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This is an list of vegan, vegetarian, or vegetarian-friendly rabbis who are living. Note that the list only shows known vegetarian levels, and actual diets may be stricter than listed. For example, someone listed as advocating vegetarianism may be vegetarian, and someone calling themselves vegetarian may in fact be vegan.

If you know any other rabbis that belong on this list, please add them, along with a source for your information. Note that affiliations and diets change, which may impact the accuracy of this list, so please update it with new information you may have. (Appearance on this list does not imply any kind of endorsement by JVNA.)

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• David Aaron (Orthodox, advocates vegetarianism)
  Rosh Yeshiva Orayta (Jerusalem, Israel)
  Founder and dean of Isralight
  “In the case of consuming meat, whether it is to satisfy a craving and sublimate the need for aggression or some other divine reason unknown to us, the Torah temporarily concedes and allows us to do it in the interest of helping us eventually overcome the urge and become vegetarians.”
  Source: David Aaron, "Meat Your Morality", Jewish World Review, 4-1-04

• Ali Abrams (Reform, vegan)
  Rabbi, Temple Chai (Long Grove, IL)
  “Being a vegan keeps me connected to the earth, other people, and God.”
  Source: self-described

• Katy Allen (Nondenominational, vegetarian)
  Founder and Leader of Ma'yan Tikvah - A Wellspring of Hope (Wayland, MA)
  Source: self-described

• Morris Allen (Conservative, vegetarian)
  Developer of Magen Tzedek ecokosher certification
  (St. Paul, MN)
  Source: "Rabbi to address new kosher seal, ‘livable kashrut’ at PJCC", JWeekly, 2-11-10

• Raymond Apple (Orthodox, vegetarian)
  Emeritus Senior Rabbi, Great Synagogue of Sydney (Australia)
  Source: "Major Campaign to Change Jews' Diets", JVNA

• Samuel Barth (Conservative Egalitarian, advocates vegetarianism)
  Former rabbi of Temple Ahavat Achim (Gloucester, MA)
  Source: "Major Campaign to Change Jews' Diets", JVNA

• Helen Bar-Yaakov (Reform/Conservative, vegan)
  Adath B'nai Israel Temple (Evansville,IN)
  Source: Sara Anne Corrigan, "Serving vegan: Some substitute ingredients ensure flavor isn't left out of any recipe", Evanston Courier Press, 10-22-08

• Lia Bass (Conservative, vegetarian)
  Congregation Etz Hayim (Arlington, VA)
  Source: “Rabbi”, etzhayim.net

• Annie Belford (Reform, vegetarian)
  Assistant Rabbi, Congregation Shaare Emeth in Creve Coeur (St. Louis, MO)
  Source: Caroline C. Hackmeyer, "A Rabbi Walks into a Bar...", The Commonspace, 9-05

• Matthew Berger (Reform, vegetarian)
  Temple Emanuel (Worcester, MA)
  Source: self-described

• Yisroel Bernath (Chabad, vegan)
  Rabbi at Chabad of NDG and Loyola Campus (Montreal, QC)
  Associate Chaplain at Concordia University
  “A healthy body will lend itself to a healthy soul. We have a responsibility to take care of ourselves.”
  Source: Dorothy Lipovenko, "Chabad goes Vegan in Montreal", Jewish Daily Forward, 11-23-10.

• Binyamin Biber (Humanistic, vegan)
  Rabbi at Machar (Washington, DC)
  Source: self-described

• James Brandt (Reform, vegan)
  CEO, Jewish Federation of the East Bay (Oakland, CA)
  Source: self-described

• Rick Brody (Reconstructionist, vegan)
  Rabbi at Congregation Kol Halev (Austin, TX)
  Analyst & Reviewer, Institute for Curriculum Services
  Source: http://www.kidmoot.wordpress.com/about

• Sharon Brous (Conservative, vegetarian)
  Senior/Founding Rabbi, IKAR (Los Angeles, CA)
  Listed in Forward’s 50 most influential American Jews and Newsweek’s leading rabbis
  Panelist, Newsweek and The Washington Post’s “On Faith”
  Faculty, REBOOT
  Rabbinic advisory board, American Jewish World Service and the regional council of Progressive Jewish Alliance
  Source: N. Pfefferman, “Vegan Adventures With Alicia Silverstone”, Jewish Journal, 12-3-09

• Janet Burden (Liberal, vegetarian)
  Rabbi, Ealing Liberal Synagogue (London, UK)
  Source: J. Burden, "Parashat Tzav 2013", Liberal Judaism, 3-22-13
  Source: J. Harrison, "Rabbi to highlight poverty by living on £1 a day", Ealing Gazette, 5-1-13

• Shear Yashuv Cohen (Orthodox, vegetarian)
  Ashkenazi Chief Rabbi of Haifa (Haifa, Israel)
  Source: "Rabbis Endorse Vegetarian Diets; Say Rights of Jewish Prisoners Violated", JVNA, 8-9-04

• Mychal Copeland (Reconstructionist, advocates vegetarianism)
  Hillel Rabbi, Hillel at Stanford (Stanford, CA)
  Source: self-described

• Dr. Gabriel Cousens (vegan)
  Founder and Director, Tree of Life Rejuvenation Foundation (Patagonia, AZ)
  Source: G. Cousens, “The History and Future of Veganism”, Dr. Cousens’ blog, 1/7/11

• Dr. Eliezer Diamond (advocates vegetarianism)
  Rabbi Judah Nadich Associate Professor of Talmud and Rabbinics, The Jewish Theological Seminary (New York, NY)
  Source: "Major Campaign to Change Jews' Diets", JVNA

• Gail Diamond (Reconstructionist, advocates vegetarianism)
  Assistant Director, Conservative Yeshiva (Tzur Hadassah, Israel)
  Source: "Major Campaign to Change Jews' Diets", JVNA

• Fred Scherlinder Dobb (Reconstructionist, vegetarian)
  Adat Shalom Reconstructionist Congregation (Bethesda, MD)
  National Board of COEJL and Shalom Center
  “For the Earth, since animal husbandry causes fully 18% of human-induced climate change; for the poor, whose sustenance is squandered as livestock feed; and for all God's critters who have a place in the choir: kol haneshamah t'hallel Yah...”
  Source: "Major Campaign to Change Jews' Diets", JVNA

• Boris Dolin (Reconstructionist, vegan)
  Associate Rabbi, Temple Beth Israel (Eugene, OR)
  Founder and Director, ShalomVeg
  Source: self-described

• Paula Mack Drill (Conservative, pescetarian)
  Orangetown Jewish Center (Orangeburg, NY)
  Source: self-described

• Dan Ehrenkrantz (Reconstructionist, pescetarian)
  President, Reconstructionist Rabbinical College (Wyncote, PA)
  Source: self-described

• Steven Exler (Orthodox, vegetarian)
  Rabbi, Hebrew Institute of Riverdale - The Bayit (Bronx, NY)
  Source: self-described

• Yossi Feintuch (Reform, vegetarian with limited eggs and dairy)
  Congregation Beth Shalom (Columbia, MO)
  Also lecturer in the Department of Religious Studies at the University of Missouri
  Source: Alyssa Appelman, "Rabbi Finds Vegetarianism to Be a Religious Ideal", The Missourian, 7-18-08

• Yisroel Finman (95% vegan)
  Jewish Paths, Jewish Destination Weddings, Chai Kosher (Key West, FL)
  "The planet and humanity need for us to consume a predominantly natural, unadulterated vegan diet."
  Source: self-described

• Adam Frank (Masorti/Conservative, vegan)
  Congregation Moreshet Yisrael (Jerusalem, Israel)
  Also teaches at the Pardes Institute for Jewish Studies in Jerusalem
  Source: Claudette Vaughn, "Rabbi Adam Frank – The Interview", The Abolitionist, 2-23-11

• Loring Frank (Independent, vegetarian)
  All People's Synagogue (Miami Beach, FL)
  Source: Ray Martinez, "Rabbi with a Cause", Miami New Times, 4-17-97
  Source: self-described

• Stephen Fuchs (Reform, vegan)
  Senior Rabbi, Congregation Beth Israel (West Hartford, CT)
  “I became a vegetarian in 1988 after serious studies of the book of Genesis, particularly the earliest chapters…. It is clear to me that the Torah’s mission, if you will, is that we be partners with G-d in creating a just, compassionate society…I find it an enhancement to my spirituality to try to live as G-d had originally intended.”
  Source: Stacey Dresner, "Kosher Vegetarians", Jewish Ledger, 11-10-05

• Ephraim Gabbai (Orthodox, pescetarian)
  Arabic Website Manager, American Jewish Committee’s Department on Middle East and International Terrorism (New York, NY)

• Everett Gendler (Reform, vegetarian)
  Rabbi Emeritus, Temple Emanuel (Great Barrington, MA)
  “We still have a social responsibility. Our soul cannot rest in harmonious repose without addressing all of these issues.”
  Source: "Rabbis Endorse Vegetarian Diets; Say Rights of Jewish Prisoners Violated", JVNA, 8-9-04
  Source: Alexandra J. Wall, "Reform rabbis debate virtues of a veggie diet", JWeekly, 7-20-01

• Yonassan Gershom (liberal Hasidic, "vegetarian with some dairy and eggs from own happy chickens")
  (Sandstone, MN)Author of Beyond the Ashes, Jewish Tales of Reincarnation, and other books
  Source: self-described

• Jonathan Ginsberg (Conservative, vegetarian)
  Rabbi, Rodfei Kodesh Congregation (Skokie, IL)
  “Eating a mostly or all vegetarian diet would be… going beyond the law [Lifnim Mishurat HaDin] for a necessary matter or for a spiritually higher level of holier eating.”
  Source: “Vegetarianism and Judaism JewU 130 Rabbi Jonathan Ginsburg”, uploaded 7-4-07

• Fivel Yedidya Glasser (Modern Orthodox, vegetarian)
  Founder/Director, P'tach Libi (Alon Shvut, Israel)
  “The Torah expects us to act with great sensitivity to ourselves and to the world around us. What we put into our bodies must be a part of that sensitivity and awareness as we grow in our own sense of commitment to spirituality and dedication to Hashem.”
  Source: self-described

• Miriam Glazer (Traditional, advocates vegetarianism)
  Chair of Literature, Communication & Media at American Jewish University (Bel Air, CA)
  "We must return to Judaism that celebrates nature. We must return to eating what we ate in the Garden of Eden. To eat every type of fruit and vegetable. Meat comes only after the flood. We tody need to return to the Garden of Eden within and be vegetarians."
  Source: Tzofia Hirschfeld, "Organic is the true kosher", ynet news, 7-1-09

• Shefa Gold (Reconstructionist, advocates vegetarianism)
  Director, C-DEEP: The Center for Devotional, Energy and Ecstatic Practice (Jemez Springs, NM)
  Pathfinder for Aleph: Alliance for Jewish Renewal
  Source: "Major Campaign to Change Jews' Diets", JVNA

• Elyse Goldstein (Reform, vegetarian)
  Rabbi, City Shul (Toronto, ON)
  Source: E. Goldstein, "I'm A Rabbi, But I Didn't Fast This Week -- Here's Why", The Huffington Post, 7-8-13
  Source: F. Kraft, "Rabbis share recipes for holiday", The Canadian Jewish News, 4-2-09

• Dr. Arthur Green (Reconstructionist, advocates vegetarianism)
  Rector and Irving Brudnick Professor of Philosophy and Religion, Hebrew College (Boston, MA)
  "Life has become too precious in this era for us to be involved in the shedding of blood, even that of animals when we can survive without it.... A vegetarian Judaism would be more whole in its ability to embrace the presence of God in all of creation."
  Source: A. Green, “Seek My Face, Speak My Name: A Contemporary Jewish Theology”, 1992

• Irving (Yitz) Greenberg (Modern Orthodox, pescetarian who advocates vegetarianism)
  (Bronx, New York)
  “'I can’t change the whole world’ you can say. My answer to that is: You’re right, but you certainly can personally change your whole world.”
  Source: self-described

• Marc Gruber (Reform, vegetarian)
  Rabbi, Central Synagogue of Nassau County (Rockville Centre, NY)
  Co-chair of the Steering Committee of Reform Jewish Voice of New York State
  Member, Rabbinic Advisory Committee, Jewish Fund for Justice
  Member, CCAR Committee of Persons with Disabilities
  Wrote a syndicated vegetarian cooking column from 1990-1993
  Source: Central Synagogue of Nassau County

• Mordechai Hager (Viznitz Hasidic, vegetarian)
  The Viznitzer Rebbe of Monsey (Monsey, NY)
  Source: M. Wagner, "Passover As Obsessive Compulsive Disorder", FailedMessiah.com, 4-5-07
  Source: "Viznitz", FactualWorld.com

• Joshua Hammerman (Conservative, vegetarian)
  Rabbi, Temple Beth El (Stamford, CT)
  “Torturing animals flies against everything Judaism believes in - hence the laws of Kashrut, which inculcate kindness to animals and sensitivity to all life. As a vegetarian and dog owner, I take those laws even further in my own personal practice...”
  Source: J. Hammerman, “Michael Vick and Forgiveness”, The Jewish Week, 12-30-10

• Joe Hample (Reform, mostly vegetarian)
  Rabbi, Tree of Life Congregation (Morgantown, WV)
  "I am mostly vegetarian, as an alternative to kashrut and an act of solidarity with the hungry."
  Source: self-described
  Source: J. Hample, “Why would God care what we eat?”, The Jewish Chronicle, 7-31-13

• Raz Hartman (Hasidic, vegetarian)
  Leader, V’ani Tefillah (Nachlaot, Jerusalem, Israel)

• Lizzi Heydemann (Conservative, vegetarian)
  Rabbi, Mishkan (Chicago, IL)
  Source: self-described

• Akiva Herzfeld (Modern Orthodox, advocates vegetarianism)
  Congregation Shaarey Tphiloh (Portland, ME)
  “God created a beautiful world, and we should work actively to preserve the wonders of the living creatures and natural beauty of the world that God has created."
  Source: self-described

• Robert Judd (Conservative, vegetarian)
  Rabbi, Kol Ami (Tampa, FL)
  Source: self-described

• ShaulDavid Judelman (Hasidic, advocates vegetarianism)
  Director, JIVE- Jerusalem Volunteers for the Environment, Teva Ivri (Gush Etzion, Israel)
  Source: self-described

• Jonathan Klein (vegan)
  Executive Director, CLUE LA (Los Angeles, CA)
  If you want to be part of a vegan rabbi group on facebok, go to www.facebook.com/ravklein
  Source: self-described

• Bonnie Koppell (Reconstructionist, advocates vegetarianism)
  Rabbi, Temple Chai (Phoenix, AZ)
  “There is no question that the Torah's ideal is vegetarianism and that eating meat is a concession.”
  Source: T. Bickley, “Killing for Food: Mitzvah or Sin?”, Jewish News of Greater Phoenix, 4-27-01.

• Daniel Krimsky (Conservative, vegan)
  Temple Menorah (Miami Beach, FL)
  Source: http://www.miamiherald.com/news/miam...ry/809645.html

• Charles Kroloff (Reform, advocates vegetarianism)
  Outgoing president of the Central Conference of American Rabbis (Westfield, NJ)
  Source: Alexandra J. Wall, “Reform rabbis debate virtues of a veggie diet”, JWeekly, 7-20-01

• Noa Kushner (Reform, vegetarian)
  Rabbi, Congregation Rodef Shalom (San Rafael, CA)
  Source: E. Goss, “Schmoozing with Noa Kushner“, The Jewish Week, 6-3-13

• David Lazar (Masorti, advocates vegetarianism)
  Great Synagogue of Stockholm (Stockholm, Sweden)
  Founding Director, RIKMA
  Source: "Major Campaign to Change Jews' Diets", JVNA

• Barry (Baruch) Leff (Conservative, “ethical omnivore” advocates vegetarianism)
  Chairman of the Board, Rabbis for Human Rights (Jerusalem, Israel)
  “The Jewish ideal is clearly to be vegetarian; those who can't live up to that ideal should reduce the consumption of meat and only eat meat that is responsibly produced with minimum cruelty to the animal and minimum harm to the environment.”
  Source: self-described, Barry Leff, “Re’eh 5771 -- Eating Animals: Is Your Meat Really Kosher?”, 8-26-11

• Yaier Lehrer (Conservative, almost vegetarian)
  Rabbi, Adat Shalom (Pittsburgh area, PA)
  Source: self-described

• Barry Dov Lerner (Conservative, advocates vegetarianism)
  Faculty, Gratz College Jewish Community High School (Melrose Park, PA)
  President, Foundation For Family Education, Inc
  Mashgiach, Rabbinical Assembly Region
  “Judaism has endorsed vegetarianism – which does not require killing an animal – as a "higher" form of eating.”
  Source: Barry Dov Lerner, “Why aren't animals stunned first before they are ritually slaughtered?”, About.com

• Aaron Levy (Modern Orthodox, vegan)
  Founding Rabbi and Director at Makom (Toronto, ON)
  Source: Corey Mintz, "So the vegan rabbi came for dinner...", The Star, 1-28-11
  Source: Atara Beck, "Grassroots downtown community celebrates first anniversary", Jewish Tribune, 2-10-10

• Dr. Yossi Liebowitz (Reform, advocates vegetarianism)
  Rabbi, Congregation B'Nai Israel (Spartanburg, SC)
  “The best expression of Kashrut is vegetarianism.”
  Source: Y. Liebowitz, “Commentary: Find ways to effect religious understanding”, The Herald-Journal, 11-12-11
  Source: self-described

• Janet Ross Marder (Reform, does not eat meat but some fish)
  Senior Rabbi, Congregation Beth Am (Los Altos Hills, CA)
  Source: C. Huberman, “Sheep Folds and Children”, Beth Am Sermon Archive, 7-22-11

• Dalia Marx (Reform, vegetarian)
  Associate Professor for Liturgy and Midrash, Hebrew Union College - Jewish Institute of Religion (Jerusalem, Israel)
  Source: A. Leichman, "Creatures on the calendar", Jerusalem Post, 8-23-12

• Rolando Matalon (vegetarian)
  Senior Rabbi, Congregation B'Nai Jeshurun (New York, NY)
  Source: "Major Campaign to Change Jews' Diets", JVNA

• David O’Reilley McLashley (Orthodox, advocates vegetarianism)
  (Los Angeles, CA)
  Source: http://jewishveg.blogspot.com/2005/1...html#a122105a9

• Michelle Missaghieh (Reform, advocates vegetarianism)
  Associate Rabbi, Temple Israel of Hollywood (Los Angeles, CA)
  “I believe that vegetarianism is the ideal jewish way of eating, and that the laws of kashrut are a compromise to this ideal.”
  Source: self-described

• David Mivasair (Reconstructionist, advocates vegetarianism)
  Ahavat Olam Congregation (Vancouver, BC)
  Source: “Major Campaign to Change Jews' Diets”, JVNA

• Robin Nafshi (Reform, animal-friendly)
  Rabbi, Temple Beth Jacob (Concord, NH)
  Source: Rebecca Dube, “For Pets, a Temporary Shelter From the Storm”, The Jewish Daily Forward, 11-4-09

• Yonatan Neril (Modern Orthodox, vegetarian)
  Founder and Executive Director, Eco Seminars (Jerusalem, Israel)
  Source: self-described

• Hillel Norry (Conservative, advocates vegetarianism)
  Congregation Shearith Israel (Atlanta, GA)
  Served as the Rabbinic Consultant for the Ed Norton and Ben Stiller film, "Keeping the Faith."
  Source: "Vegetarian Cholent", EveningEdge.com

• Schachar Orenstein (Orthodox, vegetarian)
  Rabbi, Spanish and Portuguese Synagogue of Montreal (Montreal, QC)
  Co-founder, Teva Quebec
  Source: J. Arnold, “Veterinarians hear about kosher slaughter”, Canadian Jewish News, 12-1-11

• Shlomo Pappenheim (Haredi, advocates vegetarianism)
  Chair, Edah HaCharedit (Jerusalem, Israel)
  Source: Speech at the Museum on the Seam in Jerusalem, 8-20-13

• Carl Perkins (Conservative, eats fish)
  Rabbi, Temple Aliyah (Needham, MA)
  “In our day and age, and given how the vast majority of animals are treated and the way in which the vast percentage of meat comes to the table, vegetarianism is the way to go.”
  Source: self-described

• Joel Pitcowsky (Conservative, vegan)
  Rabbi, Congregation Beth Sholom (Teaneck, NJ)
  Source: "Vegan News Report--CBS Teaneck Purim Shpeil 5772", 3-7-12

• Shalom Podwol (Conservative, vegetarian/occasional pescetarian)
  Rabbi, Congregation Am Echad (Park Forest, IL)
  Source: self-described

• Marcia Prager (Reconstructionist, advocates vegetarianism)
  P'nai Or Jewish Renewal Community (Philadelphia, PA)
  Director and Dean of ALEPH Ordination Programs
  Source: "Major Campaign to Change Jews' Diets", JVNA

• David Rosen (Orthodox, vegetarian)
  RabbiDavidRosen.net (Jerusalem, Israel)
  International Director of Interreligious Affairs of the American Jewish Committee
  Former Chief Rabbi of Ireland
  Past Chairman of the International Jewish Committee on Interreligious Consultations
  Co-president of the World Conference of Religions for Peace
  Honorary President of the International Council of Christians and Jews
  Serves on the Executive of the World Council of Religious Leaders
  Source: "Rabbis Endorse Vegetarian Diets; Say Rights of Jewish Prisoners Violated", JVNA, 8-9-04

• Ed Rosenthal (Reform, vegetarian)
  Executive Director, Hillels of the Florida Suncoast (Tampa, FL)
  “As a Reform Jew, I cannot ignore my understanding of vegetarianism as an ethical mitzvah, an ethical mitzvah which commands me not to kill another living, sentient creature. An ethical mitzvah that commands me to preserve and protect human life, not harm or destroy it by filling my body with harmful fats and chemicals. An ethical mitzvah that commands me not to waste food that could be used to feed starving children by feeding it to livestock destined for the slaughterhouse. An ethical mitzvah that commands me to protect and maintain, not contribute to the wholesale destruction of our global environment--for this world is a gift that cannot be replaced.”
  Source: E. Rosenthal, "Ethical Vegetarianism", CCAR Journal: A Reform Jewish Quarterly, Spring 1992

• Lord Jonathan Sacks (Orthodox, vegetarian)
  Chief Rabbi of the UK (London, UK)
  Source: "Faith Lectures: The Messianic Idea Today", Office of the Chief Rabbi, 6-6-01

• Mark Sameth (vegetarian)
  Rabbi, Pleasantville Community Synagogue (Westchester, NY)
  "If we gave up our meat-based diets, simply stopped raising animals for food, all of those crops we are now raising to feed those animals would be sufficient to feed every starving man, woman, and child on the planet.”
  Source: G. Stern, "Can vegetarianism be the Reform Kosher?", Blogging Religiously, 4-13-11

• Amy R. Scheinerman (advocates vegetarianism)
  President, Baltimore Board of Rabbis (Baltimore, MD)
  President, Greater Carolinas Association of Rabbis
  Source: "Major Campaign to Change Jews' Diets", JVNA

• Stacy Schlein (Reform, vegetarian)
  Shabbaton Director, The Temple – Tifereth Israel (Cleveland, OH)
  Executive Committee of Greater Cleveland Congregations
  "Over the years, people have asked me why I am vegetarian. In truth, all of the reasons for doing it are compelling and reinforce important Jewish and universal values: it is better for the environment, it is healthier, it prevents killing animals and it is an inward and outward expression of the sacredness of all living things... All life is sacred. All life is a gift from God. Each morsel of food that we eat or that we donate is a blessing that must be truly appreciated."
  Source: S. Schlein, "Thank God I am vegetarian", Cleveland Jewish News, 3-13-13

• Chaim Leib Schneider (Renewal w/ Orthodox smicha, vegan)
  President, Chadeish Yameinu Congregation (Santa Cruz, CA)
  Source: self-described

• Harold M. Schulweis (Conservative, advocates vegetarianism)
  Valley Beth Shalom Congregation (Encino, CA)
  “The time has come for committed Jews to consider that both the moral thrust of kashrut (Jewish dietary laws) and its health significance point to a vegetarian diet, a culinary choice that responds both to the ideal and the real of Torah in our lives.”
  Source: Roberta Kalechofsky, "Rabbis and Vegetarianism: An Evolving Tradition", 1995.
  Source: "Major Campaign to Change Jews' Diets", JVNA
  Source: John Dart, "Rabbi Faces a Meatless Sabbath", Los Angeles Times, 12-25-93

• Barry L. Schwartz (Reform, vegetarian)
  Congregation Mkor Shalom (Cherry Hill, NJ)
  Member, Environmental Committee of the Central Conference of American Rabbis (CCAR)
  “...he said promoting a vegetarian diet could be considered a Jewish value because of Judaism's prohibitions "against unnecessarily destroying resources and reverence for life."“
  Source: Alexandra J. Wall, "Reform rabbis debate virtues of a veggie diet", JWeekly, 7-20-01
  Source: "Rabbis Endorse Vegetarian Diets; Say Rights of Jewish Prisoners Violated", JVNA, 8-9-04

• Jeremy Schwartz (Reconstructionist, vegetarian)
  Rabbi, Temple Bnai Israel (Willimantic, CT)
  Source: congregant

• Dovid Sears (Orthodox, vegetarian)
  Director of the Breslov Center (Brooklyn, NY)
  Author of The Vision of Eden: Animal Welfare and Vegetarianism in Jewish Law and Mysticism
  Source: "Rabbis Endorse Vegetarian Diets; Say Rights of Jewish Prisoners Violated", JVNA, 8-9-04

• Arthur Segal (Renewal, advocates vegetarianism)
  Jewish Spiritual Renewal (Hilton Head Island, SC)
  Source: self-described

• Rami Shapiro (vegetarian)
  Rosh Yeshiva, The Virtual Yeshiva, Rasheit Institute for Jewish Spirituality (Miami, FL)
  “Vegetarianism is not simply a dietary ideal. It is a practice designed to enhance your capacity for compassion.”
  Source: "Major Campaign to Change Jews' Diets", JVNA

• Amichai Shoham (Orthodox, vegetarian)
  Rabbi, Darchei Yehudah School (Modi'in, Israel)
  Source: Congregant

• Daniel Siegel (Reconstructionist, advocates vegetarianism)
  (Hornby Island, BC)
  Director of Spiritual Resource, ALEPH: Alliance for Jewish Renewal
  Director, ALEPH Bet Midrash
  Source: "Major Campaign to Change Jews' Diets", JVNA

• Barry Silver (Reform, vegetarian)
  Congregation L'Dor Va-Dor (Lake Worth, FL)
  "The humane principles behind kashrut lead directly to vegetarianism."
  Source: self-described

• Joseph Aaron Skloop (Reform, vegetarian)
  Doctoral candidate in Jewish History, Columbia University (New York, NY)
  Source: L. Hakimian, “How Joe Met Erin”, The Jewish Week, 11-2-11

• Michael Skobac (Orthodox, advocates vegetarianism)
  Senior Counselor and Director of Education, Jews for Judaism Canada (Toronto, ON)
  "It seems to me that there are some compelling Jewish reasons for shifting our diets toward vegetarianism."
  Source: Michael Skobac, "Food for Thought on Judaism and Vegetarianism", Canadian Jewish News, 12-22-04.

• David Small (Conservative Egalitarian, 95% vegan)
  Emanuel Synagogue (West Hartford, CT)
  “There is plenty in the Torah that resonates with vegetarianism… There are times when the Torah says to eat animal products in a special sacrificial setting but maybe we weren’t meant to do it all the time.”
  Source: Stacey Dresner, "Kosher Vegetarians", Jewish Ledger, 11-10-05

• Deb Smith (Renewal, advocates vegetarianism)
  Havurah Or Ha-Lev (Mt. Arlington, NJ)
  “Vegetarianism is a way to combine the ethical and environmental concerns I have about food preparation and consumption. It's about honoring G-d and G-d's holy creatures and inviting G-d to the dinner table. Ultimately, it's about it's about being in constant dialogue with G-d.”
  Source: self-described

• Eliyahu Soiefer (Hasidic, vegan)
  Rabbi and Mashgiach Ruchani, Stein Yeshiva (Yonkers, NY)
  Source: self-described

• Marc Soloway (Conservative, "vegetarian who occasionally indulged in chicken or turkey")
  Rabbi, Congregation Bonai Shalom (Boulder, CO)
  Source: M. Soloway, “Turkey Talk”, Boulder Jewish News, 11-15-11

• Daniel Sperber (Orthodox, advocates vegetarianism)
  Rabbi, Congregation Menachem Zion (Old City of Jerusalem, Israel)
  Professor, Bar Ilan University
  Source: Michael Croland, "Rabbi Sperber on the Jewish Case for Vegetarianism", Heeb'n'Vegan, 5-16-09

• Moishe Steigmann (Conservative, vegetarian)
  Associate Rabbi, Westchester Jewish Center (Mamaroneck, NY)
  “Now, having finally committed to trying to be a vegetarian, I feel freer to live a more fulfilled and authentic spiritual life, one in which the tenets of my life and my Judaism – tza’ar ba’alei hayim, love of all of God’s creatures; protecting the earth; caring for my body – one where these tenets can coalesce more deeply.”
  Source: “A Rabbi Goes Veggie”, blogger.com
  Source: M. Steigmann, “Making a Deal”, Westchester Jewish Center Ritual Library, 9-9-10

• Adam Stein (Masorti/Conservative, vegetarian)
  Rabbi, Kehilat Nitzan Synagogue (Melbourne, Australia)
  “The torture of animals and the suffering that they go through, to be raised on these large factory farms and then eaten is really forbidden by Judaism.”
  Source: Self-described

• Paul Steinberg (Conservative, vegetarian)
  Associate Rabbi, Congregation Valley Beth Shalom (Encino, CA)
  Head of the Etz Chaim Learning Center
  Source: Janine Laura Bronson, "Vegetarianism and Judaism: A Matter of Conscience", JVNA Newsletter, 9-2-09

• Warren Stone (Reform, "not completely vegetarian")
  Rabbi, Temple Emanuel (Kensington, MD)
  Environmental Chair, Central Conference of American Rabbis
  Source: “Warren G. Stone, green religious leader, answers questions”, Grist, 5-28-08

• Leah Sudran (Conservative, advocates vegetarianism)
  Chaplain, California Medical Facility, Vacaville
  Chaplain, Solano State Prison
  (Petaluma, CA)
  “Changing to a plant-based diet or, short of that, reducing our consumption of meat drastically is the most important way we can each directly contribute to repairing the ecosystem upon which we depend for our survival as a species.”
  Source: “Sustainable Future”, Letters, j. the Jewish news weekly of Northern California, 10-1-09

• Binyamin “Ben” Tanny (Orthodox, advocates vegetarianism)
  TravellingRabbi.com (Sydney, Australia)
  “From what I've studied I would say that the ultimate way is probably not to be eating animals, as it is a concession to our weakness.” “I think for the Jewish observant person the main issue today is with regards to cruelty to animals which we must distance ourselves from as far away as possible. From a non religious view I feel most of the meat around is not healthy and worth eating.”
  Source: self-described

• Jon-Jay Tilsen (Conservative, vegetarian)
  Congregation Beth El-Keser (New Haven, CT)
  Source: Mark Oppenheimer, “Daddy Eats Dead Cows”, Slate, 2-26-09

• Noach Valley (Conservative, vegetarian)
  (New York, NY)
  Source: "Major Campaign to Change Jews' Diets", JVNA

• Jason Van Leeuwen (Conservative, vegan)
  Rabbi, Temple Ner Maarav (Encino, CA)
  “Kashrut is a roadmap to vegetarianism... Ultimately the goal is to wean you off of meat entirely.”
  Source: “Jolly Jan with What’s Your Viewpoint”, YouTube.com
  Source: “Reb Jason Van Leeuwen Promotes Vegan Views”, YouTube.com

• Arthur Waskow (Reconstructionist, advocates vegetarianism)
  Founder and Director, The Shalom Center (Philadelphia, PA)
  Source: "Major Campaign to Change Jews' Diets", JVNA

• Elyse Wechterman (Reconstructionist, vegetarian)
  Rabbi, Congregation Agudas Achim (Attleboro, MA)
  Source: E. Wechterman, "How to go beyond Newtown's horror", The Sun Chronicle, 1-5-13

• Sheila Weinberg (Reconstructionist, advocates vegetarianism)
  Director of Outreach and Community Development and Founder, Institute for Jewish Spirituality (New York, NY)
  Source: "Major Campaign to Change Jews' Diets", JVNA

• Michael Werbow (Conservative, pescetarian)
  Rabbi, Congregation Beth Shalom (Pittsburgh, PA)
  Source:self-described

• Ann White (vegan)
  Havurah Makom Shalom (St. Pete, FL)
  Source: gardenofedenvegan.blogspot.com

• Jonathan Wittenberg (Masorti, vegetarian)
  Senior Rabbi, Assembly of Masorti Synagogues UK
  Rabbi, New North London Synagogue (London, UK)
  "Where to Start? Maybe with Psalm 24: ‘The earth is God's and everything that's in it'. Trees, birds, animals, people, - all are part of God's presence in every living being. They are sacred and beautiful. I don't want to hurt them, neither in my own life nor through how my society and civilisation treat them. That's what makes me want to plant forests, not uproot them; feed the birds, not kill them; eat vegetarian; seek out foods which don't destroy the animals or the soil, and value fair trade so that my joy in life doesn't bring suffering to others."
  Source: Sara Kessler, "Ethical Jewish Food Dominates the Conversation at 2nd Gefiltefest", The Jew and the Carrot, 5-25-11

• David Wolpe (Conservative, vegetarian)
  Sinai Temple (Los Angeles, CA)
  Wrote article supportive of J.S.Foer's "Eating Animals"
  "Kashrut is not vegetarianism. But kashrut is a reminder of Judaism’s concern with animal suffering... To make those in our power suffer, whether people or animals, is to darken our own souls... Our first responsibility is to be kind."
  Source: Rob Eshman, "Friday the Rabbi Eats Tofu", Jewish Journal, 3-5-10

• Shmuly Yanklowitz (Orthodox, vegan)
  Rabbi, Kehilath Israel Synagogue (Overland Park, KS)
  Founder & President, Uri L'Tzedek and Shamayim V'Aretz Institute
  “In an age where vegetarianism must be viewed as a halakhic and Jewish ethical ideal, it must be considered as part of our pursuits in striving for truth, justice, peace, and holiness.”
  Source: S. Yanklowitz, “Creatures in the Nation-State”, Conversations, Issue 8
  Source: self-described

• Dr. Hadassah Yellen (Sephardic Conservative, vegan)
  President, Hebrew Conservative Union
  Source: "Rabbi Yoffie endorses flexitarianism, the 'kashrut establishment'", Jewschool, 11-10-09

• Eric Yoffie (Reform, "endorses reduction in meat consumption")
  Until 2011, President, Union of Reform Judaism (Westfield, NJ)
  “For the first 2,500 years of our 3,000 year history, Jews consumed meat sparingly, and we can surely do the same. And we must... Perhaps we can begin by offering some Shabbat dinners and Passover Seders that will delight with their variety, creativity, and taste, and that will be a model for our members of healthy, festive, meat-free meals.”
  Source: E.H. Yoffie, "Guess Who's Coming to Dinner?", Reform Judaism, Spring 2010

• Mary L. Zamore (Reform, "consumes meat on a very limited basis")
  Associate Rabbi, Temple B’nai Or (Morristown, NJ)
  Source: "Mindful Eating: Is It Kosher?", Morristown Patch, 8-17-11

• Michael R. Zedek (Reform, pescetarian)
  Senior Rabbi, Emmanuel Congregation (Chicago, IL)
  “Going veggie, in addition to being the easiest way to observe kashrut and making it possible for every Jew to eat in one's home, is a diet that is good for you and the planet.”
  Source: K. Pang, “Hole in my Heart”, Chicago Tribune, 10-20-11

• Lina Zerbarini (Mostly vegan)
  Director, Weinberger Center for Jewish Life & Learning (East Hills, NY)
  Sid Jacobson Jewish Community Center
  “Contemporary agribusiness violates the prohibition against tzaar baalei chayim, the causing of suffering to animals.”
  Source: self-described

• Gershon Zylberman (Reform, vegan)
  Temple Bat Yahm (Newport Beach, CA)
  Source: self-described

• Rayna Zylberman (Reform, vegan)
  Temple Bat Yahm (Newport Beach, CA)
  Source: self-described

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Люди за этичное обращение с животными, PETA — организация, ведущая борьбу за права животных. Википедия
Активы: 18,02 миллиона USD (2011 г.)
Доход: 42,27 миллиона USD (2011 г.)
Дата основания: Март 1980 г.

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Общество защиты животных Соединённых Штатов — расположен в Вашингтоне самая большая зоозащитная организация в мире. На 2007 год число членов организации 10,6 млн и доход составлял 120 млн долларов США. Википедия
Дата основания: 24 ноября 1954 г.
Генеральный директор: Уэйн Паселл
Активы: 217 миллионов USD (2011 г.)
Доход: 233,3 миллиона USD (2011 г.)

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Всемирный фонд дикой природы — международная общественная организация, работающая в сферах, касающихся сохранения, исследования и восстановления окружающей среды. Википедия
Дата основания: 29 апреля 1961 г.

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Гринпис — международная независимая неправительственная экологическая организация, которая состоит из Greenpeace International с главным офисом в Амстердаме и 30 региональных отделений в 47 странах. Википедия
Дата основания: 1972 г., Ванкувер, Канада

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Американское общество по предотвращению жестокости к животным — некоммерческая организация, занимающаяся предотвращением жестокости в отношении животных. Базируется в Нью-Йорке с момента ее создания в 1866 году. Википедия
Основатель: Генри Берг
Дата основания: 10 апреля 1866 г.
Генеральный директор: Мэттью Бершадкер
Активы: 213,7 миллиона USD (2011 г.)
Доход: 188,9 миллиона USD (2011 г.)

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Общество охраны морской фауны — некоммерческая организация, занимающаяся защитой и сохранением экосистем морской среды, расположенная во Фрайдей Харбор, штат Вашингтон, США. Организация использует тактику прямого действия при защите морской фауны. Википедия
Активы: 5,877 миллиона USD (2011 г.)
Доход: 12,13 миллиона USD (2011 г.)
Дата основания: Июнь 1977 г.

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В защиту животных, IDA — созданная в 1983 году в Сан-Рафаэл организация, защищающая права животных. Насчитывает более 85 тысяч членов, годовой бюджет $ 650 000. Девиз организации – «защита прав, благосостояния и среды обитания животных». Википедия
Активы: 5,276 миллиона USD (2011 г.)
Доход: 4,365 миллиона USD (2011 г.)
и другие подобные.

Одна из картинок по запросу РЕТА https://www.google.ru/search?q=%D0%A...w=1366&bih=631
http://theskunkpot.com/wp-content/up...rke-duncan.jpgи информация из википедии:
...В 2009 году присоединился к вегетарианскому образу жизни, что впоследствии оценивал крайне положительно для своего здоровья[3].
В ночь с 12 на 13 июля 2012 года у Майкла Дункана случился инфаркт и остановка сердца. Его подруга вызвала скорую и провела необходимые реанимационные процедуры, в результате чего сохранила ему жизнь[4].
3 сентября 2012 года Дункан скончался в Лос-Анджелесе, так и не восстановившись после серьезного инфаркта[5].
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Дальше эту бредятину читать не захотел, извините, konstantins3, я и так из режима выбился.

Продукты с высоким содержанием фолиевой кислоты


http://www.pitanieizdorovje.ru/index_files/greens.jpg Существует целый ряд причин, по которым важно получить достаточное количество фолиевой кислоты. Самыми главными из них можно назвать клеточный рост и регенерацию клеток. В недавней статье в New York Times фолиевая кислота была названа одним из самых "сочных микроэлементов", найденых в продуктах питания. Исследования показывают, что недостаток фолиевой кислоты может привести к психическим расстройствам, связанным с депрессивным состоянием. Фолиевая кислота нужна организму для выполнения многих важных функций, включая нуклеотидный биосинтез в клетках, синтез и репарация ДНК, выработка красных кровяных клеток и профилактика анемии. Как известно, фолиевая кислота, или витамин B9, применяется в профилактике уродств плода, болезни Альцгеймера и некоторых видов рака. К счастью, проблем с недостатком фолиевой кислоты практически не наблюдается. Существует множество продуктов, которые являются богатыми источниками фолиевой кислоты. Ниже приведен далеко не исчерпывающий список продуктов, богатых фолиевой кислотой.

• Темная зелень. Не удивительно, что самые здоровые продукты на планете также являются одними из самых богатых источников фолиевой кислоты. Чтобы еще больше получить фолиевой кислоты, добавьте еще шпинат, листовую зелень, капусту, репу и салат ромэн в свой ежедневный рацион. Всего одна большая тарелка этой вкусной зелени может обеспечить вам дневную потребность в фолиевой кислоте. Ниже приведен краткий список зелени с высоким содержанием фолиевой кислоты.

Зелень Порция Содержание
фолиевой
кислоты Процент от
дневной нормы
потребления Шпинат 1 чашка 263 мкг 65,0% Салат 1 чашка 177 мкг 44,0% Репа 1 чашка 170 мкг 42,0% Горчица 1 чашка 103 мкг 26% Салат Ромен 1 чашка 76 мкг 19%

• Спаржа. Кроме отличных вкусовых качеств, спаржа, пожалуй, самый богатый фолиевой кислотой продукт в растительном мире. Одна порция вареной спаржи даст вам 262 мкг фолиевой кислоты, что составляет около 65% суточной нормы потребления. Кроме вкусной закуски и изрядной дозы фолиевой кислоты вы получите также полный комплект так необходимых организму питательных веществ, в том числе витамины А, С, К, и марганец.
• Брокколи. Мало того, что брокколи считается одним из лучших продуктов для детоксикации организма, но это также отличный источник фолиевой кислоты. Одна порция брокколи обеспечит вас примерно 24% суточной потребности в фолиевой кислоте, не говоря уже о целом ряде других важных питательных веществ. Брокколи рекомендуется есть в сыром виде, или слегка отваренной на пару.
• Цитрусовые. Фолиевой кислотой богаты многие фрукты, но цитрусовые в этом плане рекордсмены. Особенно богаты ею апельсины. Один апельсин содержит около 50 мкг, а большой стакан апельсинового сока может содержать еще больше. Среди других плодов, богатых фолиевой кислотой можно выделить папайю, грейпфрут, виноград, бананы, дыни и клубнику. Приводим краткий список фруктов с высоким содержанием фолиевой кислоты.

Фрукты Порция Содержание
фолиевой
кислоты Процент от
дневной нормы
потребления Папайя Один плод 115 мкг 29,0% Апельсины Один плод 40 мкг 10,0% Грейпфрут Один плод 30 мкг 8,0% Клубника Одна чашка 25 мкг 6,5% Малина Одна чашка 14 мкг 4,0%

• Фасоль, горох и чечевица. Фасоль и бобовые отличаются особенно высоким содержанием фолиевой кислоты, включая чечевицу, фасоль Пинто, зеленый горошек, черноглазый горох и фасоль. Маленькая чаша любого вида чечевицы даст вам почти полную дневную норму фолиевой кислоты. Вот краткий список бобовых, которые содержат наибольшее количество фолиевой кислоты.

Бобовые Порция Содержание
фолиевой
кислоты Процент от
дневной нормы
потребления Чечевица 1 стакан 358 мкг 90% Фасоль пинто 1 чашка 294 мкг 74% Бараний горох 1 чашка 282 мкг 71% Черная фасоль 1 чашка 256 мкг 64% Белая фасоль 1 стакан 254 мкг 64% Фасоль 1 стакан 229 мкг 57% Фасоль лима 1 чашка 156 мкг 39% Горох 1 чашка 127 мкг 32% Зеленый горошек 1 стакан 101 мкг 25% Зеленая фасоль 1 чашка 42 мкг 10%

• Авокадо. Самый любимый овощ мексиканских блюд, маслянистый авокадо содержит до 90 мкг фолиевой кислоты на стакан, что составляет до 22% вашей ежедневной потребности. Авокадо не только один из лучших продуктов с большим содержанием фолиевой кислоты, но это также отличный источник жирных кислот, витамина К и пищевых волокон. Добавляя авокадо в бутерброды или салаты вы не только получите удовольствие от еды, но и пользу для здоровья.
• Окра. Окра (бамия) также является одним из овощей, самых богатых питательными веществами. Кроме витаминов и минералов бамия содержит пищевые волокона, которые очищают пищеварительный тракт от токсичных отложений, способствуют снижению холестерина в крови, улучшают пищеварение. И, конечно же, бамия – отличный источник фолиевой кислоты. Одна порция бамии даст вам примерно 37 мкг фолиевой кислоты.
• Брюссельская капуста. Брюссельская капуста, вероятно, не самый предпочитаемый овощ на нашем столе, а напрасно. Нет никаких сомнений в том, что она является одним из лучших источников фолиевой кислоты. В одной порции вареной брюссельской капусты ее содержится примерно 25% от вашей ежедневной потребности. Брюссельская капуста также богата витаминами А, С, К, марганцем и калием. Но даже такое обилие питательных веществ почему-то не сделало этот продукт популярным.
• Семена и орехи. Не имеет особого значения, едите ли вы семена тыквы, кунжута, подсолнечника или семена льна, едите ли их сырыми, проращенными, или посыпаете ими салат, все равно вы получаете при этом хорошую порция фолиевой кислоты. Семена подсолнечника, семена льна и арахис особенно богаты фолиевой кислотой, в одной чашке семян ее содержится до 300 мкг. Орехи также богаты фолиевой кислотой, особенно много ее в арахисе и миндале. Ниже приведен краткий список лучших семян и орехов с высоким содержанием фолиевой кислоты.

Семена и орехи Порция Содержание
фолиевой
кислоты Процент от
дневной нормы
потребления Семена подсолнечника 1/4 чашки 82 мкг 21,0% Арахис 1/4 чашки 88 мкг 22,0% Семена льна 2 ст. ложки 54 мкг 14,0% Миндаль 1 стакан 46 мкг 12,0%

• Цветная капуста. Этот овощ семейства крестоцветных, как правило, рассматривается как один из лучших поставщиков витамина С, но это также отличный источник фолиевой кислоты. Одна порция отварной цветной капусты даст вам примерно 55 мкг фолиевой кислоты, что составляет 14% от рекомендуемой дневной нормы.
• Свекла. Свекла являются отличным источником антиоксидантов, которые обеспечивают детоксикацию организма, что делает ее одним из лучших продуктов для очищения печени. Это существенный повод, чтобы добавить свеклу в свой рацион, тем более, что свекла также известна как один из лучших поставщиков фолиевой кислоты. Порция вареной свеклы даст вам приблизительно 136 мкг фолиевой кислоты, что составляет 34% вашей ежедневной потребности.
• Кукуруза. Вы, наверное, прямо сейчас найдете банку кукурузы в кладовке. Этот популярный овощ также содержит большое количество фолиевой кислоты. Порция приготовленной кукурузой даст вам примерно 76 мкг фолиевой кислоты, что составляет около 20% от суточной потребности. Но, все же, лучше из избегать консервированных овощей, а питаться натуральными.
• Сельдерей. Сельдерей обычно рассматривается как отличный продукт, помогающий бороться с камнями в почках, но знаете ли вы, что это также отличный источник фолиевой кислоты? Только одна порция свежего сельдерея обеспечит вас примерно 34 мкг фолиевой кислоты, что составляет 8% от ежедневной потребности.
• Морковь. Морковь - чрезвычайно популярный овощ, который, вероятно, имеется в каждом доме в любое время. Всего лишь одна порция сырой моркови даст вам почти 5% от рекомендуемой дневной потребности в фолиевой кислоте. Ешьте морковь в качестве закуски или добавляйте в салаты, чтобы получить больше фолиевой кислоты.
• Тыква. Тыква может быть не самый популярный овощ на нашем столе, но нельзя отрицать ее питательную ценность. Добавив этот овощ в рацион, зимой и летом можно получить немалое количество фолиевой кислоты. Тыква содержит от 36 мкг до 57 мкг фолиевой кислоты на порцию.

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* people always ask about the whole chicken reference. It's based on "cock ale," a 17th century recipe that breweries occasionally recreate in small batches - until someone reminds them that meat beer is pretty gross
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  Castel di Fiori Bianco Misto
  by Cava Winery & Vineyard, USA
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  Castel di Fiori Rosso Solo
  by Cava Winery & Vineyard, USA
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  Castel di Fiori Rosso Misto
  by Cava Winery & Vineyard, USA
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  Cava Magnesio
  by Cava Winery & Vineyard, USA
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  Cava Rosso Antimonio
  by Cava Winery & Vineyard, USA
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  Cava Zincato
  by Cava Winery & Vineyard, USA
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  Cava Rosso Rame
  by Cava Winery & Vineyard, USA
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  Cava D'Oro
  by Cava Winery & Vineyard, USA
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  Cava Ferro
  by Cava Winery & Vineyard, USA
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  Ceci Bella Red Sangria
  by Cava Winery & Vineyard, USA

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Wine

Why isn’t it vegan?

Wine can be clarified with various animal-derived substances including gelatine, isinglass, casein, chitosan and egg albumen.
In the EU, although milk and eggs are required to be listed as allergens on food labels, wine is currently exempt from this requirement.
Some wines are labelled ‘suitable for vegetarians’, however this does not mean that they are necessarily suitable for vegans as they could have been filtered with milk or egg-derived substances.
Where to find vegan wine

The following companies produce wines which are registered with the Vegan Society: Sedlescombe Organic Vineyard (England), Oliverhill Winery (Australia), Tishbi Estate Winery (Israel) and Georgas Family (Greece).
Some supermarkets, including Co-op, Sainsbury’s, Waitrose and Marks and Spencer, label their vegan own-brand wines as suitable for vegans.
Tesco online wine shop gives information on which of their wines are suitable for vegans, although the wines in their real-life stores are as yet unlabelled.
Majestic Wines label wines which are suitable for vegans on their website.
Some specialist wine companies such as Vintage Roots or Vinceremos have a good range of vegan wines.
Some independent off-licences will have a vegan wines section. Some vegan or vegetarian wholefoods shops will also sell vegan wines.
Unfortunately is it usually impossible to tell whether wine served in pubs or restaurants is suitable for vegans. Fetzer’s, a brand of wine sold in some supermarkets and in pub chains JD Wetherspoon and Lloyds No. 1, state that their white wines are suitable for vegans (but reds are unsuitable).
Other drinks:

Animal-derived substances are not known to be used in the production of gin, vodka, Scotch whisky or brandy.
Some brands of cider are clarified with gelatine.
Fortified wines such as sherry or port may have been fined with animal-derived substances...
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На вопрос о том, какие права животных могут быть распространены на растения, философ Том Риган утверждает, что животные приобретают права как «субъекты жизни», что не относится к растениям, и даже если бы у тех были бы права, было бы более морально отказываться от мяса и есть растения[1]. По словам философа Майкла Мардера, идея предоставления прав растениям происходит от субъективности растений, которая отличается от человеческой личности[2][3][4][5][6]. Философ Пол Тейлор считает, что всякая жизнь имеет свои достоинства и выступает за уважение к растениям, но не за назначение им прав[7]. Кристофер Д. Стоун, сын журналиста Ф. Стоун, в статье 1972 года под названием Should Trees Have Standing? говорит, что раз права есть даже у корпораций, они должны быть и у природных объектов[8][9].
Мэтью Холл утверждает, что растения должны быть включены в сферу человеческих моральных отношений. В книге Plants as Persons: A Philosophical Botany он указывает, что у народов, придерживающихся незападных традиций, растения рассматриваются как активные разумные существа, о которых возможно заботиться и которых возможно уважать[10]; исследование заканчивается ссылкой на нейробиологические знания, согласно которым растения являются автономными, восприимчивыми организмами, способными к сложному, адаптивному поведению, в том числе признанию себя[11].
В 2008 году Федеральный комитет по этике и биотехнологиям Швейцарии (The Swiss Federal Ethics Committee on Non-Human Biotechnology) был удостоен Шнобелевской премии за мир за отстаивание принципа, согласно которому растения имеют чувство собственного достоинства. Впрочем, в 2009 году Swiss Federal Ethics Committee on Non-Human Biotechnology проанализировал научные данные и пришёл к выводу, что хотя растения имеют некоторое право на достоинство, оно не является абсолютной ценностью[12].
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If Peas Can Talk, Should We Eat Them?

By MICHAEL MARDER


Flowers and Plants, Peas, Philosophy, Research, Vegetarianism

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Imagine a being capable of processing, remembering and sharing information — a being with potentialities proper to it and inhabiting a world of its own. Given this brief description, most of us will think of a human person, some will associate it with an animal, and virtually no one’s imagination will conjure up a plant.
Since Nov. 2, however, one possible answer to the riddle is Pisum sativum, a species colloquially known as the common pea. On that day, a team of scientists from the Blaustein Institute for Desert Research at Ben-Gurion University in Israel published the results of its peer-reviewed research, revealing that a pea plant subjected to drought conditions communicated its stress to other such plants, with which it shared its soil. In other words, through the roots, it relayed to its neighbors the biochemical message about the onset of drought, prompting them to react as though they, too, were in a similar predicament.
Curiously, having received the signal, plants not directly affected by this particular environmental stress factor were better able to withstand adverse conditions when they actually occurred. This means that the recipients of biochemical communication could draw on their “memories” — information stored at the cellular level — to activate appropriate defenses and adaptive responses when the need arose.
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In 1973, the publication of “The Secret Life of Plants,” by Peter Tompkins and Christopher Bird, which portrayed vegetal life as exquisitely sensitive, responsive and in some respects comparable to human life, was generally regarded as pseudoscience. The authors were not scientists, and clearly the results reported in that book, many of them outlandish, could not be reproduced. But today, new, hard scientific data appears to be buttressing the book’s fundamental idea that plants are more complex organisms than previously thought.

The research findings of the team at the Blaustein Institute form yet another building block in the growing fields of plant intelligence studies and neurobotany that, at the very least, ought to prompt us to rethink our relation to plants. Is it morally permissible to submit to total instrumentalization living beings that, though they do not have a central nervous system, are capable of basic learning and communication? Should their swift response to stress leave us coldly indifferent, while animal suffering provokes intense feelings of pity and compassion?
Evidently, empathy might not be the most appropriate ground for an ethics of vegetal life. But the novel indications concerning the responsiveness of plants, their interactions with the environment and with one another, are sufficient to undermine all simple, axiomatic solutions to eating in good conscience. When it comes to a plant, it turns out to be not only a what but also a who — an agent in its milieu, with its own intrinsic value or version of the good. Inquiring into justifications for consuming vegetal beings thus reconceived, we reach one of the final frontiers of dietary ethics.
Recent findings in cellular and molecular botany mean that eating preferences, too, must practically differentiate between vegetal what-ness and who-ness, while striving to keep the latter intact. The work of such differentiation is incredibly difficult because the subjectivity of plants is not centered in a single organ or function but is dispersed throughout their bodies, from the roots to the leaves and shoots. Nevertheless, this dispersion of vitality holds out a promise of its own: the plasticity of plants and their wondrous capacity for regeneration, their growth by increments, quantitative additions or reiterations of already existing parts does little to change the form of living beings that are neither parts nor wholes because they are not hierarchically structured organisms. The “renewable” aspects of perennial plants may be accepted by humans as a gift of vegetal being and integrated into their diets.
But it would be harder to justify the cultivation of peas and other annual plants, the entire being of which humans devote to externally imposed ends. In other words, ethically inspired decisions cannot postulate the abstract conceptual unity of all plants; they must, rather, take into account the singularity of each species.

The emphasis on the unique qualities of each species means that ethical worries will not go away after normative philosophers and bioethicists have delineated their sets of definitive guidelines for human conduct. More specifically, concerns regarding the treatment of plants will come up again and again, every time we deal with a distinct species or communities of plants.
In Hans Christian Andersen’s fairy tale “The Princess and the Pea,” the true identity of a princess is discovered after she spends a torturous night on top of 20 mattresses and 20 featherbeds, with a single pea lodged underneath this pile. The desire to eat ethically is, perhaps, akin to this royal sensitivity, as some would argue that it is a luxury of those who do have enough food to select, in a conscious manner, their dietary patterns. But there is a more charitable way to interpret the analogy.
Ethical concerns are never problems to be resolved once and for all; they make us uncomfortable and sometimes, when the sting of conscience is too strong, prevent us from sleeping. Being disconcerted by a single pea to the point of unrest is analogous to the ethical obsession, untranslatable into the language of moral axioms and principles of righteousness. Such ethics do not dictate how to treat the specimen of Pisum sativum, or any other plant, but they do urge us to respond, each time anew, to the question of how, in thinking and eating, to say “yes” to plants.
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Michael Marder is Ikerbasque Research Professor of Philosophy at the University of the Basque Country, Vitoria-Gasteiz. His most recent book, “Plant-Thinking: A Philosophy of Vegetal Life” will be published by Columbia University Press this year.

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