Contemporary Kashrut Themes

Rav Kook Was Not a Vegetarian!

Among the many false claims about Rabbi Avraham Yitzkak HaCohen Kook is the assertion that he practiced vegetarianism.

Eco-Kashrut: Standards for What and How We Eat

Incorporating environmental concerns into to the Jewish dietary laws.

Vegetarianism: An Alternative Kashrut

The author argues that our evolving religious sensibilities should bring us to recognize vegetarianism as a new mitzvah.

Vegetarianism and Jewish Ethics

An American Reform rabbi argues that it is a mitzvah to refrain from eating meat.

Vegetarianism and Kashrut

Moral and theological implications of vegetarianism can be seen as a challenge to the rabbinic tradition.