Judaism & Global Survival 20th anniversary edition By Richard H. Schwartz, Ph.D. Lantern Publishing & Media P.O. Box 1350 Woodstock, NY 12498 www.lanternpm.org 352 pages; $9.99 Kindle; $19.95 paperback. Like previous editions of Judaism & Global Survival, published in 1984 and 2002, this latest edition by longtime vegan activist and author Richard Schwartz, 88, […]
Roberta Kalechofsky, 90, interpreted Judaism in animal rights context
Took up animal advocacy in mid-career as author & publisher Roberta Kalechofsky, 90, author, animal advocate, educator, historian, and publisher, died on April 5, 2022 in hospice care in Chelsea, Massachusetts, near her longtime home in Marblehead, Massachusetts. ANIMALS 24-7, unfortunately, only learned of her death on January 26, 2023, necessitating this late obituary. Valued […]
Has the world-wide vegan revolution started — in Israel?
The Vegan Revolution. Saving Our World, Revitalizing Judaism by Richard Schwartz Lantern Publishing & Media, 2020. Reviewed by Keith Akers Any other book titled The Vegan Revolution, if one didn’t look at the subtitle, would not necessarily seem to have anything to do especially with Judaism or Israel. But from page 1 forward, Richard Schwartz […]
Animal Agriculture is Immoral: vegan activists respond to COVID-19
Anthology edited by Sailesh Rao, Ph.D. 156 pages, paperback. $9.99 from Amazon.com. Reviewed by Richard Schwartz Animal Agriculture Is Immoral is an anthology of scholarly, insightful, thought-provoking essays from environmental, social, religious, and spiritual perspectives by leading vegan activists, assembled in the wake of the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic, about the very negative effects of animal-based […]