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Jewish vegans

Naama Shefi, founder of the Jewish Food Society and Asif: Culinary Institute of Israel, enjoys a Shabbat picnic with friends and family, also included as a chapter in 'The Jewish Holiday Table' cookbook, by Shefi with Devra Ferst (Courtesy Penny De Los Santos)
April 18, 2024, 5:08 am
This Passover, two new cookbooks focus on Jewish holiday meals and family recipes
Naama Shefi’s ‘Jewish Holiday Table’ brings Jewish dishes and stories from around the world, while Micah Siva’s ‘Nosh’ offers a plant-based twist to traditional foods
By Jessica Steinberg
Vegan food for soldiers provided by Freedom for Animals. (Freedom for Animals)
November 9, 2023, 7:28 pm
Volunteers, nonprofits rally to feed vegan, vegetarian soldiers in the field
‘An army fights on its stomach and all our soldiers must be healthy,’ says CEO of Vegan Friendly, which has been dispatching 2,000 meals per day
By Sue Surkes
Vegan cheeses produced by Vgarden and marketed in Israel under the name Mashu Mashu. (Courtesy, Vgarden)
September 28, 2022, 3:07 pm
Israeli plant-based vegan food company to build production facility in Australia
Vgarden, known in the Israeli market as Mashu Mashu, is five-year-old firm based at northern kibbutz already supplying global pizza companies, other large stores and food companies
By Sue Surkes
In her latest cookbook, 'Vegan, at Times: 120+ Recipes for Every Day or Every So Often,' Jessica Seinfeld shares meat-, egg- and dairy-free recipes she has developed for herself and her family. (Gallery Books/ via JTA)
February 13, 2022, 4:57 am
Jessica Seinfeld shows us how to be vegan (at least some of the time)
Comedian’s wife says it’s not necessary to quit everything you love to enjoy the benefits of a plant-based lifestyle
By Rachel Ringler
Yuri Foreman (right) and his wife Shoshana Foreman run VBR Kosher, which certifies the vegan Dun-Well Donuts in Brooklyn. (Ben Sales/JTA)
December 14, 2021, 3:37 am
Former champ Yuri Foreman now ‘Vegan Boxing Rabbi,’ certifying kosher doughnuts
Even as he kept training, the former world champion studied for rabbinical ordination. Now he’s putting his religious training to good use — and promoting his healthy eating cause
By Ben Sales
Rob Nipe and Nora Rubel are ready for the Rosh Hashanah rush on brisket at their vegan butcher shop in Rochester, New York. (Shira Hanau/JTA)
July 21, 2021, 4:30 am
‘Pastrami’ is king at a couple’s new kosher vegan ‘butcher’ shop in upstate NY
At Grass Fed, everything from the ‘bacon’ to the ‘butter chicken’ is plant-based, streamlining the shop’s kosher certification and earning loyal customers from the nearby synagogue
By Shira Hanau
Meital Ben Ari (left) and Adit Romano, founders of Freedom Farm. (Courtesy, Freedom Farm)
November 2, 2020, 9:09 pm
How two businesswomen changed course to give animals a home and a voice
At Freedom Farm, a kid goat rescued from a ritual Passover slaughter mingles with pigs and hens so overfed they cannot stand
By Sue Surkes
Native New Yorker Jenny Goldfarb, who now lives in Los Angeles, California, hugs Mark Cuban on 'Shark Tank,' Sunday, November 17, 2019. (ABC/Jessica Brooks)
December 8, 2019, 10:07 pm
‘Shark Tank’ judges in a frenzy over Jewish mom’s meatless Unreal Deli
With generations of deli ownership in her family, now-vegan Jenny Goldfarb introduced her veggie corned beef on competitive investment show; Jewish billionaire Mark Cuban loved it
By Lisa Klug
Labor leader Amir Peretz, center, with Vegan Friendly founder and CEO Omri Paz, right, and lobbyist Anna Nemkov, left. (Courtesy/Zman Yisrael)
September 1, 2019, 5:18 am
Vegan animal lovers uncage political aspirations ahead of Israeli elections
Thousands have joined political parties in time for September 17 vote, aiming to leverage the animal rights community’s growing social presence into political power that bites
By Anabel Zamir
Mayim Bialik speaks at the AT&T's SHAPE: 'The Scully Effect is Real' panel on June 22, 2019, in Burbank, California. (Mark Von Holden/ Invision/AP)
July 4, 2019, 4:47 am
Mayim Bialik: Don’t forget the vegans this July 4th
Jewish actress and hummus spokesperson makes a plea to all those barbecuing to celebrate American Independence Day: Throw some plant-based food into the menu
By KATIE CAMPIONE
Blue and White Party MK and chair of the Knesset Internal Affairs and Environment Committee, Miki Haimovich. (Yanai Yechiel)
April 30, 2019, 1:29 am
Vegan incoming MK asks Knesset for non-leather chair
Ahead of Tuesday’s swearing-in ceremony, rookie legislator and former TV anchor Miki Haimovich suggests all 120 seats should be changed
By ToI Staff
The Rosh Hashanah custom of dipping apples in honey had its start among Ashkenazi Jews. (Liron Almog/Flash90)
August 30, 2018, 3:32 am
Why vegans say it’s a problem for Jews to dip apples in honey on Rosh Hashanah
With some producers manipulating the bees’ living patterns to up output, some animal rights activists view the process as exploitative
By Josefin Dolsten
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