CLERGY STATEMENT
Lead the Call for a More Just Food System
Take a stand for a food system that reflects our shared values. By shifting communal food culture to promote more sustainable and humane food practices, we honor the Jewish values of protecting people, animals, and our planet.
We invite our community to share this Statement with your clergy and encourage them to sign on and take action.
Jewish clergy, join over 200 rabbis and cantors who have already signed our Clergy Statement, endorsing a shift toward more sustainable food practices in Jewish communities.
CJFE Clergy Statement
“We, the undersigned clergy, encourage our fellow Jews to transition toward 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.”
Shalom Begins on Your Plate
Our new video, “Shalom Begins on Your Plate,” features six of our Clergy Statement signatories who are passionate about aligning our community food choices with Jewish values to benefit our bodies, animals, and our planet.
We invite you to share the video to inspire additional endorsements of the Statement.
CLERGY STATEMENT SIGNATORIES
“We, the undersigned clergy, encourage our fellow Jews to transition toward 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 Blazer
Rabbi Lisa Bock
Rabbi Dr. Analia Bortz
Rabbi Anne Brener
Rabbi Lynn Brody
Rabbi Rick Brody
Rabbi Sharon Brous
Rabbi Rachel Brown
Rabbi Jonathan Bubis
Rabbi Janet Burden
Rabbi Gila Caine
Rabbi Nadav Caine
Rabbi Harold Caminker
Rabbi Richard Camras
Rabbi Nina Beth Cardin
Rav Shai Cherry
Rabbi Dr. Geoffrey Claussen
Rabbi Dr. Aryeh Cohen
Rabbi Stephen Cohen
Rabbi Howard Cohen
Rabbi Eli Cohen
Rabbi Brian Comrov
Rabbi Susan Conforti
Cantor Tiffani Coyot
Rabbi Dr. Jonathan Crane
Rabbi Robert Davis
Rabbi Dr. Eliezer Diamond
Rabbi Boris Dolin
Rabbi Art Donsky
Rabbi Calvin Dox-DaCosta
Rabbi Dr Laura Duhan-Kaplan
Rabbi Shammai Engelmayer
Rabbi David Englander
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 Loring Frank
Rabbi Adam Frank
Rabbi Robyn Fryer Bodzin
Rabbi Stephen Fuchs
Rabbi Everett Gendler
Rabbi Yonasson Gershom
Rabbi Sherrill Gilbert
Rabbi Bob Gluck
Rabbi Shefa Gold
Rabbi Aaron 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
Rabbi Melissa Hoffman
Rabbi Mark Horowitz
Rabbi Debbie Israel
Rabbi Jill Jacobs
Rabbi Robert Judd
Rabbi Jeffrey Kahn
Rabbi James Kahn
Rabbi Dr. Deborah Kahn-Harris
Rabbi Andy Kastner
Rabbi Kenny (Yitzchak) Kaufman
Rabbi Asa Keisar
Rabbi Jonathan Keren-Black
Rabbi Paul Kipnes
Rabbi Jonathan Klein
Rabbi Adam Kligfield
Rabbi Max Kohanzad
Rabbi Tzvi Koren
Rabbi Michael Kramer
Rabbi Beth Kramer-Mazer
Rabbi Yaacov J. Kravitz, Ed.D.
Rabbi Charles Kroloff
Rabbi Paul Kurland
Rabbi Leah Kurtz
Rabbi Noa Kushner
Rabbi Sandra Lawson
Rabbi Keilah Lebell
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 Gabrielle Pescador
Rabbi Carl Perkins
Rabbi Nina Perlmutter
Rabbi Mark Perman
Cantor Juval Porat
Rabbi Linda Potemken
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 Howie Schneider
Rabbi Barry Schwartz
Rabbi David Sears
Rabbi Erica Sekuler
Rabbi Dr. Arthur Segal
Rabbi Gerald Serotta
Rabbi Ari Shapiro
Rabbi Dr. Rami Shapiro
Rabbi Rita Sherwin
Rabbi Camille Shira Angel
Rabbi Andy Shugerman
Rabbi Alexandria Shuval-Weiner
Rabbi Barry Silver z"l
Rabbi Daniel Siegel
Rabbi Suzanne Singer
Rabbi David Small
Rabbi Deb Smith
Rabbi Eli Soiefer
Rabbi Dr. Jenny Solomon
Rabbi Eric Solomon
Rabbi Marc Soloway
Rabbi Dr. Daniel Sperber
Rabbi Avraham Stav
Rabbi Moishe Steigmann
Rabbi David Steinberg
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
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
To add your name to our list of signatories
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Your Support Matters
Clergy endorsements help shape the future of Jewish communal food practices. In addition to signing onto our Statement and encouraging other clergy to do the same, please consider a gift to accompany your endorsement and sustain our work.