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Rabbi Jonathan Bernhard, Executive Director - Jewish Initiative for Animals

Based in Los Angeles, Jonathan is an ordained Conservative rabbi who served a wonderful congregation for 25 years before deciding it was time for something different. In addition to serving all animals, Jonathan is the co-founder of the Valley Chevra Kaddisha and is crazy about English Premier League Soccer, fostering mama dogs and their puppies, raising chickens, and playing ukulele badly.

Rabbi Jonathan Bernhard, Executive Director - Jewish Initiative for Animals

Based in Los Angeles, Jonathan is an ordained Conservative rabbi who served a wonderful congregation for 25 years before deciding it was time for something different. In addition to serving all animals, Jonathan is the co-founder of the Valley Chevra Kaddisha and is crazy about English Premier League Soccer, fostering mama dogs and their puppies, raising chickens, and playing ukulele badly.

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Embracing Change: A Call to Rethink the Passover Seder Plate

How and why can you create a plant-based seder plate? We embrace change during Passover, especially in rethinking the seder plate.

Rabbi Jonathan Bernhard, Executive Director - Jewish Initiative for Animals, Kayla Kaplan, M.S. March 13, 2024 Holidays Passover

Why Tu b’Shvat Needs to be More Than a Birthday for Trees

Rabbi Jonathan Bernhard encourages us to recommit to caring for our world and to see Tu b’Shvat as more than the “birthday for the trees.

Rabbi Jonathan Bernhard, Executive Director - Jewish Initiative for Animals January 14, 2024 Climate and Environment Climate change

Author

Rabbi Jonathan Bernhard, Executive Director - Jewish Initiative for Animals

My Posts

Embracing Change: A Call to Rethink the Passover Seder Plate

Why Tu b’Shvat Needs to be More Than a Birthday for Trees

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