PETA responds to Tablet’s article about the organization’s latest campaign

How can we square conspicuous extravagance with laws of modesty? What about Jewish laws about treating animals humanely?

It’s for ethical treatment of animals. Seriously. (Update: the award is apparently a spoof)

Plus an interfaith choir in London, and more in the news

As animal-free eating catches on, restaurants, websites, and cooking classes reflect the latest food trend

The Dutch parliament moved last week to prohibit the ritual slaughter of animals, putting the notoriously tolerant Netherlands on a path to ban a practice key to both Jewish and Muslim observance