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Illustrative. Baby. (Shutterstock)
February 19, 2026, 5:57 am
Vegetarian and vegan babies develop at same rate as meat-eating peers – Israeli study
Big-data study by Ben-Gurion University researchers and the Health Ministry tracks 1.2 million infants over 10 years, dispels meat mythology
By Diana Bletter
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
Vegetarian food sold at the restaurant Village Green on Jaffa Street in Jerusalem, April 17, 2008. (Yossi Zamir/Flash90)
May 22, 2023, 5:03 pm
Conservative movement okays dining at meat-free eateries without kosher certificates
Rabbis rule it’s kosher to eat at unsupervised vegan and vegetarian restaurants, say many of their members already see ‘no obvious kashrut problems’ in doing so
By Jackie Hajdenberg
French startup 'La Vie' co-founder and CEO Nicolas Schweitzer cooks their veggie recipe bacon sticks at their headquarters in Paris on January 7, 2022. (Photo by Eric Piermont/AFP)
January 24, 2022, 10:31 am
Natalie Portman, French firm work to create vegan bacon
Paris-based La Vie is on a quest for the ‘holy grail’ of the plant-based meat industry, gaining financial aid from the Hollywood star — herself an avowed vegan
By Pascale Mollard-Chenebenoit
A vegan burger presented to a consumer at a Meatless Monday event in Tel Aviv in 2019 (Revital Topiol)
February 2, 2020, 1:13 pm
Vegan roastbeef, nuggets to be showcased at Tel Aviv confab
Over 1,000 chefs and food service professionals to learn latest vegetarian and vegan innovations and trends presented by dozens of food makers, conference organizers say
By Shoshanna Solomon
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
Shelley Golan, left, and Liz Vaknin, owners of Harvest2Order microgreen salad bar in New York City. (Courtesy)
July 1, 2018, 5:01 am
Forget farm to table — this salad bar harvests your lunch before your eyes
Israeli-Americans Liz Vaknin and Shelley Golan are revolutionizing the food industry with tasty, nutrition-dense microgreens grown right behind the counter
By Danielle Ziri
Children build a big bonfire for the Lag B'Omer festival, in Safed, northern Israel, April 30, 2018. (David Cohen/Flash90)
May 2, 2018, 9:39 pm
Amid fire fear over Lag B’Omer, PM suggests a vegetarian BBQ instead of bonfires
‘Don’t light bonfires. There will be other opportunities,’ Netanyahu says on Twitter as authorities warn of fires going out of control in dry, windy weather
By Sue Surkes
Melissa Hoffman
April 25, 2018, 2:51 pm
Melissa Hoffman
Israelis are right to condemn live animal shipments
Even meat eaters can avoid consuming the products of this appalling cruelty
Chef Mark Reinfeld spent time on a kibbutz. (Courtesy of Reinfeld/via JTA)
August 31, 2017, 3:56 am
Chef wants to make vegan cooking the ‘new kosher’
Vegetarian Hall-of-Famer Mark Reinfeld has practical recipes that will leave you forgetting they’re cruelty-free
By Elisa Spungen Bildner
David Rosen
March 16, 2017, 2:40 pm
David Rosen
Is any meat today kosher?
Virtually all animal products are the result of practices that categorically contravene Jewish law and ethics
Adrian Daniel, left, and Michael Daniel, co-owners of The Gate restaurants in London. (Courtesy)
January 14, 2017, 8:59 am
With their ‘Arabic hospitality gene,’ Jewish brothers make vegetarian food fashionable
When Michael and Adrian Daniel opened The Gate, they were just a couple of ‘borderline hippies.’ Today, the London-based mini-empire is a local favorite
By Jenni Frazer
A Bank of England employee shows the new five pound note at the Bank of England Museum in London on Sept. 6, 2016. (AP Photo/Frank Augstein, File)
December 4, 2016, 5:47 am
Hindus boycott UK bank notes containing animal fat
Confirmation by Bank of England that new 5-pound bill is made with traces of tallow sparks outrage
By ToI Staff and AP
Animal rights protesters march in Tel Aviv, September 8, 2016. The sign reads: 'We can judge the heart of a man by how he treats animals' (Luke Tress/Times of Israel)
September 9, 2016, 5:36 pm
Animal rights activists hold silent protest in Tel Aviv
Members of Israel’s Animal Liberation Front march through city center, carrying signs reading: ‘Meat is not food’ and ‘Fish also feel pain’
By Luke Tress
The fresh, farm-to-table offerings at Meshek Barzilay in Tel Aviv's Neve Tzedek neighborhood aren't purely vegan, but that's cashew cream on those toasts (Courtesy Meshek Barzilay)
July 9, 2016, 3:12 pm
Across Israel, looking beyond the lentil burger
With vegan options aplenty for those looking to dine out, we offer our list of where to grab a table
By Jessica Steinberg
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