Book of Exodus concludes with the Israelites donating materials to aid in the construction of the Mishkan, the Tabernacle in which G-d dwells. How beautiful! How powerful! In a book that begins with the Israelites enslaved, God gives and gives, time and again,…
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A Different Way to Spend Shabbat Morning
March 15th, 2022 RABBI JONATHAN JAFFE BERNHARD Kindred Spirits Care Farm is designed to promote compassion, cooperation and connection to the earth, animals, and each other through sustainable care farming. Care farming connects the healing power of horticultural therapy and/or animal therapy in a farm environment with vulnerable people who can benefit from meaningful time with…
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Five Vegan Teachings for Seder Night
Five Vegan Teachings for Seder Night April 10th, 2022 By Rabbi Akiva Gersh In many ways, Pesach is the quintessential Jewish holiday for at the very foundation of the Jewish tradition and the Jewish people is the fact that, thousands of years ago, we were slaves in Egypt and were subsequently freed from that slavery…
Shamayim: Jewish Animal Advocacy 