European Jewish Food Festival ‘Gefiltefest’ Canceled This Year
When I woke up this morning, I was not aware that a cataclysmic catastrophe had taken place while I slumbered: Europe’s largest Jewish food festival is short a couple dollars this years and will not be taken place. That’s right, no Gefiltefest.
Michael Leventhal, Gefiltefest founder, told the JC: “We hope it will be back. But they are a small team and only have a handful of donors. Fundraising for them is hard — all the trustees have full-time jobs.”
Gefiltefest, a nonprofit group supported by JHub and the Shoresh Charitable Trust, aims to change how the Jewish community thinks about food, “including our culinary heritage, ethics, culture and traditions.”
Shira Feder is a writer for the Forward. You can reach her at feder@forward.com
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