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Expert Reveals Connection Between Judaism and Veganism

From UnchainedTV.com
July 2023

“The test for righteousness that the book of Proverbs, chapter 12 verse 10, indicates is the righteous individual considers the lives of his animals.”
~ Professor Richard H. Schwartz, Jewish scholar

Professor Schwartz makes a strong argument that the best way to align one’s life with the values of Judaism is to avoid all animal products and any animal exploitation.

Richard Schwartz
89-year-old Richard Schwartz, July 2023

Over the course of an awe-inspiring career, Richard Schwartz, now 89 years old, has revealed the many connections between Judaism and veganism. This esteemed professor, and longtime vegan activist, has dug deep into the Jewish scriptures and identified the teachings that validate a vegan lifestyle where harm to animals is avoided. Professor Schwartz makes a strong argument that the best way to align one’s life with the values of Judaism is to avoid all animal products and any animal exploitation.

Professor Schwartz, Ph.D., is now re-publishing his acclaimed book, Judaism and Global Survival — 20th-anniversary Edition, which presents basic Jewish teachings on peace, justice, compassion, sharing, love of neighbors, environmental sustainability, and other subjects. This prolific writer says it’s increasingly urgent to apply these teachings to combat climate change, biodiversity loss and other environmental threats that are a side effect of industrial animal agriculture.

This is what he said when asked to summarize the connection between Judaism and veganism:

“There are many connections. I try to point out these six Jewish mandates — and, by the way, other religions have similar mandates — that point to veganism as the ideal diet. And these are, to take care of our health, to treat animals with compassion, to protect the environment, to conserve natural resources, to help hungry people, and to seek and pursue peace. In addition to that, in the Torah, the Jewish scriptures, in the very first chapter, chapter one verse 29, you can read that God’s first dietary regimen is strictly vegan.”

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