A Jewish Perspective on Animal Suffering and Conservation by Rabbi Simcha Feuerman, LCSW and Chaya Feuerman, LCSW, Psychotherapists Rabbi Simcha and Chaya Feuerman provide psychotherapy to individuals, couples and families. Their offices are located in Brooklyn and Queens, NY. Tu b’Shevat is known as the New Year for Trees. As such, we appreciate the bounty of fruit […]
by Rabbi Nosson Slifkin, Zoo Torah (This essay is adapted from Seasons of Life) I. From Fruit to Vegetable Tu BiShevat, the new year for trees, is a time of great festivity. We may wonder, though, why this should be so. We do not find such celebration on the new year for vegetables or crops. What […]
By Rabbi Yehudah Levi The Primary Source of the Problem Before we can hope to solve the problems of ecology in the technological age, we must get at the roots of these problems. These lie primarily in our basic attitude toward the purpose of our life—in our choice of priorities. In the secular society, the top […]
by Dr. Manfred Gerstenfeld Dr. Manfred Gerstenfeld is chairman of the Board of Fellows of the Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs. He is an international business strategist who has been a consultant to governments, international agencies, and boards of some of the world’s largest corporations. In classical Judaism, many references are made to issues […]
By Rabbi Akiva Wolff Tu b’Shevat is an appropriate time to reflect on our relationship to the natural world, and our responsibility to it. In 1968, in one of the seminal articles written on the subject of environment protection, Garrett Hardin assured himself a place in the annals of the environmental movement. His article, […]
