Judaism

	Haggadah for the Liberated Lamb By Roberta Kalechofsky, Micah Publications Haggadah for the Liberated Lamb was included in an exhibit on "The Politics of Food" at Harvard University, and is included in the exhibit on contemporary haggadot at the Jewish Museum in New York. The haggadah integrates the traditional Passover story of the liberation of the Hebrews from slavery and their emergence into history with the story of the creation of the world, uniting nature and history in the theme of redemption. In Hebrew and English text, illustrated and traditional. Visit the Micah Publications website! (But don't forget to come back to Book Clearing House to order!) Item# 102-1 160 pp., softcover $14.95 Contents/Cover Order Quantity: Check for giftwrap ($1.50) Also available in a cloth edition, purple linen with gold lettering, excellent for a bar/bat mitzvah or wedding gift. *Item# 1021 $24.95** Order Quantity: Check for giftwrap ($1.50)
	Haggadah for the Vegetarian Family Edited by Roberta Kalechofsky, Micah Publications A shorter version of Haggadah for the Liberated Lamb (see above). Good for inter-generation groups. Incorporates poignant questions about the nature of slavery of both animals and humans as, for example, in this poem by Paul Lawrence Dunbar, the son of two runaway slaves: I know what the caged bird feels, alas! when the sun is bright on the upland slopes; When the wind stirs soft through springing grass, and the river flows like a stream of glass; When the first bird sings and the first bud opes, and the faint perfume from its chalice steals -- I know what the caged bird feels! Visit the Micah Publications website! (But don't forget to come back to Book Clearing House to order!) Item# 102-2 72 pp., softcover $9.95 Contents/Cover Order Quantity: Check for giftwrap ($1.50)
	The Jewish Vegetarian Year Cookbook By Roberta Kalechofsky and Rosa Rasiel, Micah Publications Joyful and practical, includes advice about where to find vegetarian pareve products, how to make tofu delicious, and how to store and cook beans and grains. Written in the spirit of Isaiah's Blessing: "May you enjoy the good things of the earth." Like: Marinated Plum Tomatoes, Passover Vegetable Nut Loaf, Vegetarian Kishke, Passover Pizza, Cauliflower Shepherd's Pie, Eggless Challah, Gloden Glow Shabbat Soup, Banana Fudge Roll, and No-bake Chocolate Matzoh Roll. As the world grows smaller and people intermingle at unprecedented rates, vegan food is the best social cement there is, an invitation to all Jews to rejoice at the same holiday table, and an ambassador to all cultures. Visit the Micah Publications website! (But don't forget to come back to Book Clearing House to order!) Item# 102-H 210 pp., softcover $16.95 Contents/Cover Order Quantity: Check for giftwrap ($1.50)
	Judaism and Animal Issues By Richard H. Schwartz, Ph.D., Micah Publications Inc. Judaism has one of the oldest and best developed legislative systems and tenets for protecting animals. The principle of tsa'ar ba'alei chayim is enshrined in Torah and Halacha. As the Encyclopedia Judaica states in its entry under, "Animals: Cruelty to: Moral and legal rules concerning the treatment of animals are based on the principle that animals are part of God's creation toward which man bears responsibility. Laws and other indications in the Pentatuech and the rest of the bible make it clear not only that cruelty to animals is forbidden but also that compassion and mercy to them are demanded by God. This sensibility, the normative compassion for animal life, found abundantly in our traditional Jewish texts, is in need of re-assertion, particularly in the face of the menace of species extinction and technological death. It is a Jewish responsibility to learn the Jewish principles of concern for animals and to judge modern behavior toward animals in the light of these principles. Ignorance of how food animals are raised on modern farms, needlessly exploited in laboratories, in the entertainment industries, and elsewhere must be addressed by rabbis and educators. This booklet is designed to facilitate awareness of the tradition of tsa'ar ba-alei chayim and to be used as an educational tool by Jewish students, rabbis, and educators. Visit the Micah Publications website! (But don't forget to come back to Book Clearing House to order!) Item# 102-F 28 pp., softcover booklet $4.50 Cover Order Quantity: Check for giftwrap ($1.50)
	Judaism, Animal Research and Health By Roberta Kalechofsky, Ph.D., Micah Publications Inc. Jewish sources agree that animal experimentation is permitted only for immediate and practical problems of health. Interpreting the concept of "holeh le-faneinu" (literally, "a patient in front of us,") or as Rabbi Dr. J. David Bleich has written, the equivalent of "a clear and present danger," he interprets the formula to mean: "Prohibitions (of tsa'ar ba'alei chayim) are suspended for the purpose of saving an endangered life, but not in anticipation of a purely hypothetical eventuality." This booklet is designed to ask whether animal research, as it is mostly and generally practiced, fulfills these interpretations? Whether animal research, as it is understood philosophically, is consonant with Judaism? Whether Jewish physicians are not obligated to develop a medical philosophy and a medical practice more consonant with the Jewish principles of tsa'ar ba'alei chayim, bal taschit, and pikuach nefesh? Visit the Micah Publications website! (But don't forget to come back to Book Clearing House to order!) Item# 102-G 22 pp., softcover booklet $4.00 Cover Order Quantity: Check for giftwrap ($1.50)
	Judaism and Animal Rights Classical and Contemporary Responses By Roberta Kalechofsky, Micah Publications Articles by rabbis, doctors, veterinarians and activists about contemporary crisis in animal life. "A rich meditation on...medicine and ethics from the perspectives of Jewish law." -Foreword "An important book...not intended for bedside reading." -The Jerusalem Post Visit the Micah Publications website! (But don't forget to come back to Book Clearing House to order!) Item# 102-3 368 pp., softcover $14.95 Contents/Cover Order Quantity: Check for giftwrap ($1.50)
	Judaism, Health, Nutrition, & Vegetarianism By Richard H. Schwartz, Ph.D., Micah Publications Inc. Vegetarianism is life-affirming in the broadest sense of the term, "life." The issue of diet in its relationship to ecological survival, to health and health care will be prominent in the next decade. This booklet performs an invaluable service for Jewish teachers, students, rabbis, educators and the general Jewish public in clarifying the Jewish attitude towards eating meat and its relation to the issues of the day. Vegetarianism, as Richard Schwartz demonstrates in this booklet embraces and enforces the Jewish principles of bal tashchit (do not be wasteful in your use of nature, of goods); pikuach nefesh (preserve your health); tsa'ar ba'alei chayim (remember the sorrow of living creatures); and tzede-kah (charity). It is the path to renewal in our generation. Visit the Micah Publications website! (But don't forget to come back to Book Clearing House to order!) Item# 102-D 31 pp., softcover booklet $4.50 Cover Order Quantity: Check for giftwrap ($1.50)
	Rabbis and Vegetarianism: An Evolving Tradition Edited by Roberta Kalechofsky, Micah Publications An anthology of 17 recent essays by rabbis from the major denominations of Orthodoxy, Conservatism, Reform and Reconstructionism on vegetarianism. Testifies to a revolution taking place in the traditional Jewish diet. The book includes essays by Rabbis Abraham Kuk, David Brusin, Sidney Clayman, Stephen Fuchs, Everett Gendler, Arthur Green, Sidney J. Jacobs, Bonnie Kopell, Emily Faust Krozenik, Michael Kramer, C.Z. Maccoby, Chaim C. Medini, David Rosen, Edward Rosenthal, Zalman Schachter-Shalomi, Harold Schulweis and Noach Valley. Includes brief biographies. Visit the Micah Publications website! (But don't forget to come back to Book Clearing House to order!) Item# 102-9 96 pp., softcover $10.00 Contents/Cover Order Quantity: Check for giftwrap ($1.50)
	Rashi's Daughters Book One - Joheved By Maggie Anton Rashi's Daughters is a novel of historical fiction by Maggie Anton chronicling the lives and loves of Rashi's three daughters, Joheved, Miriam, and Rachel. Rashi, the great medieval Jewish scholar, had no sons, but his grandsons became the greatest scholars of their generation. This book explores the lives of the ignored generation - Rashi's daughters. In spite of the widespread fame that Rashi attained during his lifetime and the many studies of his works by generations after him, precious little is known about him as a person or his family. Set in the town of Troyes, the capital of Champagne in France, this story explores what might have been over 900 years ago. Item# 5054 384 pp., softcover, 0-9763050-5-4 Reg. Price $15.95 Order Quantity: Check for giftwrap ($1.50)
	Vegetarian Judaism A Guide For Everyone By Roberta Kalechofsky, Micah Publications, Inc. According to Kalechofsky, meat today violates the values of Kashrut and civilized life. It also violates concern for one's health, responsibility for animal life, concern for the environment, and concern for the poor. In this new (1998) book, Kalechofsky provides thorough research in support of her argument that the time has come for Jews to exercise the "pro-vegetarian bias" of the Bible, and reclaim their vegetarian tradition. Visit the Micah Publications website! (But don't forget to come back to Book Clearing House to order!) Item# 102-J 246 pp., softcover $15.95 Cover/Contents Order Quantity: Check for giftwrap ($1.50)
	Vegetarianism and The Jewish Holidays By Roberta Kalechofsky, Micah Publications Inc. In spite of the perception that the Jewish holidays are to be celebrated by eating meat, there has always been a vibrant vegetarian tradition in Judaism. This booklet traces both traditions of eating meat and vegetarianism, and argues that a vegetarian Simchat Yom Tov is more relevant to Jewish ethics and values. There is no blessing for meat in Judaism, but there are many blessings for vegetables. Visit the Micah Publications website! (But don't forget to come back to Book Clearing House to order!) Item# 102-C 24 pp., softcover booklet $4.00 Cover Order Quantity: Check for giftwrap ($1.50)
	The Wolf and the Lamb The Case for Jewish Secularism By Sam Axelrod The book stresses that Judaism has a universal goal of peace and prosperity for all creatures living on earth. It goes through the history of how this ideal, that every Jew must work toward all his life, gave way to religious rites with exaggerated fervency. A process that led to the near obliteration of the great purpose as it was eloquently described by the prophets. Item# 0129 182 pgs., softcover, 0-9649301-2-9 $14.00 Order Quantity: Check for giftwrap ($1.50)

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