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A Yom Kippur of Mercy or Cruelty?
September 26th, 2011 RABBI SHMULY YANKLOWITZ Some Jews have a medieval custom to sacrifice a chicken…
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How Kosher is Your Milk?
June 7th, 2012 RABBI SHMULY YANKLOWITZ On our wedding day last year, my wife and I…
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Praying with Compassion: Time for Vegan Tefillin!
June 24th, 2012 RABBI SHMULY YANKLOWITZ Could we create vegan tefillin? By vegan tefillin, I do…
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A People of Compassion Calling for Transparency in Animal Cruelty
April 9th, 2013 RABBI SHMULY YANKLOWITZ A Jew is expected to be obsessed with compassion. The…
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Can’t Give up Brisket? Then Start with Veal!
June 4th, 2013 RABBI SHMULY YANKLOWITZ Even those committed to eating kosher meat should consider not…
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Tnuva: Addressing the Current Animal Welfare Crisis
June 20th, 2013 RABBI SHMULY YANKLOWITZ More than a century ago, Americans became outraged after investigative…
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Noah: My Animal Welfare Hero
August 14th, 2013 RABBI SHMULY YANKLOWITZ I was a 23-year-old graduate student when I decided to…
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The Intelligence of Man and of Beast
August 29th, 2013 RABBI SHMULY YANKLOWITZ Every day, hundreds of millions of chickens are held in…
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Covering the Blood Before Us (Acharei Mot, Leviticus 16:1-18:30)
April 8th, 2014 RABBI SHMULY YANKLOWITZ In the Torah portion of Acharei-Mot, we learn the obligation…
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Why This Rabbi Is Swearing Off Kosher Meat
May 29th, 2014 RABBI SHMULY YANKLOWITZ As an Orthodox Jewish rabbi, I am deeply committed to…