250+ Jewish Leaders Condemn Deception in Kosher Meat Industry
We, the undersigned Jewish leaders, affirm our commitment to building a just, compassionate, and resilient food system. Currently, nearly all kosher-certified animal products come from animals raised on factory farms. Raising chickens, cattle, fish and other kosher animals in this intensive way not only causes significant suffering on an unprecedented scale; industrial animal agriculture also routinely exploits farm and food workers, is a top contributor to climate change, and is a source of future pandemic risk. We acknowledge the gulf that exists between our ethics and expectations of a kosher certification, and with a collective voice affirm that kosher should not be synonymous with factory farming.
We urge Jewish communities, organizations, and events to adopt food sourcing practices that reflect our broadly held moral and religious values. With relatively small shifts to our institutional food practices, like reducing animal product consumption or committing to serving plant-based meals by default, we can achieve a revolutionary shift toward building a better food system for all.
List of Signatories
RABBI DAVID WOLPE
RABBI ELLIOT DORFF
RABBI SHARON BROUS
NIGEL SAVAGE, HAZON
RABBI ART GREEN
RABBI DR. MEL GOTTLIEB
RABBI DAVID ROSEN
RABBI DAVID KALB
RABBI YITZ GREENBERG
RABBI SHIMON BRAND
RABBI DAVID ALMOG
RABBI ROSS SINGER
RABBI AARON SHUB
RABBI SHMULY YANKLOWITZ
RABBI DANIEL COLEMAN
RABBI STAN LEVY
RABBI LAURA OWENS
RABBI JANICE MEHRING
RABBI MEREDITH CAHN
RABBI ARTHUR J. LEVINE
RABBI YISRAELA TUBMAN
CANTOR JONATHAN FRIEDMANN
RABBI BARBARA ZACKY
CANTOR REBEKAH MIRSKY
RABBI DEBBIE ISRAEL
RABBI CANTOR EVA ROBBINS
RABBI LISA BOCK
RABBI RON LI-PAZ
RABBI YOCHEVED MINTZ
RABBI AVIVAH ERLICK
RABBI ANTHONY ELMAN
RABBI ELISHEVA BEYER
CANTOR HARRIS SHORE
RABBI MIN KANTROWITZ
RABBI LYNN BRODY SLOME
RABBI CANTOR MEEKA SIMERLY
RABBI ELI COHEN
RABBI SHALOM BOCHNER
RABBI HOWIE SCHNEIDER
RABBI NINA PERLMUTTER
LISA APFELBERG, SHAMAYIM
RABBI FAITH JOY DANTOWITZ
BECKY O’BRIEN, HAZON
RABBI KATY ALLEN
RABBI JONATHAN BUBIS
RABBI ED ROSENTHAL
RABBI JESSICA KATE MEYER
RABBI ELIAV BOCK
RABBI BILL KAPLAN
RABBI AMICHAI LAU-LAVIE
RABBI DR. RAYSH WEISS
RABBI GEOFFREY CLAUSSEN
RABBI SUSAN S CONFORTI
RABBI JUSTUS BAIRD
RABBI BARRY DOLINGER
RABBI JASON ROSNER
RABBI ELIOT J BASKIN
RABBI AMY COHEN
RABBI DAVID GOLDSTEIN
RABBI GILA CAINE
RABBI ALEXANDRIA SHUVAL-WEINER
KOHENET KESHIRA HALEV FIFE
RABBI YONATAN NERIL
RABBI SHEREEN SARICK
RABBI DAVID A. INGBER
LIANA ROTHMAN, JEWISH YOUTH CLIMATE MOVEMENT
RABBI MICHAEL LERNER
KOHENET TIANA MIRAPAE
KOHENET RAE ABILEAH
RABBI AKIVA GERSH
RABBI RUHI SOPHIA RUBENSTEIN
RABBI MORDECHAI LIEBLING
RABBI AMALIA HAAS
RABBI LAUREN TUCHMAN
RABBI DAVID KASHER
RABBI ARTHUR WASKOW
RABBI MIRA BETH WASSERMAN
SHOSHANA GUGENHEIM KEDEM, OR HADASH
DAVID KRANTZ, AYTZIM: ECOLOGICAL JUDAISM
RABBI KOHENET SB GERSHUNY
KOHENET RACHEL DALE, PHD
KOHENET REV DR. CLAUDIA HALL
KOHENET SARAH CHANDLER
KOHENET JUDITH BREIER
KOHENEH ELSA KHALFIN MAAZINEH HASHAAR
RABBI LYNN GOTTLIEB
RABBI ROBYN M. FRYER BODZIN
RABBI AYALON ELIACH
RABBI DAVID KAY
MAHARAT RUTH FRIEDMAN
RABBI JESSE PAIKIN
RABBI NATE DEGROOT
KOHENET SARAH-TZIPORAH MOSER
CANTOR MIRIAM MEGHNAGI
JEFFREY SPITZ COHAN, JEWISH VEG
RABBI JILL HAMMER
RABBI LYDIA MEDWIN
KOHENET SARAH SALEM
RABBI TMIMAH AUDREY ICKOVITS
KOHENET RAYNA MATTHEWS
RABBI ARI KAIMAN
SJ SELDIN, JEWISH FARMER NETWORK
SHANI MINK, JEWISH FARMER NETWORK
RABBI DAVID SEIDENBERG
RABBI ZELIG GOLDEN
RABBI ADAM KLIGFELD
RABBI & CHEF SHAYNA FINMAN
RABBI EMILY MATHIS
LARA BALSALM, THE JEWISH VEGETARIAN SOCIETY
LEORA MALLACH, BEANTOWN JEWISH GARDENS
RABBI BEKAH GOLDMAN
MARIAH DEGEAR, COLORADO STATE UNIVERSITY HILLEL
RABBI ABI WEBER
RABBI BEN NEWMAN
AHARON N. VARADY, THE OPEN SIDDUR PROJECT
RABBI RICK BRODY
ANDREW DAVIES, THE BIBLE PLAYERS
RABBI SHAWN ZEVI
ADRIENNE KRONE, ALLEGHENY COLLEGE JEWISH LIFE
RABBI BENJAMIN BARER
RABBI CHAPLAIN MEAGEN YUDELL
CANTOR AMY ROBINSON KATZ
CANTOR JUVAL PORAT
BRETT PARKER, TEMPLE BETH ISRAEL (PORT WASHINGTON, NY)
RABBI ELLEN BERNSTEIN
CANTOR DARCIE SHARLEIN
JAKIR MANELA, PEARLSTONE
RABBI ELYSE WINICK
RABBI SIMKHA Y. WEINTRAUB
RABBI ELIEZER HAVIVI
RABBI AHUD SELA
RABBI NEAL J. LOEVINGER
RABBI CARL PERKINS
RABBI RACHEL BROWN
RABBI LEONARD S. LEVIN
RABBI DAVID B. SIFF
RABBI MOISHE STEIGMANN
RABBI DENNIS LINSON
RABBI PAUL KURLAND
RABBI YONATAN SADOFF
RABBI SHALOM PODWOL
RABBI ABRAHAM HAVIVI
RABBI TOM COHEN
RABBI SHAI CHERRY
RABBI GADI CAPELA
RABBI SHLOMO ZACHAROW
RABBI BARUCH FRYDMAN-KOHL
RABBI NADAV CAINE
AMANDA GLUCKLICH, BETH ISRAEL CONGREGATION
RABBI ARI MARK CARTUN
RABBI MARVIN GOODMAN
RABBI LAURA GELLER
RABBI ARIEL ROOT WOLPE
RABBI DR. LAURENCE MILDER
RABBI RUTH SOHN
RABBI ILANA ZIETMAN
RABBI JONATHAN BERNHARD
RABBI DAVID ELLENSON
RABBI DAVID BAUM
RABBI LIZZI HEYDEMANN
RABBI JONATHAN K. CRANE
RABBI JULIE SAXE-TALLER
RABBI MARY ZAMORE
RABBI PHILIP OHRINER
RABBI MELANIE AARON
RAV NATAN FRELLER
RABBI FERNANDA TOMCHINSKY
CANTOR INES KAPUSTIANSKY
RABBI MICHAEL SATZ
RABBI JOSH FEIGELSON
SARAH COHEN DOMONT, SANTA CRUZ HILLEL
RABBI MELINDA BERNSTEIN
RABBI DEBRA KOLODNY
RABBI JOSHUA GISCHNER
RABBI ANDREA MEROW
RABBI JULIA WATTS BELSER
RABBI SAM FEINSMITH
RABBI MARC J. MARGOLIUS
CANTOR MALACHI KANFER
RABBI MYRIAM KLOTZ
RABBI NOA KUSHNER
CANTOR VERA BROEKHUYSEN
RABBI ANDREW VOGEL
CANTOR GALIT DADOUN-COHEN
RABBI EMILY E. SEGAL
RABBI DAVID KLATZKER
ALEX WEISZ, PENINSULA SINAI CONGREGATION
RABBI ERIC WOODWARD
RABBI SHAI HELD
RABBI ARIEL STONE
EMILY HIRSCHMAN, UC BERKELEY HILLEL
RABBI DANIEL SCHAEFER
RABBI ELISHEVA BEYER
CANTOR HARRIET DUNKERLEY
RABBI TIFERET BERENBAUM
RABBI ARYEH BERNSTEIN
SIMON FEIL, KOSHER CONSCIENCE
RABBI NATAN MARGALIT
RABBI MAURY HOBERMAN
RABBI AMY GROSSBLATT PESSAH
RABBI PHYLLIS BERMAN
RABBI JAN SALZMAN
RABBI ANDREA LOBEL
RABBI EVA SAX-BOLDER
RABBI MICHAEL FESSLER
RABBI DENNIS BECK-BERMAN
RABBI GORDON FULLER
HANNAH GANEZER, RUACH HAMIDBAR
RABBI HANNA TIFERET SIEGEL
RABBI BRIAN FIELD
RABBI TIRZAH FIRESTONE
RABBI PAM FRYDMAN
RABBI ANDREA S. COHEN-KIENER
RABBI JONATHAN L. RUBENSTEIN
RABBI SUSAN FALK
RABBI JOSHUA BEN-GIDEON
RABBI JOSHUA JACOBS-VELDE
RABBI DAVID LAZAR
RABBI ABBY BETH MICHALESKI
RABBI SARALEYA SCHLEY
RABBINIC PASTOR CHAYA LERNER
RABBI MICHAEL ROTHBAUM
RABBI HOWARD A. COHEN
CANTOR SHARON MCCORD
RABBI SUSAN SCHEIN
RABBI CINDY ENGER
RABBI SUSAN MARKS
RABBI LINDA MOTZKIN
RABBI JIM MORGAN
RABBI ELYSE WECHTERMAN
CANTOR ABBE LYONS
RABBI MICAH BECKER-KLEIN
RABBI LINDA HOLTZMAN
RABBI LEAH NOVICK
RABBI RACHEL ESSERMAN
RABBI MERYL CREAN
RABBI SHIFRAH TOBACMAN
RABBI RENA BLUMENTHAL
JAVIER GUERRERO, COASTAL ROOTS FARM
RABBI LINA NANCY ZERBARINI
RABBI STEPHEN F. MOCH
RABBI DIANE ELLIOT
RABBI LOUIS W. SUTKER
RABBI REBECCA BEN-GIDEON
RABBI ADAM LAUTMAN
RABBI JILLIAN CAMERON
RABBI KALMAN SERKEZ
CANTORIAL SOLOIST JONATHAN S. LEO
CANTOR TIFANI COYOT
RABBI FRED GREENE
RABBI DEBORAH RUTH BRONSTEIN
RABBI RUTH GELFARB
RABBI LYNNE GOLDSMITH
RABBI CHARNA ROSENHOLTZ
CANTOR KATY CLAUSSEN
RICHARD SCHWARTZ, JEWISH VEG
RABBI YONASSAN GERSHOM
RABBI GABRIEL COUSENS
RABBI NINA BETH CARDIN