Rant
Sometimes it seems that world issues and Judaism just can't intermingle. I mean, yes, of course they can. But I rarely hear observant Jews decrying the state of the environment, promoting any kind of sustainable living, or really caring at all. I have yet to find one organic store that caters to kashrut-observant people. Forget the fact that anything organic, natural or otherwise untainted is ridiculously overpriced and hard to find. Try finding organic, natural and kosher. It's unavailable.
I want to buy organic vegetables. I also want to buy vegetables that were not planted during shmita, and that have had terumot and maaserot taken from them. Why can't I get both?
I want to be able to go out to eat and chose an environmentally responsible restaurant, with a teudat kashrut. Why are there none?
Is it that the frum crowd couldn't give a shit about anything beyond their relatively tiny circle of life? I can't assume that's true. It's particularly sad if it is.
Will I need to open my own vegetarian, organic produce/bakery/coffee-shop in Israel, to be the first observant Jew to actively care?
I don't mean to sound so harsh. I know I'm not the only one. But why does it seem that being environmentally responsible is only for the secular (and rich)?
I want to buy organic vegetables. I also want to buy vegetables that were not planted during shmita, and that have had terumot and maaserot taken from them. Why can't I get both?
I want to be able to go out to eat and chose an environmentally responsible restaurant, with a teudat kashrut. Why are there none?
Is it that the frum crowd couldn't give a shit about anything beyond their relatively tiny circle of life? I can't assume that's true. It's particularly sad if it is.
Will I need to open my own vegetarian, organic produce/bakery/coffee-shop in Israel, to be the first observant Jew to actively care?
I don't mean to sound so harsh. I know I'm not the only one. But why does it seem that being environmentally responsible is only for the secular (and rich)?