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Eastern Market Head Chef Aaron Egan introduces renowned chef Michael Twitty.
Rabbi Jennifer Kaluzny of Temple Israel in West
Bloomfield with Asher, 4, and Bayla, 6.
Noah and Ilana Stern of West Bloomfield with Isaac, 1, Leo, 2, and Henry,
6. They just purchased cricket powder from Ento Detroit.
Repair the World Detroit fellows: Ari Weil and Alyah Al-Azem, both
of West Bloomfield, Ellie Farber of Grosse Pointe and Aaron Appel of
Detroit, with director Ben Falik, holding Pasha.
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Sam Noveck of Clarkston and Marissa Goldston of West Bloomfield
tunity for convening the Jewish commu-
nity around a subject close to our hearts
— and stomachs,” said Rabbi Shalom
Kantor of Congregation B’nai Moshe in
West Bloomfield. He was there with his
wife, Shana, and three children.
“It has amazing potential to become an
annual celebration of Jewish food and all
that it can be as it transforms to represent
the values that we hold so dearly about
justice and community, health and the
environment,” he added.
In Shed 5’s community kitchen area,
participants listened to speakers such
as world-renowned chef Michael Twitty,
an African American Jew who cooks,
speaks and writes about food, history
and identity, and local chef Jared Bobkin,
who recently appeared on Fox TV’s Hell’s
Kitchen. Each also created a dish.
Outside Shed 5, tents were set up for
speakers about healthy eating, food justice
and spirituality surrounding food. There
was something for everyone.
Bryan, Sandra, Alex, 4, and Hayley, 1,
Hamburger of Huntington Woods
Aside from noshing and education,
there was plenty of shmoozing. The food
festival was definitely the place to be seen.
Around each table, it seemed friends were
greeting one another with hugs and simi-
lar comments like, “This is such a cool
event.”
Sue Salinger, who heads Hazon Detroit,
says the festival will become an annual
event.
"Hazon in Detroit is proud to be a new
part of the Metro Detroit Jewish and
justice eco-system,” Salinger said. “With
somewhere near 5,000 attendees and more
than 100 partnering and sponsoring orga-
nizations, the first-ever Michigan Jewish
Food Festival was a success! We’re look-
ing forward to doing this again next year
— and we’ll bring more food to meet the
demand!”
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Hazon, which means vision in Hebrew, is dedicated to
creating a healthier and more sustainable Jewish com-
munity and world. To learn more, go to hazon.org.