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The Tides of Teshuvah

Earth Etude for Elul 3 by Rabbi Janet Madden Midrash Tehilim 65:4: “Teshuvah is like the sea which is never barred, so that whoever desires to bathe in it can […]

I walked on the Pier above the Saint Lawrence River

Earth Etude for Elul 2 by Enid C. Lader ~I walked on the pier above the Saint Lawrence River It happened to be across the street from a grand cathedral […]

Earth Etude for Elul 1

Waves by Louis Polisson Written after a visit to Wrightsville Beach, North Carolina, native lands of the Waccamaw Siouan, Lumbee, and Catawba (Iswa) peoples The sound of waves Breaking on […]

Earth Etude for Rosh Hodesh Elul

Turning Earthward by Rabbi Asher Chaim Sofman ~ I sit in my backyard on a cool and beautiful August day. Cicadas and crickets buzz. It’s a workday, but if my […]

Climate Change: An Issue That Should Defeat Donald Trump

Climate Change: An Issue That Should Defeat Donald Trump In what could be the most consequential election in US history, former President Trump must be defeated. Among the many reasons […]

All the Earth Etudes for Elul–5784

Connecting the Meaning of our Lives to the Spirit of Judaism: Tikkun Olam – Repairing our World Elul is almost here–by Rabbi Katy Allen: The moon is waning once again, […]

Intro to Elul

by Rabbi Katy Z. Allen Elul is almost here! The moon is waning once again, this time telling us that we are approaching the Jewish month of Elul, and this […]

Outline for a New Year for Animals (Aleph b’Elul) Seder

The Seder will be divided into four parts. Each part will end with the drinking of a cup of grape juice or wine and the eating of a vegan food. […]

My three articles about a Zoom event that aims to restore and transform the ancient New Year for Animals as part of a campaign to increase awareness that shifts to plant-based diets are essential to efforts to avert a climate catastrophe and will be honoring me

Longtime Vegan To Be Honored For 50 Years of Activism Richard H. Schwartz, PhD, is to be honored for his 50 years of activism promoting vegetarianism and veganism, animal rights, […]

My three Tisha B’Av-related articles

2. A Tisha B’Av Message: Will We Fail To Heed the Warnings Again? 3. Tisha B’Av and Veganism and Vegetarianism —————– 1. Relating Tisha B’Av to Today’s Environmental Crises    […]

Ways of Commemorating and Celebrating Rosh Hashanah LaBeheimot

 Ways of Commemorating and Celebrating Rosh Hashanah LaBeheimot Since we are trying to restore an ancient holiday and transform it from its original purpose of tithing animals for sacrifices, there […]

Complete text of my eBook, “Restoring and Transforming the Ancient Jewish New Year for Animals: An Idea Whose Time Has Come”

Restoring and Transforming the Ancient Jewish New Year for Animals: An Idea Whose Time Has Come Richard H. Schwartz, President Emeritus, Jewish Veg Messages of Support from Rabbis and Other […]

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