12 | AUGUST 18 • 2022 

OUR COMMUNITY

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fter a two-year hiatus, the 
Hazon Michigan Jewish 
Food Festival is back live and 
in-person 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sunday, 
Aug 21. Weaving the themes of Jewish 
living, sustainability, community and 
above all — nourishment — event 
organizers expect hundreds of attendees 
to attend from all backgrounds in a 
gathering that for the first time will take 
place at the DNR Outdoor Adventure 
Center, 1801 Atwater St., Detroit, which 
is located at the intersection of the 
Dequindre Cut at the Detroit River. 
Admission into the Outdoor Adventure 
Center will be free during festival 
hours. 
“Hazon has long focused on food as 
the foothold into a larger conversation 
about environmental sustainabili-
ty,
” said Hazon Detroit 
Director Amit Weitzer.
“The importance of 
stewarding and connecting 
with Earth is a part of how 
we engage as Jews.
” 
In the past two years, 

Weitzer said the food festival was 
reduced to a drive-up or drive-through 
experience due to the COVID pandem-
ic. Supporters of the food festival were 
given food baskets or drove up to ven-
dors to sample or purchase food from 
local food artisans and companies. 
Weitzer added that this year, the 
festival will take place in indoor and 
outdoor areas and will provide flexibil-
ity for the comfort levels of participants 
who may still be hesitant about crowds 
in the age of COVID-19. 
Weitzer said Hazon Detroit invites 
the Jewish and wider Detroit commu-
nity to “lean into” the nurturing feeling 
of coming together in person that the 
festival provides. Visitors can stop by 
the booths of partnering organizations 
to learn about the work they are doing 
in sustainability and community build-
ing initiatives. Of course, she added, 
there will be plenty of food to sample 
from a rodeo of food trucks with food 
to purchase, inlcuding Treat Dreams, 
Chef Cari, Nu Deli, Shimmy Shack and 
Drunken Rooster.

Hazon’s Jewish Food Festival is back live and
in-person at Detroit’s Outdoor Adventure Center.

STACY GITTLEMAN CONTRIBUTING WRITER

Amit 
Weitzer

Food. Fun. Faith.

