Around £170,000 has been raised to help those affected by the famine in East Africa through a World Jewish Relief campaign.

WJR launched a fundraising drive last month in response to reports of draught and malnutrition in Somalia.

Jews have a responsibility to campaign for the rights of gypsies and travellers because of a historical kinship, maintains the director of a Jewish human rights charity.

René Cassin's Simone Abel has put travellers' rights at the forefront of her organisation's campaigning since joining the charity last year.

When Paperweight's Bayla Perrin visits clients after they have lost a husband or wife, she immediately seeks out the red final demands from mortgage lenders, credit card companies and fuel suppliers hidden in drawers or under mattresses.

The founder of the Jewish bereavement and divorce charity endeavours to help those going through divorce or bereavement to address the practical sides of livin

It's a Friday night staple in Israel and the US, but a kosher and organic certified roast chicken has never graced a Shabbat table in the UK.

However, growing interest in ethically reared meat has prompted campaigners to launch a petition to get kosher meat certified organic, or "organically reared".

Organic meat was a hot topic at the Jewish food festival, Gefiltefest.

For muddy Glastonbury festival-goers already worn out by Friday evening, the Jewish tent was a place for a musical Shabbat service, relaxation and meditation.

The festival attracted around 200,000 people to Worthy Farm in Somerset.

Rabbi Natan Levy stands in the backyard of the London School of Jewish Studies, showing off his budding radishes, broad beans, chives, figs and rhubarb. "We're growing an etrog for Succot, but so far it's not going so well", he joked, pointing to a knee-high brown bush.

But Rabbi Levy will probably not be around to see the etrog harvested.

More than 120 Jewish environmentalists, social justice leaders and activists converged upon a quiet corner of Connecticut for Siach, the first major global conference on Jewish social action.