Celebrating 50 years of the ‘they shall not hurt nor destroy on all my holy mountain’ (Isaiah) since 1966 no. 198 1 autumn 2016 elul 5776 plan to have monthly, hands-on communal Welcome to gardening sessions. I would like to extend a very heartfelt the autumn thank you to each and every donor, without whom we would not have been able to make this dream a reality. 2016 issue of Keep an eye on our website jvs.org.uk for updates on the building project, and please the jewish do get in touch with any ideas you have for the new space. vegetarian Part of the plans include welcoming two charities to our building. You can meet our newest resident over on page 7. his issue is all about celebrating - In this issue, we also feature our largest exactly 50 years ago the first edition ever pop-up event on page 8 and as always, of the Jewish Vegetarian Quarterly there’s a round-up of what’s new in the Twent to print. Our centrefold is campaigning world as well as a selection dedicated to marking this momentous of new seasonal recipes, which I hope you occasion. We have contributions from far enjoy making. and wide as we remember how it all began, From all of us at JVS, we wish you Shana with tributes to our founder Philip Pick, a Tovah U’Metukah, a very happy new year true pioneer (pictured below, right). Turn and sweet new year. to page 13 for a trip down memory lane. We are also delighted to announce that after five weeks of online fundraising - we reached our target of £25,000, which Lara Smallman will go towards the transformation of Director, Jewish Vegetarian Society our current premises in Golders Green, north west London, into a purpose-built, wheelchair accessible community space complete with professional kitchen and growing garden. Thanks to a very generous philanthropist, who has chosen to remain anonymous, the sum has been doubled to £50,000. Our new venue will be dedicated to promoting animal welfare, and the many benefits of following a veggie diet. We will run a calendar of events, as well as offering affordable rental to like-minded groups who wish to hire the space. We also 2 in this issue: p4: news from jvs hq p23: vegetarianism in israel p4 & 5: upcoming events p28: vegetarianism in usa p7: our newest resident P30: seasonal recipes p8: our largest pop-up p34: Gardener’s corner P9: Veggie news p37. professor richard p12: Un year of the pulse schwartz ‘s new book p13: celebrating 5o years 3 The third panel discussion was chaired news from jvs by Clive Lawton OBE, founder of Limmud, in which one of our Trustees, hq & upcoming Dan Jacobs, spoke about the importance of a strong Jewish climate movement, and invited audience members to reflect on events how their dietary choices impact on the planet. JVS at limmud in the woods community gardening We recently returned from a wonderful weekend of camping in Banbury at the Back by popular demand after a fantastic annual Limmud in the Woods event. JVS first gardening day in August, we held a participated in three panel discussions. second communal gardening day in mid- JVS member and volunteer Luke September. Berman, who has been a vegan for nine A group of lovely volunteers removed years, spoke on our behalf during a panel weeds, hung containers of seeds to attract entitled, ‘Ethical Eating, what does it wildlife, planted climbing plants, as well mean for us?’ alongside two local Muslim as a selection of flowers and created a herb farmers Ruby Radwan and Lufti Radwan, garden (pictured below), with rosemary, Leon Pein from Biblical Foods, and chard, chives, Moroccan mint, dill, sage forager Michael Green. Half of the one and curly parsley, as well as salad leaves. hour session centred on the question, ‘Can eating meat ever be ethical?’ Luke explained: ‘In a world where we have so much food to choose from that does not cause pain and suffering to animals, result in their deaths, use vast resources or compromise our health, it is crystal clear that moving towards a plant-based diet is the ethical way to go, and as an increasing number of rabbis are advocating, a vegan diet is the one most synonymous with Jewish ideals’. The second session offered a chance for people to find out more about vegetarianism and veganism with tasters of new products as well as nutritional information to take home. 4 Soups that will bowl Film screening - ‘inhabit: a you over : cookery demonstration at jw3 permaculture perspective Date: Thursday 15 December at 7:15pm with potluck supper’ Venue: JW3, 341-351 Finchley Road, Date: Thursday 27 October, evening London, NW3 6ET Venue & time: 6.30pm, Willesden Green Tickets: £25.00 Booking: Visit jw3.org.uk Booking essential, see jvs.org.uk for *Please note that this event is 100% vegan more details and suitable for coeliacs. Our much-loved Film Club returns for Join us on a culinary adventure. We’ll show a screening of Inhabit (watch the trailer you how to prepare soups from all four corners of the globe, including Polynesian here: vimeo.com/ondemand/inhabit), and Brazilian recipes. All recipes will together with The Sadeh, a brand new be suitable for a small kitchen, with no UK Jewish farm community at Skeet Hill specialist equipment required. You will get House in Kent. We will have a potluck to taste each dish during the class, which dinner together before the film, please will be taught by Lara Smallman. There is bring a savoury or sweet veggie/vegan a range of vegetarian and vegan classes at dish that feeds five to share - home-made JW3, look out for the JVS logo on their food much appreciated. website. 5 mitzvah day: activities taking place nationwide Date: Sunday 27th November, all day indo-oriental fusion To sign up for activities in your local area, cookery demonstration with shambhu’s visit mitzvahday.org.uk Date: Thursday 1st November, 7.30pm JVS is delighted to help promote this Venue: JW3 wonderful community initiative. Mitzvah Tickets: £40 Day encourages people to give their time, To book, visit jw3.org.uk not their money, to make a difference to their local communities. They introduce Indian and Oriental cookery techniques can often be harmoniously combined to people to social action, to their neighbours produce some delicious, nutritious and and to local charities, setting up projects attractive-looking dishes. which address real needs. On World Vegan Day, Nishma Shah, Jewish led, they bring people of other a JVS member and chef of Shambhu’s, a faiths, and none to volunteer side by London-based vegan catering company, side, with fun and laughter, with our will demonstrate how to prepare an array community, to get to know each other. of stunning Indo-Oriental meals, all of which happen to be meat-free, eggfree, Please visit Mitvah Day’s website to find dairy-free and gluten-free, and contain no out more about their work and how you added sugar. can get involved. 6 education, and building the capacity of welcoming activists to promote and protect human rights. We currently run four active campaigns in the UK: our newest · Indefinite detention of asylum seekers · Discrimination against Gypsy, Roma and resident: Traveller communities. · Modern day slavery and human René Cassin is the first of two trafficking. charities moving in to the JVS this · Protecting human rights safeguards in the year. Their Director Mia Hasenson- UK. Gross tells us more about their work... We also run several educational programmes, most notably the René Cassin Fellowship Programme – a year- long initiative aimed at creating a cohort of motivated human rights activists amongst Jewish professionals. On the July 1st René Cassin moved into our new office at the Jewish Vegetarian Society and are thrilled about the prospect of sharing a space with a likeminded organisation focused on engaging the Jewish community in social action. For the months ahead we have a number of René Cassin, ‘The Jewish voice for human exciting events that will take place at the rights’, is a human rights organisation JVS community space including a joint that uses Jewish experience and values workshop with Right to Remain about to advocate for universal human rights, the UK asylum process and how members particularly on issues that strongly resonate of the community can get involved with with Jewish history. supporting people going through it, and a Named after the French-Jewish jurist series of talks for the René Cassin alumni and Nobel Laureate who co-drafted the connecting human rights issues and Universal Declaration of Human Rights, Judaism. we are conscious that the international legal JVS looks forward to collaborating with framework for protecting human rights René Cassin in the future to highlight was developed in response to the horrors of the all too often neglected human rights the Holocaust. As survivors of intolerance, abuses within the meat industry. slavery and genocide, we believe that a ‘Jewish voice for human rights’ carries an authoritative weight of experience that adds force to advocacy and awareness raising efforts. Our activities include policy analysis, advocacy, public campaigning and 7 Jews continue to grow and evolve. The our biggest location is perfect, the spaces are flexible and large enough to host a main prayer pop-up space in the garden plus separate spaces for simultaneous parallel programming event is just such as yoga, meditation or services for children. around the What really sealed it for me was corner..