16 August 8 • 2019 jn Hazon’ s annual Jewish Food Festival brings new pathways to learn about sustainability. I f you think you know what to expect from Hazon’ s Michigan Jewish Food Festival, think again. For the festival’ s fourth year, Hazon, a Jewish organization dedicated to sustainability and education, decided to go big. With approximately 47 vendors, 15 food trucks and caterers, and 64 Jewish organizations participating, director Marla Schloss expects this year’ s festival to be spectacular. The event is from 11 a.m.-4 p.m. Sunday, Aug. 18, at Eastern Market, Shed 5, in Detroit. “This is bigger and better than pre- vious years,” she said. “We’ ve added so much, and we are so excited.” The goal of the festival is to educate people on sustainability practices they can incorporate into their daily lives. The event itself is almost entirely waste-free, with no bottled water, cans or Styrofoam plates allowed. Even the signage and balloons will be made with recycled items and be completely biodegrad- able. What little waste the festival will produce will be sorted by a com- pany called Zero Waste Productions into recyclables and compostable items, eliminating any waste. Attendees of the festival can expect to experience hands-on activities and lots of food, as well as live music. Activities outside Shed 5 will be covered by a canopy, keep- ing patrons safe no matter what the weather. This year, Hazon is including a section called ArtSpace featuring artists who use sustainable practices. Here, attendees will also be able to make decorative pins out of DIA art slides rendered obsolete by the inter- net. This “upcycling” of the slides into wearable art prevents them from ending up in landfills. Another activity allows visitors to watch a craftsman from Pingree Detroit make a pair of leather shoes. The company was created by war veterans who recycle leather scraps from automotive companies and use them to make shoes, wallets and backpacks and more — a prime example of a sustainable business. Also new this year is the Family Pavilion, a rest area for families with small children complete with blankets, pillows and quiet activities such a games and books, all geared toward furthering children’ s educa- tion and understanding of environ- mentalism. Of course, a food festival wouldn’ t be complete without lots of food. Hazon supports local farmers who want to do things sustainably, and many will provide samples of their produce. Detroit Hives, a company that creates urban bee farms, will exhibit one of its farms. Festival goers will be able to see what happens in a bee- hive and what goes into creating and harvesting honey. Farber Farm, part of Tamarack Camps in associate with Hazon Detroit, will provide cuca-melons, a mini hybrid cucumber melon, for people to sample, and will offer information about Michigan crops. Tolgate Farms from Michigan State University will bring along some fuzzy friends including a goat, lamb and chicken. Patrons will be able to spin their own wool and make bracelets from the yarn. Hazon’ s trademark Topsy-Turvy Bus, a vehicle that runs on vegetable oil and solar power, is an education tool as well as a crowd favorite, Schloss said. “Education is so important to us,” Schloss said. “If we are able to move someone one degree toward change, that’ s one step in the right direction. If we all think a little bit and every- one takes just one step, think of the difference it could make.” ■ For details or to volunteer, contact marla. schloss@hazon.org or visit hazon.org/miff. jews d in the JESSIE COHEN JN INTERN COURTESY HAZON HAZON DETROIT Hazon Detroit board member and food festival committee member Carol Trowell with Marla Schloss, festival director Going Big, Going Green An overall shot of last year’ s Hazon Jewish Food Festival at Eastern Market’ s Shed 5 U.S. Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz (FL-23) on July 30 introduced the Trauma-Informed Modernization of Eldercare (TIME) for Holocaust Survivors Act legislation that would help ensure the roughly 80,000 Holocaust survivors now living in the United States can get access to the specialized care and services tailored to their unique health needs. “Holocaust survivors have endured the worst of human atrocities and deserve special care for the duration of their remaining years,” said Wasserman Schultz. “The TIME for Holocaust Survivors Act can tend to that unique pain in this closing chapter of their lives and allow them to live out their remaining years with dignity.” The TIME for Holocaust Survivors Act designates survivors as a group with a significant social need within the Older Americans Act and creates a portfolio within the Administration on Community Living to take responsibility for Holocaust-related issues. The legislation also promotes technical assistance and training for nonprofits that serve older adults still experiencing the long- term consequences of this historic trauma. In addition, TIME ensures that nutrition services through the Older Americans Act meet the special dietary needs of Holocaust survivors and others. TIME for Holocaust Survivors Act Introduced in Congress Detroit’ s Conservative community will observe Tisha b’ Av at 10 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 10, with Ma’ ariv and Eichah (Book of Lamentations) at Congregation B’ nai Moshe in West Bloomfield. Tisha b’ Av, the ninth day of the Hebrew month of Av, marks the destruction of the first and second Temples, as well as a variety of other tragedies throughout Jewish history. This special service is marked by somber melodies, the chanting of the Book of Lamentations and other liturgical poems. Tisha b’ Av Observance