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July 2012

Gary Yourofsky’s inspiring speech touched the hearts of thousands of people in Israel. Many of them sent a thank you note to Gary.

Sent: Sunday, July 01, 2012 8:29 PM
You changed the way I live!

Sent: Monday, July 02, 2012 11:00 AM
Glad I read your article. It’s seems to be a really good idea to start eating veg food. You impressed me and made me look at the world in different way. I have seen these videos many times, but never knew all the facts you mentioned. The main purpose of this mail is to thank for being human.

Sent: Tuesday, July 03, 2012 9:21 AM
Thanks for opening our eyes. Thanks for being so understandable. Thanks for taking our common sense and making it work. Thanks for re-human-izing us.

Sent: Tuesday, July 03, 2012 8:11 PM
Thank you. You changed my life!

Sent: Wednesday, July 04, 2012 5:42 AM
I am from Israel. Lately, I’ve been going through a tough time in my life. Eating animals was something that never made sense to me. But I thought that not eating cheese and milk 3qw extreme and too much. After watching your video I was excited and everything made sense to me now. It’s all disgusting and wrong and I am happy to start my healthy, clean and good Vegan life. Also, the videos you showed are really bad and I just can’t understand how it is allowed to exist, and how can people like that exist. I shared your video on facebook and will try to convince everyone around me about how wrong, primitive, immoral and disgusting it is to consume animal products.

Sent: Wednesday, July 04, 2012 4:53 PM
I want to thank you for the lecture I saw on YouTube. This is truly the best lecture I have ever heard. I added your Gary TV banner to my www.lakers.co.il site. I don’t know how I was so blind that I didn’t know how milk/meat comes to my house. Thank you for opening my eyes!

Sent: Thursday, July 05, 2012 5:16 AM
I know you’ve been receiving many emails about how you contributed to the revolution in Israel, but I just wanted to add one more. Yesterday an interview with me was published @ Free From Harm, where I explain how you changed the lives of thousands in Israel. Would love for you to take a look at http://freefromharm.org/veganism/the-rise-of-vegan-culture-in-israel-interview-with-ikey-greene/. I know your work must be exhausting and frustrating and I want you to know that you really are responsible for saving so many lives and to thank you for that, truly and honestly. You are one of a kind and the best thing that has happened in this crazy country. Ever.

Sent: Friday, July 06, 2012 11:31 AM
I’m from Israel. My sister told me about your lecture, explaining that we should be vegans. So I watched the lecture with an open mind. You have the ability to persuade amazingly. You speak boldly, with pieces of humor, not blinking for a second. I believe in veganism.

Sent: Friday, July 06, 2012 11:59 AM
You are amazing. No more meat nor milk and eggs!

Sent: Friday, July 06, 2012 7:04 PM
I’ve been vegan for a year after watching your speech. And I got some of my friends to watch your speech, too.

Sent: Saturday, July 07, 2012 1:52 AM
i was already a vegetarian but after watching your lecture i will be vegan.

Sent: Saturday, July 07, 2012 2:41 AM
I’ve been vegan ever since I saw your video 10 months ago. I showed your video to my classmates at my college, and it had a huge impact. Not as big as I wanted it to be but I’ve grown to understand how difficult it is to make people care enough to change their lifestyle. After realizing how difficult it is I could only imagine how hard it has been for you, doing it for so long. Most of my family are vegans now, my boyfriend and his brother, too, and his brother’s friend and several of my friends as well. It’s really frustrating to try to convince people who truly love animals to watch it as they know if see the truth their conscience wouldn’t let them stay indifferent. Thank you for changing my life! Thank you for making the world a better place. The change will happen even if it takes some time!

Sent: Saturday, July 07, 2012 2:41 AM
I’ve been vegan ever since I saw your video 10 months ago. I showed your video to my classmates at my college, and it had a huge impact. Not as big as I wanted it to be but I’ve grown to understand how difficult it is to make people care enough to change their lifestyle. After realizing how difficult it is I could only imagine how hard it has been for you, doing it for so long. Most of my family are vegans now, my boyfriend and his brother, too, and his brother’s friend and several of my friends as well. It’s really frustrating to try to convince people who truly love animals to watch it as they know if see the truth their conscience wouldn’t let them stay indifferent. Thank you for changing my life! Thank you for making the world a better place. The change will happen even if it takes some time!

Sent: Saturday, July 07, 2012 2:44 AM
Thank you so much for opening my eyes. Your speech has changed my life.

Sent: Saturday, July 07, 2012 2:55 AM
I’m from Israel and I’ve always loved and adored animals ever since I was a child but I haven’t stopped consuming animal products until I watched your lecture on YouTube. Now, I’m trying to convince my friends and colleagues to switch to veganism as well. I am SUPER grateful for your existence.

Sent: Saturday, July 07, 2012 6:17 AM
I am from Israel and after watching your lecture online I am thinking about going vegan.

Sent: Saturday, July 07, 2012 11:00 AM
i saw your lecture and have turned vegetarian.

Sent: Tuesday, July 10, 2012 3:57 PM
I want to thank you for taking my “eye blocks” off and influencing me to become vegan. It is a great honor to hear that you plan on coming to Israel this September. I thought you could come to our school to give a discourse. The audience will be teachers and pupils in the range of 15-19 years-old.

Sent: Friday, July 13, 2012 8:51 AM
I’m 14 years old from Israel. So on 25\02\12 I first heard your name. A good friend of mine is a vegan, and I never really knew why, so I asked her why. She said, “Gary Yourofsky.” I replied, “What?” She said, “Gary Yourofsky. That’s the reason.” Then she sent me a link to the lecture. After 10 minutes I was already in tears. Ane hour that changed my life, changed everything. Obviously I knew they were dead, and that I was eating an animal, but I never though it was THAT bad. You opened my eyes and I promise, I will never eat meat again. But there’s a little problem. My mom wont listen to me. She said I can be a vegetarian but not a vegan. I PROMISE I’ll be a vegetarian forever and as soon as I’ll turn 18 I’ll do what I WANT and I’ll never touch meat, milk and eggs! Thank you for the lecture. Thank you for opening my eyes. Thank you for changing my life. Thank you so much for everything you do every single day! THANK YOU FOR MAKING THIS WORLD A BETTER PLACE.

Sent: Saturday, July 14, 2012 5:23 AM
i admire your work. you’re a brave man. i went vegan. you inspire me, and i spread the message.

Sent: Saturday, July 14, 2012 6:07 AM
I live in Israel. I was against Vegetarianism and Veganism and for a long time I refused to watch your lecture for various reasons. After watching the lecture, you’ve managed to change my perspective. It broke my heart to see the kind of cruelty we are willing to administer just to satisfy our basic habits. I just wanted to say thank you for opening my eyes. I wont be eating meat again.

Sent: Saturday, July 14, 2012 10:54 AM
I just watched your lecture after seeing an ad for it through the Israeli media. It was featured on the news and several other tv programs. Your lecture opened my eyes wider than they were open before. My wife and I decided to go vegan and raise our 5 month old baby in the same manner. I am about to immigrate to Wales next week and start working as a Chef in CAT- Center for Alternative Technology. CAT is a purely Vegan institution and all the restaurants and cafes in its visiting center are Vegan. Thank you for opening my eyes.

Sent: Saturday, July 14, 2012 2:39 PM
I am 17 years old and live in israel. I saw your lecture and was shocked. I decided to become a vegan. I’m really happy and grateful that you opened my eyes and removed the vision blockers that society put on my eyes. I saw an article in the Israel TV and heard you might come here in September. I hope it’s true. Keep up the good work, I’ll do my best to help you and help our world and animal friends.

Sent: Sunday, July 15, 2012 3:43 AM
after watching your lecture, I decided to become vegan, I’m really glad i came across it.

Sent: Monday, July 16, 2012 6:12 PM
I am a 22 year old music student from Jerusalem’s Rubin Academy of Music and Dance, majoring in orchestral conducting. I would like to thank you for your non-stop action in favor of animal rights, I watched your famous lecture about 3 months ago without any thought on becoming vegan. However, with absolute logic and great rhetoric, you managed to make me agree with you, and become vegan. I am now almost 2 months vegan, feeling better and less tired, eating delicious self made vegan burgers, cakes, spaghetti bolognese, and other astonishingly tasty food. I am about to hold an event in my house with some of my acquaintances in which I am to show parts of your lecture and parts of Earthlings, serving vegan meals and holding a debate, hoping to reach as many people possible.

Sent: Wednesday, July 18, 2012 7:07 AM
Thank you for opening my eyes. I’m from Israel and just now finished viewing your lecture. I now feel sick to my stomach. I hope I can save a cow, even one. Thank you so much.

Sent: Wednesday, July 18, 2012 11:14 AM
i live in israel near jerusalem and yesterday i saw your lecture and i am still very much in shock because i”m a very religious person and i thought how can this be? the amazing thing is that when i looked in the bible, the commentators of the bible say loud and clear that from adam till noah people weren’t eating meat. they were vegetables and fruits. i found a quote from a very important person, too. rabbi abraham kook was the first chief rabbi of israel in the 20th century and he said, “The day people stop killing animals is the day that human wars will come to an end!” amazing, isn’t it? i’m going to start a new way today.

Sent: Wednesday, July 18, 2012 5:46 PM
I’m 24 years old from Israel. I just saw your lecture and I was so inspired that when the lecture finished, I went to the grocery store and bought soy milk and tofu products. most people don’t understand the harm of eating animals and one hour ago i didn’t understand it either. thank you for the great lesson you just gave to me.

Sent: Thursday, July 19, 2012 6:51 AM
i’m from israel. several month ago i watched you lecture and it gave me a slap to my face. after all the lies people tell us at a very young age that “meat is healthy” and “you should eat meat because it will make you stronger” and all that shit, i finally understood that IT’S NOT HEALTHY and i don’t want to take part in this murder. thank you for opening my eyes.

Sent: Friday, July 20, 2012 5:35 AM
I saw your lecture. There were things I knew but I ignored or did not want to believe. Today, I will not lend a hand to any more animal abuse.

Sent: Saturday, July 21, 2012 4:04 PM
I am from Israel. I would like to say THANK YOU for opening my eyes, for changing my life, for caring, and for your risks. You are a great person and I know you have changed a lot of lives and saved a lot of animals around this planet by making a lot of people go vegan. You made me a happy person, and a healthier person. You also made me smarter and more mature and definitely more aware. I heard you are coming to Israel! I’ll come to see your lecture and hopefully I’ll be able to thank you in person.

Sent: Sunday, July 22, 2012 5:13 AM
I’m from Israel I wanted to thank you. I saw your amazing lecture and now I’m starting to change and become vegetarian. I sent the lecture to all of my friends and hope the change will start on their lives also.

Sent: Sunday, July 22, 2012 11:04 AM
I would like to express my utmost gratitude, and respect for you and your life’s work! Thanks to your lecture, me and my girlfriend no longer want to consume animal products. Not only that, but my girlfriend’s sister and her husband, together with their two little girls, are turning vegan as well! I think what you are doing is God’s work, and I wish there were more people like you in the world! I would also like to commend you on your excellent verbal skills. You are a true inspiration to people! Thanks for opening all of our eyes!

Sent: Tuesday, July 24, 2012 11:35 AM
Thank you for the information I saw on youtube. Starting this moment I want to be vegetarian! And I will be! You have a great vision man. Follow it, and you will succeed.


Sent: Tuesday, July 24, 2012 12:03 PM

I’ve recently had the pleasure of viewing your famous lecture on YouTube. After watching your lecture I have become 100% Vegan. Your lecture is truly mesmerizing to say the least, and a real eye-opener. There is no doubt in my mind that what happens in the Meat, Dairy, Egg and Honey industries is simply so shocking that becoming a vegan is indeed a no-brainier. I even converted my vegetarian fiance to veganism.

Sent: Wednesday, July 25, 2012 2:56 PM
Many people are amazed what you say and I am one of them. It’s not easy to speak out against culture, break habits so strong that people accept them as correct, and experience anger directed toward you. Me and many of my family and my friends in Israel, we have become vegans. Thank you for guiding us to think outside the box.

Sent: Thursday, July 26, 2012 4:47 AM
i am from israel. my friend sent me a link to your speech. after i saw it, i became vegan. i used to think i loved animal while i was eating a cheeseburger. now i know the truth. i hope more people will watch it and become vegan. keep up your activism.

Sent: Friday, July 27, 2012 6:14 AM
I was inspired by your YouTube lecture. I’ve recently decided to go vegan and a lot of people started questioning me to the point that I started doubting myself. But after seeing your lecture, there is no going back. So I feel obligated to say a simple word: Thanks!

Sent: Saturday, July 28, 2012 2:01 PM
Thanks for your amazing lectures. They changed our life! It’s amazing that people like you exist and open others’ eyes on all the murders and cruelty.

Sent: Saturday, July 28, 2012 5:36 PM
i’m from israel. thank you for a mind blowing lecture!

Sent: Sunday, July 29, 2012 3:59 AM
yesterday I watched your speech and sent it to all of my friends. you have many followers here in Israel.

Sent: Monday, July 30, 2012 4:57 AM
I’ve seen one of your lectures and I want to thank you for opening my eyes. I hope we can gradually increase our numbers and live in a more harmonious and sane way on this planet.