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With 2018 just around the corner we are eagerly awaiting the release of the film version of Jonathan Safran Foer’s book, ‘Eating Animals’, which has played a big role in inspiring people to move towards a veggie diet. With 2018 just around the corner we are eagerly awaiting the release of the film version of Jonathan Safran Foer’s book, ‘Eating Animals’, which has played a big role in inspiring people to move towards a veggie diet. Richard Branson’s recent comment, ‘‘In the near future, we’ll think it’s “archaic” to kill animals for food”, has given a great platform to companies developing vegan ‘meats’, which we anticipate will take supermarkets and restaurants by storm in the coming years, find out more on page 26. In this, our last issue of 2017, read JVS Patron Rabbi Jonathan Wittenberg’s response to the recent British parliamentary vote on animal sentience (page 6).
Further afield, Tel Aviv has been crowned the world’s vegan capital. With more vegans per capita than any other country on earth, Israel is fast becoming a veggie paradise, see the full story on page 4.
Speaking of veggie paradise, don’t miss the delicious chanukah and all year round recipes over on page 15.
Eagle-eyed readers will notice a change in my surname – I recently got married, and will be sharing my tips for planning an eco, vegan, fairtrade function/event in the next magazine.Wishing all of our lovely readers a very happy new year,
Lara Balsam
Director, Jewish Vegetarian Society