Rabbi Shmuly Yanklowitz, a vegan for 12 years, has issued a challenge offering $5,000 to anyone willing to debate him on veganism in front of their congregation, aiming to convince Jews to embrace veganism due to health, environmental, and ethical reasons, rejecting the assumption that kosher necessarily means ethical meat consumption.

In episode 216 of "Working It," live from the Valley of the Sun JCC in Phoenix, Arizona, interviews with rabbis Pinchas Allouche and Shmuly Yanklowitz are featured, where they discuss their paths to becoming rabbis and making Judaism inclusive.