In 2017, 75 rabbis and Jewish clergy (now over 200!) signed a statement about plant-based eating and Judaism. The signatories of the statement include rabbis and Jewish clergy from all denominations and movements. All of them encourage their fellow Jews to transition toward animal-free, plant-based diets.
Please consider your fellow Jews, the billions of animals that need our support, and the well-being of our planet, and make a donation today to support our Rabbinic Statement.
Our goal is $18,000 and we can’t do it without you.
In 2023, we are pleased to share our Rabbinic Statement’s continued growth. If you are a clergy person and would like to add your name to this list, please fill out this form.
We, the undersigned rabbis, encourage our fellow Jews to transition toward animal-free, plant-based diets. This approach to sustenance is an expression of our shared Jewish values of compassion for animals, protection of the environment, and concern for our physical and spiritual well-being.
Rabbi Penina Alexander
Rabbi Katy Z. Allen
Rabbi Nelly Altenburger
Rabbi Dr. Raymond Apple
Rabbi Robyn Ashworth-Steen
Rabbi Nicole Auerbach
Rabbi Tal Ayalon
Rabbi Justus Baird
Rabbi Steven Ballaban
Rabbi Eliot Baskin
Rabbi Annie Belford
Rabbi Laura Bellows
Rabbi Chaya Bender
Rabbi Aaron Benson
Rabbi Matthew Berger
Rabbi Jonathan Bernhard
Rabbi Aryeh Bernstein
Rabbi ElizaBeth Beyer
Rabbi Jonathan Biatch
Rabbi Binyamin Biber
Rabbi Mark Blazee
Rabbi Lisa Bock
Rabbi Dr. Analia Bortz
Rabbi Anne Brener
Rabbi Rick Brody
Rabbi Sharon Brous
Rabbi Rachel Brown
Rabbi Jonathan Bubis
Rabbi Janet Burden
Rabbi Nadav Caine
Rabbi Gila Caine
Rabbi Harold Caminker
Rabbi Dr. Shai Cherry
Rabbi Dr. Geoffrey Claussen
Rabbi Dr. Aryeh Cohen
Rabbi Eli Cohen
Rabbi Howard Cohen
Rabbi Stephen Cohen
Rabbi Susan Conforti
Cantor Tiffani Coyot
Rabbi Robert Davis
Rabbi Dr. Eliezer Diamond
Rabbi Boris Dolin
Rabbi Art Donsky
Rabbi Dr. Laura Duhan-Kaplan
Rabbinic Student Sara Eifler
Rabbi Shammai Engelmayer
Rabbi David Englander
Rabbinic Student Jesse Epstein
Rabbi Ariel Evan Mayse
Rabbi Steven Exler
Cantor David Fair
Rabbi Dr. Yossi Feintuch
Rabbi Lori Feldstein-Gardner
Rabbi Dan Fink
Rabbi Yuri Foreman
Rabbi Adam Frank
Rabbi Loring Frank
Rabbi Robyn Fryer Bodzin
Rabbi Stephen Fuchs
Rabbi Everett Gendler
Rabbi Akiva Gersh
Rabbi Yonassan Gershom
Rabbi Bob Gluck
Rabbi Shefa Gold
Rabbi Aaron Goldstein
Rabbi Elyse Goldstein
Rabbi David Goldstein
Rabbi Jeremy Gordon
Rabbi Dr. Mel Gottlieb
Rabbi Sarah Leah Grafstein
Rabbi Fred Greene
Rabbi Donn Gross
Rabbi Adam Grossman
Rabbi Bonny Grosz
Rabbi Joshua Hammerman
Rabbi Denise Handlarski
Rabbi Ari Hart
Rabbi Leah Herz
Rabbi Lizzi Heydemann
Rabbi Jay Heyman
Rabbi Eliezer Hirsch
Rabbinic Student Melissa Hoffman
Rabbi Mark Horowitz
Rabbi Debbie Israel
Rabbi Jill Jacobs
Rabbi Robert Judd
Rabbi Jeffrey Kahn
Rabbi Dr. Deborah Kahn-Harris
Rabbi Andy Kastner
Rabbi Kenny (Yitzchak) Kaufman
Rabbi Asa Keisar
Rabbi Jonathan Keren-Black
Rabbi Jonathan Klein
Rabbi Adam Kligfield
Rabbi Max Kohanzad
Rabbi Tzvi Koren
Rabbi Michael Kramer
Rabbi Beth Kramer-Mazer
Rabbi Charles Kroloff
Rabbi Paul Kurland
Rabbi Leah Kurtz
Rabbi Noa Kushner
Rabbi Sandra Lawson
Rabbi Barry Leff
Rabbi Michael Lerner
Rabbi Aaron Levy
Rabbi Benjamin Levy
Rabbi Natan Levy
Rabbi Paige Lincenberg
Rabbi Dr. Nathan Lopes Cardozo
Rabbi Emily Losben-Ostrov
Rabbi Joysa Maben Winter
Rabbi Dr. Janet Madden
Rabbi Agustin Marcoff
Rabbi Natan Margalit
Rabbi Julia Margolis
Rabbi Bonnie Margulis
Rabbi Dalia Marx
Rabbi Deborah Megdal
Rabbi David Mivasair
Rabbi Linda Motzkin
Rabbi Yonatan Neril
Rabbi Danny Newman
Rabbi Ora Nitkin-Kaner
Rabbi Hillel Norry
Rabbi Avi Olitzky
Rabbi Dr. Kerry Olitzky
Rabbi Shachar Orenstein
Rabbi Jesse Paikin
Rabbi Carl Perkins
Rabbi Nina Perlmutter
Rabbi Mark Perman
Cantor Juval Porat
Rabbi Jonah Rank
Rabbi Rayzel Raphael
Rabbi Dr. Moshe Re’em
Rabbi Esther Reed
Rabbi Sarah Rensin
Rabbi Leah Richman
Rabbi Michelle Robinson
Rabbi David Rosen
Rabbi Ed Rosenthal
Rabbi Jason Rosner
Rabbi Michael Ross
Rabbi Ian Ross Snyder
Rabbi Jonathan Rubenstein
Rabbi Dr. Rachel Sabath
Rabbi Dr. Samuel Samtosha Steinberg
Rabbi Shereen Sarick
Rabbi Fred Scherlinder Dobb
Rabbi Rita Sherwin
Rabbi Howie Schneider
Rabbi Barry Schwartz
Rabbi David Sears
Rabbi Dr. Arthur Segal
Rabbi Gerald Serotta
Rabbi Ari Shapiro
Rabbi Dr. Rami Shapiro
Rabbi Camille Shira Angel
Rabbi Andy Shugerman
Rabbi Alexandria Shuval-Weiner
Rabbi Barry Silver
Rabbi Suzanne Singer
Rabbi David Small
Rabbi Deb Smith
Rabbi Eli Soiefer
Rabbi Eric Solomon
Rabbi Dr. Jenny Solomon
Rabbi Marc Soloway
Rabbi Dr. Daniel Sperber
Rabbi David Steinberg
Rabbi Moishe Steigmann
Rabbi Warren Stone
Rabbi Micah Streiffer
Rabbi Dr. Barbara Thiede
Rabbi Jon-Jay Tilsen
Kohenet Yael Tischler
Rabbi Dr. Chaim Tureff
Rabbi Beni Wajnberg
Rabbi Dr. Joel Warren Lidz
Rabbi Dr. Mira Wasserman
Rabbi Elyse Wechterman
Rabbi Sheila Weinberg
Rabbi Dr. Raysh Weiss
Rabbi Zari Weiss
Rabbi Alex Weisz
Rabbi Ariann Weitzman
Rabbi Jonathan Wittenberg
Rabbi David Wolpe
Rabbi Dr. Shmuly Yanklowitz
Rabbi Moshe Yehudai
Rabbi Ben-Hayil Yellen
Rabbi Lina Zerbarini
Jewish Veg wishes to thank the U.K.-based Jewish Vegetarian Society for helping to recruit rabbis to sign this statement.