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SUMMARY:Faith\, Community\, and Culture: Faith and Plant-Based Diets
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DESCRIPTION:Join this interfaith discussion on the connections between fai
 th and plant-based diets. Led by a food historian\, local religious leader
 s will share how vegan and vegetarian practices align with their spiritual
  beliefs\, influence their traditions..\nhttps://lacountylibrary.libnet.in
 fo/event/13276634
X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:<p>LA County Library offers a series of virtu
 al roundtable conversations exploring the intersections between community 
 service in libraries and in faith organizations. These interfaith dialogue
 s will bring together religious leaders from a diversity of traditions to 
 discuss the ways in which libraries and faith-based organizations can work
  side by side to encourage soulful wellbeing in our communities. The purpo
 se of these conversations is to encourage a broader understanding of the t
 ypes of organizations that provide care and service to our communities\, a
 n understanding that promotes opportunities for partnership and connection
  between libraries and faith organizations.&nbsp\;<br />&nbsp\;<br />This 
 panel discussion on&nbsp\;Faith and Plant-Based Diets&nbsp\;will be modera
 ted by Richard Foss and features faith leaders Rabbi Jonathan Bernhard\, K
 ate Carpenter\, and Ven. Hui Ze Shih.<br />&nbsp\;<br />Rabbi&nbsp\;<stron
 g>Jonathan Bernhard</strong>&nbsp\;is the Director of Clergy Engagement at
  the Center for Jewish Food Ethics and co-found the Valley Chevra Kadisha.
  In July 2025 he will become the rabbi at Temple Shalom of the South Bay.<
 br />&nbsp\;<br /><strong>Kate Carpenter</strong>&nbsp\;is the clerk of th
 e Animal Kinship&nbsp\;Committee\, an ad-hoc committee of Orange Grove Mee
 ting in Pasadena.&nbsp\;<br />&nbsp\;<br /><strong>Richard Foss&nbsp\;</st
 rong>Is journalist\, author\, culinary historian\, and lecturer based in M
 anhattan Beach\, California. He is a board member of the Culinary Historia
 ns of Southern California.<br />&nbsp\;<br />Venerable&nbsp\;<strong>Hui Z
 e Shih</strong>&nbsp\;is a Buddhist monastic from Hsi Lai Temple in Hacien
 da Heights. He is currently in charge of Interfaith as well as Outreach pr
 ograms in the temple.</p>\nhttps://lacountylibrary.libnet.info/event/13276
 634
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