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Tisdale said.
“I hope everyone learned about
hunger and anti-hunger history
and will join me in supporting
MAZON, joining our advocacy
efforts, and sharing their incredible
resources with others.”
Rabbi Joshua L. Bennett of
Temple Israel said, “MAZON
is an incredible organization
working to end hunger in America.
Their efforts have led directly
to legislation that supports our
mission to be a community-facing
congregation.
“The partnership between private
sector religious institutions and
governmental support is the only
way to eradicate food insecurity in
our country,” he added. “Without
the work of MAZON, we would be
years behind in the pursuit of our

goals.”
Naama Haviv, MAZON’s
vice president of community
engagement, led the virtual tour.
“We at MAZON approach our
work not by distributing food, but
by working to change the systems
that allow hunger to persist,”
Haviv said. “We are dedicated
to protecting, strengthening and
expanding the nutrition safety net,
investing in our country’s anti-
hunger infrastructure, and working
to shift both the public and political
narrative about who is hungry in
America, why they’re struggling and
what can be done about it.
“That’s where our Hunger
Museum comes in — it’s an entirely
virtual, deeply researched resource
that tells the story that it is possible
to solve hunger. But to achieve this,

we need two things,” she added.
“We need the American public
to understand hunger as a systemic
issue, and we need the government
to respond — expansively,
comprehensively and without
judgment about why someone
has been brought to the point of
needing assistance. What it takes,
really, is all of us.”
According to Abby J. Leibman,
MAZON’s president and CEO,
“This year, MAZON is celebrating
our 40th anniversary, marking four
decades of advocacy, community
engagement and education, and
leading the fight against hunger in
the U.S. and Israel.
“We are so proud of all that
MAZON has accomplished in the
last 40 years — both in terms of
building anti-hunger advocacy

infrastructure and advancing key
policy solutions to end hunger at
various levels of government — but
we have much more work ahead of
us.
“With more than 47 million
people facing hunger in the U.S.,
we cannot accept the status quo.
That number is ahead of pre-
pandemic levels and marks a nearly
40% increase in just two years. It is
completely unacceptable that our
policymakers are allowing food
insecurity rates to move in the
wrong direction. I look forward to
working closely with our partners,
including the remarkable Detroit
Jewish community, to achieve our
goal of making hunger history.”

Visit and explore the Hunger Museum at

https://hungermuseum.org.

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