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Richard H. Schwartz, speaks, 2016 NYC Veggie Pride Parade

 

Richard H. Schwartz, Ph.D., is president emeritus of

Jewish Veg, formerly known as Jewish Vegetarians of North America (JVNA), president of the Society of Ethical and Religious Vegetarians, and a board member of the Farm Animal Rights movement. In 1987 he was selected as Jewish Vegetarian of the Year by JVNA. In 2005, he was inaugurated into the North American Vegetarian Society's Hall of Fame. He is a patron of the International Jewish Vegetarian Society. Schwartz is the author of Judaism and Vegetarianism, Judaism and Global Survival, Who Stole My Religion? Revitalizing Judaism and Applying Jewish Values to Help Heal our Imperiled Planet, and Mathematics and Global Survival, and over 200 articles and 25 podcasts at JewishVeg.com/schwartz. He is the Associate Producer of a JVNA-sponsored documentary A SACRED DUTY: APPLYING JEWISH VALUES TO HELP HEAL THE WORLD. He is spearheading a campaign to stress that a major shift to- ward plant-based diets is essential to avert a climate catastrophe.

 

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