Author Archives: Jacob Ari Labendz

Thank you to all who submitted abstracts to the collected volume of essays on Jewish veganism that I am co-editing with Shmuly Yanklowitz. There’s the thank you note.  

On 8 December 2015, Melissa Lesniak hosted me on “That Vegan Show” on UMSLRadio. We spoke for an hour about Jewish Veganism and about the collection of scholarly articles and professional essays on that topic that I intend to publish … Continue reading →

On the heels of the Shamayim V’Aretz Institute‘s recent publication, “The Jewish Vegan,” I am proud to announce this call for papers, together with Rabbi Dr. Shmuly Yanklowitz, for an edited volume of scholarly and profession essays on Jewish Veganism. As … Continue reading →

It gives me great pleasure to announce the publication of The Jewish Vegan, a collection of essays edited by dear friend and colleague, Rabbi Dr. Shmuly Yanklowitz. The book made it to #1 on Amazon’s list of new releases in … Continue reading →

(http://jewschool.com/2015/03/36590/new-traditions-vegan-passover/) What is different about this night? At all other Seders we begin the meal with boiled eggs. Tonight, with edible flowers. What is different about this night? At all other Seders we place a roasted shank bone on the … Continue reading →

This is a thought-piece that I wrote for the Wexner Foundation. I consider the meaning of the 25th anniversary of the Fall of the Berlin Wall for contemporary (American) Jewry. See the original here. Full text below: Twenty-five years have … Continue reading →

This is an address that I delivered alongside at Central Reform Congregation in St. Louis on 6 August 2014, alongside four allies from the local chapter of Jewish Voice for Peace. For background information see the original posting on Jew School. … Continue reading →

To my Jewish friends who defend the occupation and the attacks on Gaza, Consider for a moment that you may be wrong. I wake up with this thought every morning and it stays with me through the entire day. It’s … Continue reading →

Jacob Ari Labendz, “Move to Ban Kosher Slaughter not about the Animals,” The Jewish Daily Forward (18 June 2014). A number of European countries have recently sought, with some success, to ban the ritual slaughter of four-legged animals by Muslims … Continue reading →

Please pardon my delayed reaction… Life, my dissertation, and a mildly aggressive Pit-Bull Terrier named Charlie often get in the way of things I’d rather be doing. I want to thank Derek Sayer for responding to the open letter that … Continue reading →