This is an anthology of 41 articles from classical and contemporary sources, by rabbis, doctors, veterinarians, conservationists, philosophers, historians and activists on vegetarianism, ritual slaughter, animal research and its implications for modern health. It includes essays by Henry Spira, Rabbi Shlomo Riskin, Rabbi Alfred Cohen, Richard Schwartz, Aviva Cantor, Roberta Kalechofsky, and others.

