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The Ark Project
The Ark Project provides all of the resources a student needs to plan, develop, and implement a service-learning project focused on animal welfare in the year leading up to their b’nai mitzvah. Download for free or order a print copy here.
The Ark Project: Facilitator Guide
Jewish institutions can host a cohort of b’nai mitzvah students to design and complete a service-learning project as a group. JIFA has created The Ark Project Facilitator Guide for a lead educator (e.g. a farmer, educator, or clergy member) to facilitate a unique project.
Bringing DefaultVeg to Your Synagogue
Whether at a Shabbat dinner or Kiddush lunch, how food is presented plays a big role in what we choose to eat. DefaultVeg relies on “nudges” to motivate us to choose delicious food that’s better for us and the planet.
Bringing DefaultVeg to Your Hillel
Whether at a Shabbat dinner or Kiddush lunch, how food is presented plays a big role in what we choose to eat. DefaultVeg relies on “nudges” to motivate us to choose delicious food that’s better for us and the planet.
Bringing DefaultVeg to Your Organization
Whether at a Shabbat dinner or bagel brunch, how food is presented plays a big role in what we choose to eat. DefaultVeg relies on “nudges” to motivate us to choose delicious food that’s better for us and the planet.
JIFA Leadership Circle
The JIFA Leadership Circle leverages the buying power of institutions—synagogues, Hillels, camps, JCCs, schools, food service and catering companies—to align supply chains with institutional values and change the way animals are raised for food.
Dairy on Shavu'ot: A Mysterious Custom and its Meaning Today
One of the better known Jewish holiday customs is eating dairy on Shavu‘ot. Use this text study guide with questions for reflection to explore the food traditions of Shavu’ot, including the main reasons for dairy, and how and why we might revisit Shavu’ot’s other original food traditions in the age of industrial animal agriculture and climate change.
High Holidays Flyer: Compassionate Teshuvah
Use this double-sided flyer as a resource to promote Compassionate Teshuvah: a list of action items that will help your community do teshuvah – literally “return” – to a place of balance and resolution within ourselves and in all our relationships during the high holiday season and year-round.
Pantry Pesach Recipe Guide
This plant-based Passover recipe collection includes meals developed by Los Angeles-based caterer Ariel Freda. Get inspired to cook kosher-for-passover dishes using staples from around your home!
Passover Planning and Learning Guide: Setting a Conscious Table
As you prepare for the Passover seder this year, consider using these four questions to help inform your own conscious food choices, and to enhance your discussions with family and friends during the holiday.
Rosh Hashanah La'Behemot: New Year for Animals
Rosh Hashanah La’Behemot, or New Year for the Animals, is one of four Jewish new year festivals indicated by the Mishna, occurring exactly one month before Rosh Hashanah. This ritual guide teaches about the origin and revival of this holiday and how your community can participate.
The Passover Egg Haggadah Supplement
Download The Egg on the Seder Plate Haggadah Supplement to start the conversation about animal welfare over Passover. Why is there an egg on the Seder plate, and how can you make sure your seder plate promotes Jewish values of compassion?
Jewish Animal Ethics
Jewish Animal Ethics, the JIFA Community Study Guide, introduces an array of Jewish texts and their English translations to help students and communities explore the various views and the evolution of compassion for animals within Jewish tradition.
Genetics and Welfare
Jewish farms across the country have printed and installed a set of signs, including this one, as resources for understanding the importance of genetics and environment to chicken welfare and teaching Jewish values. They can also be used in a variety of other teaching settings!
Laying Hens
Jewish farms across the country have printed and installed a set of signs, including this one, as resources for understanding the importance of genetics and environment to chicken welfare and teaching Jewish values. They can also be used in a variety of other teaching settings!
Production Models
Jewish farms across the country have printed and installed a set of signs, including this one, as resources for understanding the importance of genetics and environment to chicken welfare and teaching Jewish values. They can also be used in a variety of other teaching settings!
Animals and Kashrut
From creation to conservation to contemporary ritual, these lessons engage students of all ages around texts and activities focused on human-animal relationships in Judaism.
Animals and Spirituality
From creation to conservation to contemporary ritual, these lessons engage students of all ages around texts and activities focused on human-animal relationships in Judaism.
Animals as Food
From creation to conservation to contemporary ritual, these lessons engage students of all ages around texts and activities focused on human-animal relationships in Judaism.
Animals as Part of Creation
From creation to conservation to contemporary ritual, these lessons engage students of all ages around texts and activities focused on human-animal relationships in Judaism.
Animals in Jewish Ritual: Past and Present
From creation to conservation to contemporary ritual, these lessons engage students of all ages around texts and activities focused on human-animal relationships in Judaism.
Caring for Your Animals
From creation to conservation to contemporary ritual, these lessons engage students of all ages around texts and activities focused on human-animal relationships in Judaism.
Conservation and Preservation of Animal Species
From creation to conservation to contemporary ritual, these lessons engage students of all ages around texts and activities focused on human-animal relationships in Judaism.
Including Animals in Jewish Ritual
From creation to conservation to contemporary ritual, these lessons engage students of all ages around texts and activities focused on human-animal relationships in Judaism.
Learning from Animals
From creation to conservation to contemporary ritual, these lessons engage students of all ages around texts and activities focused on human-animal relationships in Judaism.
Preventing Cruelty to Animals
From creation to conservation to contemporary ritual, these lessons engage students of all ages around texts and activities focused on human-animal relationships in Judaism.