For Every Thing, A Purpose By Rabbi Bradley Artson
One of the great debates within the environmental community is the proper human posture toward the preservation of diverse species. On the one hand, there are those who argue that extinction is the normal method through which nature keeps itself trim. Throughout the eons, a great many species have gone the way of the Dodo bird and the stegosaurus -- no longer able to compete successfully for a habitable niche in a difficult world.