The Beet-Eating Heeb has been thinking it, studying it, questioning it and ultimately confirming it. Now he’s just going to blurt it out: The mistreatment of animals is the root of all oppression. Yes, whether its racism, sexism, homophobia, or even terrorism, it all starts with justifying the torturing and killing of farmed animals. BEH […]

Here we go again. Two years after Israeli animal-rights investigators filmed shocking abuses of chickens and turkeys at the Soglowek kosher-meat plant, equally egregious practices were caught on film again this summer. In a well-intentioned op-ed published in Ha’aretz on July 16, rabbinical student Ayalon Eliach observed that “the gulf between the purpose of keeping […]

If you have ever heard of the Talmud, chances are the mere mention of the word causes your eyes to glaze over. Most people think of it as a vast compendium of hair-splitting arguments about arcane issues in Jewish law. And they would be mostly right. However, amid all the details and debates are some […]

The Beet-Eating Heeb is back after a long layoff, tan and well-rested. OK, purple and over-worked. So what provoked BEH to start writing again? This: http://nyti.ms/1AGgtZw That is a link to the most damning, most disturbing, most important animal-related investigative story you will read this year. Yes, BEH knows it’s only January. But this is […]

The Beet-Eating Heeb was asked recently if there is a Jewish blessing for kale. Yes, there is, and it’s the same blessing we recite for all vegetables: That translates as: Blessed are You, Lord our God, Ruler of the universe, who creates the fruit of the ground. You might be wondering, then, what is the […]