David Rosen (rabbi)

"The current treatment of animals in the livestock trade definitely renders the consumption of meat as halachically unacceptable as the product of illegitimate means."

"We must clearly advocate dietary practices that are truly in consonance with the sublimest values of the , and today more than ever before these are overwhelmingly incompatible with carnivorous indulgence."

"Indeed, Judaism as a way of life, seeks to inculcate in us a consciousness of the Divine Presence in the World and respect for life accordingly. The more we care for life, the closer we are in fact to God. Accordingly, an ethical vegetarian way of life expresses the most noble and sublime values and aspirations of Judaism itself, bringing us closer to its vision for society as a whole."