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A diverse mix of scholarly and general articles to appeal and elucidate to readers. Contains contributions from leading authorities in the discipline. Accessible, yet erudite. Fills a needed gap in the current scholarship in the field.

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Author:   Shmuly Yanklowitz
Publisher:   Academic Studies Press
Imprint:   Academic Studies Press
Weight:   0.333kg
ISBN:  

9781618119049

ISBN 10:   1618119044
Pages:   292
Publication Date:   04 April 2019
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Introduction Rabbi Dr. Shmuly Yanklowitz Section 1: Kashrut Dynamics 1. On the Ethics and Politics of Kosher Food Supervision Rabbi Aaron Leibowitz 2. Are You Really Eating Kosher? On Camouflage, Hypocrisy, and Hiding Behind the Kashrut Laws Rabbi Dr. Nathan Lopes Cardozo 3. Milk and Meat: The Dangerous Mixture Rabbi Dr. Nathan Lopes Cardozo Section 2: Bridging Kashrut with Ethical & Spiritual Concerns 1. The Moral Underpinnings of Kashrut Rabbi Dr. Shmuly Yanklowitz 2. Eating Our Way from Holiness to Justice: Kashrut as a Bridge Between Competing Value Systems Rabbi Dr. David Kasher 3. Increasing Holiness in Life: Towards an Expanded Kashrut Rabbi Dr. Irving (Yitz) Greenberg Section 3: Spirituality of Eating 1. Eating as a Sacrament: The Eating Table and the Coffin Rabbi Dr. Daniel Sperber 2. Food for Thought: Hasidic Wisdom on Spiritual Eating Rabbi Dr. Ariel Evan Mayse 3. Holy Eating in Jewish Thought and Practice Rabbi Hyim Shafner 4. Too Much of Everything is Just Enough: Eating as a Spiritual Practice in a Culture of Abundance Rabbi David Jaffe Section 4: Health & Consumption 1. Towards a Jewish Nutrition Ethic: The Theology, Law, and Ethics of Healthy Eating Rabbi Daniel R. Goodman 2. Why Are We So Hungry? Our Betrayal of Eating, Being Satisfied and Blessing and The Way Back! Rabbi Daniel Landes 3. Your Grains, Your Grape Juice, and Your Oil: Coming to Terms with Unhealthy Foods Venerated by Jewish Tradition Rabbi Asher Lopatin Section 5: Worker Rights, Equality, & Hunger 1. The Divine Image: Theological Reflections on Jewish Labor Law Rabbi Dr. Ariel Evan Mayse 2. Judaism and The Crisis of the Rural Village in the Global South Rabbi Micha Odenheimer 3. Let Them Have a Little Bread Rabbi Marc Gitler Section 6: Animal Welfare 1.  תשובה בענייני צער בעלי חיים Rabbi David Bigman 2. Animal Suffering and the Rhetoric of Values and Halakhah Rabbi Dov Linzer 3. Animal Welfare: The Commandments Were Only Given for the Purpose of Refining People Rabbi Dr. David Rosen 4. The Case for Limiting Meat Consumption to Shabbat, Holidays, and Celebrations Rabbi Aaron Potek Section 7: Environmentalism, Conservation, and GMOs 1. Ethical Eating and the Impact on our Environment Rabbi Dr. Mel Gottlieb 2. Humanity and the Tree of the Field: Conservation as a Commandment Rosh Kehillah Dina Najman 3. Divine Wisdom or Altering Creation? A Torah Perspective on GMOs Rabbi Gabe Greenberg Conclusion Rabbi Dr. Shmuly Yanklowitz

Reviews

Kashrut and Jewish Food Ethics is well-organized and thoughtfully presented, offering germane and urgent issues, even for those not fully compliant with Jewish dietary laws. Its remedies are balanced, middle paths between Jewish law, rabbinic dictum, and modern realities, showing that kashrut's core values permeate Judaism, so that if the commandments are characterized as wheels driving Judaism forward, the dietary laws are their hubs and spokes. Kashrut and Jewish Food Ethics is a remarkable book, creating a mnemonic, the simple act of eating, reminding us we have custodianship of the Earth, welfare for our fellow humans, and care for ourselves. --Fred Reiss, San Diego Jewish World --San Diego Jewish World

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Rabbi Dr. Shmuly Yanklowitz is President and Dean at Valley Beit Midrash. He is an educator, social entrepreneur, activist, and the author of fourteen books on Jewish ethics. Newsweek named Rabbi Shmuly one of the top 50 rabbis in America and the Forward named him one of the 50 most influential Jews.

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