Kenden Alfond

Kenden Alfond is a psychotherapist who started Jewish Food Hero as a community service project. When she was 12 years old, she chose to become a vegetarian (and is now 99% vegan). In 2005, she went to India as an American Jewish World Service (AJWS) volunteer and went on to live and work in Afghanistan, Democratic Republic of Congo, Switzerland and Cambodia, working on various projects for the United Nations and NGOs. In 2013, Kenden obtained a certificate in plant- based nutrition from Cornell University, US. She started Jewish Food Hero to get healthier food onto Jewish tables around the world. Check out her plant- based and vegan cookbooks: The Jewish Food Hero Cookbook: 50 Simple Plant-based Recipes; Feeding Women in the Bible, Feeding Ourselves and Beyond Chopped Liver: 59 Jewish Recipes Get a Vegan Health Makeover.