Kenneth Ehrenberg
Email:
kme11@columbia.edu
Located in Buffalo, NY but willing to travel if expenses
are paid.
Topics:
Moral/legal/philosophical
Status of Non-human Animals
Moral and Political Arguments for Vegetarianism
The
Jewish Bases for Ethical or Environmental Vegetarianism
Kenneth Ehrenberg
is currently completing his Ph.D. in Philosophy at Columbia University, writing
on methodological issues in the philosophy of law. After getting his law degree
from Yale in 1997, Ken practiced as an attorney for two years, one with the New
York City Parks Dept. and one with the law firm of O'Melveny and Myers, litigating
environmental insurance matters. Ken has taught college-level classes in ethics,
meta-ethics and moral disagreements, and introductory philosophy courses. He has
engaged in public speaking since the age of 15, and has been awarded numerous
prizes for college debate. Having adopted a vegetarian lifestyle for ethical reasons
in 1992, Ken has studied closely the philosophical and legal status of animals
and a variety of moral
arguments for vegetarianism, discovering in the process
that many of these arguments already exist within a variety of Jewish texts and
principles. His curriculum vita is available at http://www.columbia.edu/~kme11/cv.
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Cherina
Carmel Eisenberg
Phone: 415-381-8780
Email: carmelmango@hotmail.com
Topics:
The
Jewish Vegetarian
Parve Power
10 Jewish Reasons to be Vegetarian
Eco-Kosher
Cuisine for the 21st Century
Peanut Butter, Jelly, and Tikkun Olam
Vegetarian
Simchas
Cherina Carmel Eisenberg is a professional chef certified by the
Natural Gourmet Cookery School in Manhattan. Specializing in vegetarian and health-oriented
cuisine, she interned at the premiere vegan restaurant in San Francisco, "Millennium."
Currently, she is author of the weekly column, "The Jewish Vegetarian,"
appearing in the San Diego Jewish Heritage.
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Roberta
Kalechofsky, Ph.D.
255 Humphrey St., Marblehead, MA 01945
Phone: 781-631-7601
Fax: 781-639-0772
E-mail: micah@micahbooks.com
Willing
to travel if travel expenses and an honorarium are provided.
Topics:
Vegetarianism and Judaism
How to celebrate the Jewish holidays as a vegetarian
The
politics of Food
A History of Meat
Roberta Kalechofsky is the
founder and director of Micah Publications, the publishing arm of Jewish vegetarianism.
Among the books on vegetarianism and animal rights that she has written and edited
are Vegetarian Judaism, Judaism and Animal Rights, Rabbis and
Vegetarianism, Haggadah for the Liberated Lamb, and the Jewish Vegetarian
Year Book. She is very active in the animal rights and vegetarian movements
and began the organization, Jews for Animal Rights in 1985, and coordinates publishing
projects with this organization. She has also written many works of fiction as
well as books about feminism. Additional information about Roberta and her books
can be found at www.micahbooks.com.
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Noam
Mohr
88-35 Elmhurst Ave. #1L, Elmhurst, NY 11373
Phone: (646)
287-0072
Email: noammohr@hotmail.com
Topics:
Judaism and Vegetarianism
Animal Welfare and Animal Rights
Noam Mohr is coordinator for Jewish
Vegetarians of North America (JVNA). He currently
works on farmed animal issues for People for the Ethical
Treatment of Animals, has worked on state legislation
with the Humane Soceity of the United States, lobbied
on global warming for the U.S. Public Interest Research
Group, worked on Capitol Hill and for a number of
animal protection organizations. He has degrees from
Yale and Penn.
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Richard
H. Schwartz, Ph.D
2800 Victory Boulevard, Staten Island, NY 10314
Phone:
(718) 761-5876
E-mail: rschw12345@aol.com
Willing
to travel if travel expenses and an honorarium are provided.
Topics:
Judaism and Vegetarianism
Should Jews Be Vegetarians?
Vegetarianism:
Key to Global Sustainability?
Judaism and Global Survival
Responding Jewishly
to Israeli and Global Environmental Threats
Richard H. Schwartz, Ph. D,
is the author of Judaism and Vegetarianism, Judaism and Global Survival,
and Mathematics and Global Survival. He has over 100
articles on the Internet, and frequently speaks and contributes articles on
environmental, health, and other current issues. He is Professor Emeritus of Mathematics
at the College of Staten Island, President of the Jewish Vegetarians of North
America (JVNA), and coordinator of the society of Ethical and Religious Vegetarians
(SERV). In 1987, he was selected as Jewish Vegetarian of the Year by the JVNA.
