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Let All Who Are Hungry: Ep. 408

Tablet Studios

Tablet Magazine

Judaism, Society & Culture, Religion & Spirituality

4.61.5K Ratings

🗓️ 15 April 2024

⏱️ 35 minutes

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Summary

Around the world, food insecurity impacts far too many lives. As the war rages on, and hunger threatens so many inside and outside of Israel, the words of the Haggadah implore: “Let all who are hungry come and eat.” Before we sit down for our festive Passover meals, Unorthodox is shining a light on those who help make sure everyone has access to food, year-round. Producers Courtney Hazlett and Elie Bleier visit the Jerusalem food pantry of Meir Panim, which gives out meals to those in need, including many affected by October 7th and the war. We also meet Joseph Gitler, who founded Leket, Israel’s National Food Bank, to rescue leftover food from farms and restaurants and distribute it to pantries, shelters, and now, temporary housing for displaced Israelis. Abby Leibman, president and CEO of MAZON: A Jewish Response to Hunger, discusses the organization’s efforts to fight hunger through national policy making both in the U.S. and Israel. We’re excited to share a special opportunity for Unorthodox listeners to join Tablet. As Tablet members, you’ll get exclusive access to Tablet events, a chance to hear your name in an on-air mazel tov, and more! Learn more at tabletm.ag/uomember. Write to us at unorthodox@tabletmag.com, or leave a voicemail on our listener line: (914) 570-4869. Unorthodox is produced by Tablet Studios. Check out all of our podcasts at tabletmag.com/podcasts. SPONSORS: Meir Panim has served over one million meals to Israelis in need since the start of the war, many of them displaced and jobless due to the conflict. Consider a donation to Meir Panim at israelcharity.org to bring hope to their Passover tables. Leket, Israel’s National Food Bank, is feeding vulnerable Israelis struggling with cost-of-living increases and the many other impacts of the war. Donations make a difference: $180 provides 130 rescued meals, leaving no one behind this Passover. Visit www.Leket.org/en to donate today. MAZON: A Jewish Response to Hunger works to help the millions of people struggling daily with food insecurity, both in the U.S. and Israel. Make a gift at MAZON.org to help ensure that everyone can feed themselves and their families with dignity, this Passover and beyond. Berkeley Moshav is a multigenerational Jewish cohousing community in Berkeley, California. Open to all backgrounds and family types, Berkeley Moshav offers family-focused, Jewishly diverse living. To learn more, visit BerkeleyMoshav.org and sign up for an information session. Fire Dance, a tale of passion, fulfillment, and faith, is now streaming exclusively on ChaiFlicks, the Jewish streaming service. Starring Yehuda Levi and Noa Koler, the series paints a picture of an ultra-Orthodox community at the foot of the Sea of Galilee. Unorthodox listeners get 50% off new subscriptions and a 7-day free trial with code FIREPOD at checkout. Visit ChaiFlicks.com to get started.

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0:00.0

This special Food Insecurity episode of an Orthodox is sponsored by Mayor Panim, Leket, Israel's National Food Bank, and Maison, a Jewish response to hunger.

0:10.0

Shalom Haavereim, this is unorthodox. I'm your host Joshua Molina and today folks it's just us.

0:21.1

I'm here by myself. That's right. Stephanie and Leel are off prepping for

0:24.7

Passover and they left the door unlocked here at headquarters so you got me.

0:28.6

And today I'm happy to say I have something very special to share with you. You know each

0:33.7

Pessach we begin our Seder by declaring let all who are hungry come and eat

0:38.5

inviting to our tables anyone who needs food and in a perfect world we would interpret the line literally

0:44.9

throwing open our doors to the hungry. Most of us don't do this, but at the very

0:49.8

least let's have Passover remind us how many among us face food and security, and let's

0:55.8

pledge to investigate ways to improve the situation.

0:59.3

Thousands of people struggle with hunger in the U.S US and Israel every day.

1:04.0

And there are many Jewish organizations fighting to close that gap,

1:07.0

from food pantries that give out warm meals and children's books

1:11.0

to interest groups that address food insecurity on a national scale.

1:15.2

Hundreds of these organizations work year round to help Jews and Gentiles alike,

1:19.7

but today as we approach Passover we're going to focus on just three, and we're going to

1:24.6

look at how each tackles the issue from a different angle.

1:28.6

Up first, we're going to take you inside one of Israel's busiest food pantries. Our producers Courtney Hazlitt and

1:34.5

Ellie Blier recently visited the Jerusalem branch of Meir Panim which distributes

1:39.8

meals to all who come. They met Mimi Rosemarin, Meir Panim's Director of Global Development,

1:46.4

they met with the volunteers who make it all happen, and they met some of Meir Panim's

1:50.1

clients, many of whom have been displaced by the war.

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