"#Berkowitz, now the chair of #Jewish studies and a #professor of #religion at #BarnardCollege, the path between pre-adolescent #vegetarianism and ancient legal texts was neither straight nor obvious. But the throughline is what she explores in her new #book about #animalkinship and #Jewishlaw. “What Animals Teach Us About Families” insists that animals are living beings with family relationships of their own.

What’s more, Jewish laws about treating animals invite a conversation about these relationships and what they mean to leading a commanded and #ethicallife.

It’s the rare book of Jewish #scholarship that cites “#Bambi” and “#FindingNemo” alongside the #Babylonian #Talmud and the first-century #philosopher #Philo, and that includes a chapter on what readers can do to ensure that animals are treated more humanely.

“The #Bible’s animal-family laws do not protect animal families so much as sensitize us to their presence,” Berkowitz writes."

https://www.jta.org/2026/02/01/ideas/why-jewish-law-cares-about-mother-birds-and-baby-goats-and-the-ethics-of-animal-families

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#FindingNemo (2003)

'I promise to never let anything happen to you, Nemo.'

It's #GirlScoutCookie season again!

Just remember: A true measure of strength is being able to open a box of #ThinMints without eating a whole sleeve.

(It's #HootinTootinTuesday again! Post some jokes or funny memes under this hashtag today, and bring lots of smiles to #Mastodon.)

#Humor #Humour #FunnyMeme #DadJoke #FindingDory #FindingNemo #Fishtodon #DisneyMovies #GirlScoutCookies #Cookies #GirlScouts #GirlGuides #Scouting #NewYearsResolutions #Samoas #Trefoils #Tagalongs