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Book Reviews:

Quotes About the Book:

"It is to be hoped that this major publication will not only adorn the bookshelf of many a Jewish home, but will also become a guide to an ever-increasing movement of Jews toward vegetarianism, born out of sincere religious conviction rooted in our most sublime teachings."

David Rosen, former Chief Rabbi of Ireland

"My own view is that a vegetarian diet may in fact hasten the coming of Moshiach (the Messiah). The more we live as if this were the messianic age the closer we are to it. Richard Schwartz's Judaism and Vegetarianism is a powerful guide to moving self and society closer to Moshiach."

Rabbi Rami Shapiro, author of The Way of Solomon, and founder and director of The Virtual Yeshiva and Simply Jewish.

"Richard Schwartz is changing the world and I am proud to be his friend. You do not have to be a Jew to read and enjoy Judaism and Vegetarianism. Richard has brilliantly written a most fascinating book, no matter what your religion. I found it to be one of the best books I've ever read."

Howard F. Lyman, President, EarthSave International; Author Mad Cowboy.

"Why, I have wondered, are so many Jews today shifting toward a more vegetarian diet? In his scholarly and thoughtful style, Richard Schwartz demonstrates the profound imperatives at the heart of the Jewish faith that lead inexorably in a vegetarian direction. He shows us that to be mensch today, to be a whole and healthy and fully human being, you have to bring your food choices into alignment with your ethics, and that means, for anyone who aspires towards peace and compassion, eating a plant-based diet."

John Robbins, author of Diet for a New America and How Your Diet Can Help Save Your Life and Our World.

"Thank God, and Professor Richard Schwartz, for a very accurate, very readable, very stirring book! The author's intellectual integrity, moral passion, and simple human warmth help illustrate a hitherto almost unexplored, yet vastly important territory. His Jewish commitments are as profound as his ethical concerns are universal. The work is a challenge to mind and soul, a call to the conscience and a guide for practical, necessary action. There must be much acclaim for this brave, pioneering, shiningly humane achievement

Dr. Andre Ungar, Rabbi of Temple Emanuel, Westwood, New Jersey, former chairman of the Hebraic Studies Department, Rutgers University

"Jews like me who have (so far) not become full vegetarians will still (like me) find Schwartz's analysis of the problems of meat-eating to be serious food not only for thought but for action to eat far less meat. And those who are drawn to explore the deeper meanings of Torah will find Schwartz a good and careful guide in this aspect of Jewish tradition. For us who are all the People of the Mouth -- whether it is food in, or words out -- this is an important book."

Rabbi Arthur Waskow, Author of Down-To-Earth Judaism: Food, Money, Sex, and the Rest of Life, Godwrestling--Round 2, and several other books.

Excerpts from published reviews of earlier editions:

"... search no further, Richard H. Schwartz has covered all the conceivable aspects of non-meat eating and the Jewish religion in Judaism and Vegetarianism."

Marc Leepson, The Vegetarian Voice

"Schwartz makes his most original contribution by showing that for each of the standard arguments in favor of vegetarianism, there is a specifically Jewish approach which underpins the vegetarian position.

The Vegetarian Activist

"A brilliant book of outstanding merit... A classic that should find its way into every Jewish bookcase and certainly of interest to all others who love to widen their knowledge of the ancient and compassionate philosophies."

Victor Ruben, Jewish Vegetarian

"This is a convincing, compassionate and comprehensive argument... marshals overpowering evidence... amply documented... (we) will be compelled to think most seriously about the issues raised in this provocative book."

Harry Essrig, The American Rabbi

"Professor Schwartz has presented us with impressive material supporting his thesis that a practical, healthy, and Torah way of eating is through vegetarianism."

Emunah

"Dr. Schwartz's work should find a place in the home library of every thinking individual, religious or not. It should become required reading for high schools, and certainly in pre-marriage counseling, ..."

"Nutrition for Better Health", Shirley Mandel, The Jewish Press

"By any standard of measurement, this is an extraordinary book; it covers a field never before explained. When you get through its pages, you might shake your head in bewilderment and say this is all so true why hasn't it been said before."

Health Page, American Jewish Ledger, Simon Bloom,

"It would be hard for anyone ethically sensitive - Jew or non-Jew - to read this book and not take up the vegetarian cause.

Paul Peabody, Fellowship (Fellowship of Reconciliation)

"A titan in its glorification of the Jewish faith and spirit."

Rabbi Marcus Kramer, Staten Island Advance,