Dr. Richard Schwartz: "Animal-based diets are inconsistent with basic religious values "

and: " I hope that Jews and others who take religious values seriously will seriously consider switching to vegetarian diets"

October/November 2011

Jewish Vegetarians of North America president Richard Schwartz discusses in an interview how animal-based diets are inconsistent with basic religious values and why a major societal shift to plant-based diets is vital to reduce the current epidemic of diseases, widespread animal abuses, and the current severe effects of climate change.

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The interview
- aired 30 October 2011 Part 1
- aired 6 November 2011 Part 2

Source: The Schwartz Collection on Judaism, Vegetarianism, and Animal Rights
Author: Interview

Link: A SACRED DUTY: Applying Jewish Values To Help Heal The World
Link: Dr. Richard Schwartz: Has Judaism Been Stolen by Right-Wingers?
Link: Jewish Vegetarians of America
Link: Society of Ethical and Religious Vegetarians
Link: Vegetarianism and the Major World Religions


Other EVANA-articles about this topic:
EVANA Interview of Professor Richard H. Schwartz, President of Jewish Vegetarians of North America (en)