Winter issue of The Jewish Vegetarian Quarterly Magazine

Welcome to the Winter 2014 issue of the Jewish Vegetarian magazine . This year has been a fantastic one for the vegetarian movement. Palitana in India witnessed a historic change, outlawing animal slaughter and becoming the first all-vegetarian city in the world.Across the Channel, France’s top chef, Alain Ducasse, has started taking meat off the menu. The Israeli Parliament has become the first in the world to adopt the Meatless Mondays initiative, and Tel Aviv hosted the world’s largest vegan festival in October. Closer to home, studies show that 12 per cent of Brits now follow vegetarian or vegan diets, rising to 20 per cent of those aged between 16 and 24. Here at the JVS, we are thrilled at having attracted more new members than ever before, achieving record attendance at our AGM, and hosting 24 events this year. I am delighted to announce our first collaboration with JW3, one of Europe’s largest Jewish cultural centres: we will be co-hosting a Seder on the second night of Passover 2015: 4th April at 7.15pm. More information will be posted on our website shortly. See page 18 for details of our Tu B’Shvat Seder, our 50th AGM and other fantastic upcoming events. Wishing all of our readers a very happy new year, Lara Smallman Director, Jewish Vegetarian Society