“This book is intended as a wake-up call, the most urgent that I can make, to Jews and all of humanity that we must do everything we can to apply Jewish and other religions’ values to help shift our imperiled planet onto a sustainable path,” writes Prof. Richard H. Schwartz in the preface to the updated 20th anniversary edition of his book Judaism and Global Survival.

“A primary aim is to show that the world is heading toward a ‘perfect storm’ of existential crises: sudden, catastrophic climate change; severe environmental degradation; devastating scarcities of food, water, and energy; widening terrorism; and other critical threats to life as we know and value it. It is meant to represent a cause and a crusade, to increase awareness that the application of Jewish values can make a major difference in shifting our imperiled world away from its present perilous path.”

Schwartz, now 89, has been banging his drum tirelessly – perhaps even more vigorously in recent years – ever since the 1982 publication of his iconic Judaism and Vegetarianism

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