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JVS to host Grassroots Jews’ pop-up Rosh Hashana & Yom Kippur services
Grassroots Jews is a north west London based high holy day celebration founded by communities based in Belsize Park, Willesden Green, West Hampstead and Kilburn. Click here to book your place at this year’s event. One of this year’s co-ordinators, Dan Freedman, reveals why they chose the JVS as their new home…. “Having started in […]
News: The UK’s first food waste supermarket opens
Written by Hazel Sheffield for the Independent The food is priced on a pay as you feel basis and has already helped desperate families to feed their children. The UK’s first food waste supermarket has opened in Pudsey, near Leeds. Food waste campaigners from the Real Junk Food Project have opened “the warehouse”, a store on […]
News: France bans plastic cups, plates and cutlery
Written by Shehab Khan for the Independent Critics claim the new law violates European Union rules on free movement of goods. France has passed a new law to ensure all plastic cups, cutlery and plates can be composted and are made of biologically-sourced materials. The law, which comes into effect in 2020, is part of the Energy Transition […]
How Israel Became the Global Center of Veganism
Written by Rachel Frazin for The Tower The Jewish state was uniquely situated to become the world’s most vegan country. A viral video was the tipping point. When Ori Shavit went on a date with a vegan five years ago, she thought nothing would come of it. As a professional food critic, she didn’t think she […]
‘This is what a vegan looks like…’ Guardian Feature
More people than ever are moving from steak to seitan. Four recent converts tell us why they switched. The number of vegans has been rising in the UK – up by 360% over the past decade. At the moment there are more than half a million in this country, and as ever more disturbing information […]
‘The NHS has banned cigarettes and should ban meat too – both cause cancer’
Patient menus offer a wide selection of meats every day, some of which are in the same carcinogenic category as asbestos, alcohol and arsenic – writes David Seedhouse for the Guardian The World Health Organisation ranks bacon, ham and sausages alongside smoking as a cause of cancer, placing processed meats in the same carcinogenic category […]
The Custom of Kapparot in the Jewish Tradition
By Yonassan Gershom and Richard Schwartz Every year, before Yom Kippur (the Day of Atonement), some Jews perform the ceremony of kapparot. The following, in question and answer format, is a discussion of the ritual and its relation to the treatment of animals. What is kapparot [in Ashkenazic Hebrew or Yiddish, kapporos or shluggen kapporos]? […]
An Early Taste of Zionism
Published 80 years ago, Palestine’s first Jewish cookbook brought politics into the kitchen, along with new ideas about Jewish food and vegetarian cuisine. Written by Dana Kessler for Tablet Magazine What shall I cook? This problem, the concern of housewives the world over, is particularly acute in our country. The differences in climate and the necessary […]
Restoring the Jewish New Year for the Animals
Written by Professor Richard Schwartz As you know, animals are treated horribly today on factory farms and in other settings, contrary to basic Jewish teachings. Yet, this is generally being ignored in the Jewish community. In recent years, some Jews have been working to renew the ancient Jewish holiday, the “New Year for Animals,” and […]
Raw Apple Pie
Raw Apple Pie Author: Taken from Divine Desserts – How To Have Your Cake & Eat It By Juliette Bryant www.julietteskitchen.tv Serves: Makes a large pie I love apples and have planted lots of apple trees over the years. Apples are a fruit of love and health. I created this as my tribute to good […]