Limmud: Everyone catered for

Extract from an article written by Simon Rocker for the Jewish Chronicle Ethical eaters have not been forgotten. A supply of vegan doughnuts has been ordered. According to Lara Smallman, director of the Jewish Vegetarian Society and a member of Limmud’s catering committee, around one in five of the 2,800 participants have signed up for a vegetarian or vegan meal, the highest proportion she can recall. “It signals a definite interest in animal welfare and healthy eating in the Jewish community.” While non-carnivores were wont to bewail their conference fare in the past, dishes such as Moroccan tagine, she promises, will show people “vegetarian food at Limmud is fantastic”. Animal welfare features strongly on the programme with a dedicated Limmud fund used to bring over two American experts in the field, including Jewish studies professor Aaron Gross, the founder of Farm Forward, which seeks an end to factory farming. More widely on the green front, the Government’s special representative on climate change, Sir David King, will be a guest speaker.