Our brand new Autumn magazine is out now!

Click here to read our latest magazine. With Rosh Hashana, the Jewish new year,just around the corner, we’ve got a very special cookery corner, packed full of sweet recipes. Find more inspiration on our website . An increasing number of kosher bakeries offer water challot, which contain no eggs or milk. If you are keen to make your own, we recommend JVS member Jemma Jacobs’ recipe, see the back page. In this issue we meet the inspirational Rabbi who is inviting synagogues to try veganism, see page 4 for the full story. We get a behind the scenes look at what happened on Birthright’s first ever vegan trip over on page 26. Read about the British politicians and celebrities who are joining forces to call for an end to foie gras – a product of immense of cruelty – the liver of a duck or goose fattened by force-feeding corn with a feeding tube, page 6. We are delighted to once again be working with Limmud Conference, newly renamed Limmud Festival, which attracts over 2,500 people to the week-long winter event. We will be helping to ensure another year of fantastic veggie options. In the next issue we will have an update on the renovation of our building, which will become Europe’s first Jewish centre dedicated to ethical eating. From all of us at JVS, we wish you Shana Tovah U’Metukah, a very happy new year and sweet New Year. Lara Smallman Director, Jewish Vegetarian Society