Ori Shavit is an Israeli writer, journalist, Blogger, restaurateur,

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, and

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. She runs a popular vegan

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, "Vegan Girls Have More Fun." Shavit has been noted for her workshops and lectures on vegan cooking and her advocacy for

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and

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Career

Shavit studied professional cooking and baking at Bishulim: The Israeli Institute of Culinary Arts in

Tel Aviv Tel Aviv-Yafo ( he, תֵּל־אָבִיב-יָפוֹ, translit=Tēl-ʾĀvīv-Yāfō ; ar, تَلّ أَبِيب – يَافَا, translit=Tall ʾAbīb-Yāfā, links=no), often referred to as just Tel Aviv, is the most populous city in the G ...

and began her career as a writer for the Israeli magazine "Al Ha-Shulchan" (On the Table). She committed to veganism after watching a presentation by

Gary Yourofsky Gary Yourofsky (; born August 19, 1970) is an American animal rights activist and lecturer. He has had a major influence on contemporary veganism. Yourofsky was sponsored by People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) between the years 200 ...

. Her blog was awarded the Best Food Blog award by ''Time Out Israel'' Magazine in 2013 and 2014. Shavit has been noted for her successful efforts to get gourmet restaurants in Israel to include vegan dishes in their menus or to become fully vegan. She also founded a restaurant, Miss Kaplan, in Tel Aviv. Shavit's explanations of the rise of veganism in Israel have been widely quoted in the media. Shavit has worked with the Jewish vegetarian organization

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to create a vegan

Birthright Israel Taglit-Birthright Israel ( he, תגלית), also known as Birthright Israel or simply Birthright, is a not-for-profit educational organization that sponsors free ten-day heritage trips to Israel, Jerusalem, and the Golan Heights for young adult ...

trip and to teach Jewish students about veganism on United States college campuses. From 2014 to 2018, Shavit served as chef at the

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on Israel's Animal Rights Day and prepared an all-vegan menu. In 2014, ''Time Out Israel'' named Shavit one of the most influential people on the food and nightlife of Tel Aviv. In 2015, she was named one of the 50 social heroes of the year by ''

Yedioth Ahronoth ''Yedioth Ahronoth'' ( he, יְדִיעוֹת אַחֲרוֹנוֹת, ; lit. ''Latest News'') is a national daily newspaper published in Tel Aviv, Israel. Founded in 1939 in British Mandatory Palestine, ''Yedioth Ahronoth'' is the largest paid n ...

''. In 2018 she published a

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, ''My Vegan Kitchen'' and in 2021 she published her second cookbook, ''Vegan Party.''

Personal Life

She is the sister of the singer

Sivan Shavit Sivan Shavit ( he, סיון שביט; born December 12, 1967) is an Israeli singer, actress and voice actress. Biography Sivan Shavit is a singer of rock, blues and pop, grew up in Israel, graduated from "Thelma Yellin" in acting, studied fi ...

References

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