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Matisyahu Supports Israel's Proposed Fur Ban
Readers may recall that in April, heebnvegan featured an exclusive interview with Matisyahu. In June, he wrote a letter on behalf of PETA speaking out in favor of Israel's proposed fur ban. Matisyahu told government leaders, "I hope you will agree that the way that animals suffer and die in the fur trade violates the fundamental principle of tza'ar ba'alei chayim, which forbids gratuitous cruelty to animals."

Recommended Reading on The Jew & The Carrot

• A Victory for Factory Farming Opponents in Ohio (August)
• At Vegans' Weddings: Beef or Tofu? (August)
• How My Dog Turned Me Into a Vegetarian (August)
• A Review of 'Gristle' (July)
• 'Oy'-Free Cooking (July)
• Is the New 'Humane' Kosher Label Humane Enough? Or Too Humane? (June)

Recommended Reading on Failed Messiah

• New Zealand Jews Get Temporary Stay on Slaughter Ban (August)
• Unsanitary Hasidic Poultry Plant Shuts Down Processing in Agreement With Feds (July)
• Mehadrin Kosher Poultry Pleads No Contest to Violating Pennsylvania Environmental Laws (July)
• European Jews Object to Law Mandating Labeling Kosher Meat as Slaughtered Without Stunning (June)
• PETA's Not-So-Hidden Agenda (June)

Other Recommended Reading

• Myq Kaplan Isn't 'Last Comic Standing' but Gets Last Laugh (Vegetarian Star, August)
  
• Meat Prices [in Israel] to Rise 30% Due to Demand in Gaza (YNet, July)
• Jewcy Interviews: Jesse Michaels of Operation Ivy (Jewcy, July)
• The Big Jewcy (Jewcy, June)
• Tefillin Maker Dies of Toxic Fumes (IsraelNationalNews.com, June)