A Global Livestream Experience

You’re invited to a global livestream experience introducing the New Year for Animals to animal advocates, changemakers, and supporters of Mercy For Animals around the world.

This August, Mercy For Animals is honored to join forces with Freedom Farm, Jewish Vegan Life, and The Good Food Institute for a critical global conversation exploring what it means to dismantle factory farming and build a more compassionate food system.

Join us for an inspiring deep dive connecting faith, systemic animal advocacy, farmed animal sentience, and the future of food.

This session brings together experts to explore how compassion can reshape our future, focusing on modern ethics, investigations, and technological innovation to end factory farming.

Details

Sunday, August 9
10 AM PT / 1 PM ET
Online: Link shared upon registration below

Meet the Speakers

Arash Yomtobian

President & CEO, Mercy For Animals

Arash Yomtobian is President and CEO of Mercy For Animals, a global leader in the movement to end factory farming. A global executive, entrepreneur, and longtime advocate for compassion, Arash brings more than two decades of experience leading high impact organizations and building systems that create meaningful change. An ethical vegan for nine years, his commitment to ending factory farming is rooted in a broader vision of creating systems of care for human and nonhuman animals and the planet.

Adit Romano

Co Founder, Freedom Farm, Israel

Adit Romano is the Co Founder of Freedom Farm, an animal sanctuary and educational center in Israel dedicated to rescuing animals and inspiring compassion through personal connection. Through her work, Adit helps people encounter animals as individuals and deepen their understanding of animal sentience, empathy, and our shared responsibility toward other living beings.

Bruce Friedrich

Founder and President, The Good Food Institute

Bruce Friedrich is the Founder and President of The Good Food Institute, an international nonprofit working to transform the global food system through innovation in plant based and cultivated meat. He is the author of Meat: How the Next Agricultural Revolution Will Transform Humanity’s Favorite Food—and Our Future, which explores how food technology can help reshape the way we produce meat and build a more sustainable and compassionate future.

Rabbi David Rosen

Former Chief Rabbi of Ireland | Member, Jewish Vegan Life Executive Council

Rabbi David Rosen is an internationally recognized Jewish leader and a leading voice in interfaith relations. He served as Chief Rabbi of Ireland and, for 23 years, as the American Jewish Committee’s International Director of Interreligious Affairs. He is currently Special Interfaith Advisor to the Abrahamic Family House in Abu Dhabi and serves in leadership roles with Religions for Peace and the International Council of Christians and Jews. A founder of Rabbis for Human Rights, Rabbi Rosen brings decades of experience exploring how faith, compassion, reconciliation, and shared values can help build a more peaceful world.

Moderated by Raquela Karamson, CEO of Jewish Vegan Life

What We Will Explore

• How Jewish tradition understands compassion toward animals and creation
• The spiritual meaning of the New Year for Animals
• What animal sentience teaches us about moral responsibility
• How food innovation is reshaping the future of food and reducing suffering
• How communities can build a more compassionate culture for future generations

Who This Is For

• Jewish community leaders and members
• Educators and rabbis
• Animal advocates
• Food innovators and entrepreneurs
• Anyone interested in ethics, spirituality, and the future of humanity

Why This Matters

The way we relate to animals reflects the kind of world we create for ourselves and future generations.

This gathering is an invitation to explore how compassion can become a guiding principle in both personal life and collective responsibility.

RSVP

Join us live for this global conversation. Register below to receive the access link.