Are you up to the challenge?
The goal of the Synagogue Vegan Challenge is simple: Experiment with your community having regular vegan programming for a year! This adventure can be easy, spiritually uplifting, & delicious. Throughout the year, the selected synagogues will serve plant-based meals, whether it's at kiddush, bar or bat mitzvah, Shabbat, or any life-cycle event. Further, they will provide education to their community (classes, documentaries, etc.).
2020-2021
Applicants will open for the fourth cohort of the Synagogue Vegan Challenge in April 2020.
2019-2020
The five synagogues chosen for the third cohort of the Synagogue Vegan Challenge are:
Sixth & I - Rabbi Jesse Paikin & Rabbi Shira Stutman - Washington, D.C. - Non-denominational
Congregation Bonai Shalom - Rabbi Marc Soloway - Boulder, CO - Conservative
Congregation Beth Sholom - Rabbi Barry Dolinger - Providence, Rhode Island - Modern Orthodox
Chabad of Potomac - Rabbi Mendel Bluming - Potomac, Maryland - Orthodox
B'nai Jeshurun - Roly Matalon, Felicia Sol, Erin Glazer - New York, NY - Unaffiliated
2018-2019
The five synagogues chosen for the second cohort of the Synagogue Vegan Challenge are:
Romemu - Rabbi David Ingber - New York, NY - Non-denominational/Renewal
Congregation Rodef Shalom - Rabbi Rachel Kobrin - Denver, CO - Conservative
OHEL - Rabbi David Paskin - Boca Raton, FL - "Underconstructionist"/Pluralistic
Skokie Valley Agudath Jacob - Rabbi Ari Hart - Skokie, IL - Modern Orthodox
Ohef Sholom Temple - Rabbi Rosalin Mandelberg - Norfolk, VA - Reform
2018-2019
The five synagogues that participated in the first cohort of the Synagogue Vegan Challenge are:
- Temple Beth Sholom of the East Valley - Rabbi Kenneth R. Leitner - Chandler, AZ - Conservative
- Temple of Aaron - Rabbi Jeremy Fine - St. Paul, MN - Conservative
- Makom: Creative Downtown Judaism - Rabbi Aaron levy - Toronto, Canada - Pluralistic
- Temple Beth Tikvah - Rabbi Alexandra Shuval-Weiner - Roswell, GA - Reform
- Vegan Synagogue Without Walls - Lisa Rosenblatt - Chicago, IL - Nondenominational
2020-2021
Applicants will open for the fourth cohort of the Synagogue Vegan Challenge in April 2020.
2019-2020
The five synagogues chosen for the third cohort of the Synagogue Vegan Challenge are:
Sixth & I - Rabbi Jesse Paikin & Rabbi Shira Stutman - Washington, D.C. - Non-denominational
Congregation Bonai Shalom - Rabbi Marc Soloway - Boulder, CO - Conservative
Congregation Beth Sholom - Rabbi Barry Dolinger - Providence, Rhode Island - Modern Orthodox
Chabad of Potomac - Rabbi Mendel Bluming - Potomac, Maryland - Orthodox
B'nai Jeshurun - Roly Matalon, Felicia Sol, Erin Glazer - New York, NY - Unaffiliated
2018-2019
The five synagogues chosen for the second cohort of the Synagogue Vegan Challenge are:
Romemu - Rabbi David Ingber - New York, NY - Non-denominational/Renewal
Congregation Rodef Shalom - Rabbi Rachel Kobrin - Denver, CO - Conservative
OHEL - Rabbi David Paskin - Boca Raton, FL - "Underconstructionist"/Pluralistic
Skokie Valley Agudath Jacob - Rabbi Ari Hart - Skokie, IL - Modern Orthodox
Ohef Sholom Temple - Rabbi Rosalin Mandelberg - Norfolk, VA - Reform
2018-2019
The five synagogues that participated in the first cohort of the Synagogue Vegan Challenge are:
- Temple Beth Sholom of the East Valley - Rabbi Kenneth R. Leitner - Chandler, AZ - Conservative
- Temple of Aaron - Rabbi Jeremy Fine - St. Paul, MN - Conservative
- Makom: Creative Downtown Judaism - Rabbi Aaron levy - Toronto, Canada - Pluralistic
- Temple Beth Tikvah - Rabbi Alexandra Shuval-Weiner - Roswell, GA - Reform
- Vegan Synagogue Without Walls - Lisa Rosenblatt - Chicago, IL - Nondenominational