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WORLD February 21, 1999 VNN3117 Free E-mail Course On Judaism & Vegetarianism BY USA, Feb 21 (VNN) — Already over 300 students have signed up for the course. FREE E MAIL COURSE ON JUDAISM AND VEGETARIANISM New York City: October 22 Professor Richard Schwartz will be giving a free course on "Judaism and Vegetarianism" using e mail, 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 E mail 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 Schwartz@postbox.CSI.CUNY.edu Further information about the course may be found at http://www.rasheit.org/course.html#anchor1582372 Richard H. Schwartz Professor, Mathematics College of Staten Island 2800 Victory Boulevard Staten Island, NY 10314 USA (718) 982-3621 E mail address: Schwartz@postbox.CSI.CUNY.edu Fax: (718) 982-3631 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 http://www.rasheit.org (in the "Rebbes" section), and at ARRS.EnviroLink.org/AR-voices/Schwartz/menu.html Comment on this Story This story URL: http://vaishnava-news-network.org/world/WD9902/WD21-3117.html
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