New York City: October 22 -- Professor Richard Schwartz
will be giving a free
course on "Judaism and Vegetarianism" using email, starting the first
week in
March, 1999, for ten weeks. All are welcome to enroll. There are no
prerequisites or requirements other than a desire to learn more about
the issues.
The course outline is:
JUDAISM AND VEGETARIANISM
1. A Vegetarian View of the Torah
2. Judaism, Vegetarianism, and Health
3. Judaism, Vegetarianism, and Animals
4. Judaism, Vegetarianism, and Ecology
5. Judaism, Vegetarianism, and Hunger
6. Judaism, Vegetarianism, and Peace
7. Vegetarian Connections to Jewish Holidays
8. Involving the Jewish Community re Vegetarianism
9. Related Issues - Fur, Vivisection
10. Summary; Next Steps; Responses to Questions.
Richard Schwartz is the author of Judaism and
Vegetarianism and Judaism and
Global Survival, and over 85 vegetarian-related articles and book
reviews on the
internet at the "Virtual Yeshiva" (access information is in the
signature below).
He recently led a campaign to get material on Judaism and vegetarianism
to over
3,500 North American congregational rabbis.
Each week material on the topic of the week will be sent
out via Email to each
registered participant. (There may be an average of about 3 articles per
week).
While the focus of the course is "Judaism and
Vegetarianism", participants will
gain knowledge of basic Jewish teachings and general information related
to
animals, health and nutrition, ecology, resource usage, and hunger, as
well as
information about Jewish festivals. It is hoped that some of the
"graduates" will
speak in their local areas and perhaps that a "Speakers' bureau" will be
set up
to help spread the Jewish vegetarian message throughout the US and
beyond.
All questions that come up will be seriously considered
and discussed.
Responses to "Frequently Asked Questions" will be sent to all
registrants, but
we will consider additional questions that come up and possible improved
responses to the FAQs. If necessary, there will be consultations with
rabbis
and reviews of internet resources and other sources to get the most
complete
picture possible.
To register, people should contact Richard Schwartz at
[email protected]
Further information about the course may be found at:
www.rasheit.org/course.html#anchor1582372
Richard H. Schwartz
Professor, Mathematics
College of Staten Island
2800 Victory Boulevard
Staten Island, NY 10314 USA
Tel: (718) 982-3621
Fax: (718) 982-3631
Email address:
[email protected]
Author of Judaism and Vegetarianism, Judaism and Global
Survival, and
Mathematics and Global Survival.
Patron of the International Jewish Vegetarian Society.
My articles on Judaism and Vegetarianism are on the
internet at
www.rasheit.org (in the "Rebbes"
section), and at
arrs.envirolink.org/ar-voices/schwartz/menu.html
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