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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260318T190000
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URL:https://www.wjcouncil.org/events/temple-shaaray-tefila-and-uja-norther
 n-westchester-food-identity-community-with-naama-shefi/
SUMMARY:Temple Shaaray Tefila and UJA Northern Westchester - Food\, Identit
 y & Community with Naama Shefi
DESCRIPTION:\n\n\nTelling Our Stories Through Food\n\nDoors open at 7:00 pm
 \nProgram Begins at 7:30 pm\nWestchester\, New York\n\nFood is never just 
 food — it’s memory\, identity\, and a way of preserving who we are.\n\
 nJoin UJA Northern Westchester and Shaaray Tefila Talks to hear from autho
 r and Jewish Food Society founder Naama Shefi. Naama will share how a pas
 sion for saving family recipes grew into a global effort to document Jewis
 h culture through food. She’ll explore the origins of the Jewish Food So
 ciety\, the stories behind its acclaimed cookbook\, The Jewish Holiday Tab
 le\, and how food connects generations and strengthens community.\n\nGues
 ts will be treated to light bites featuring recipes from The Jewish Holida
 y Table\, prepared by Renana Shvil of Fiddleheads Cooking Studio.\n\nYou
 ’ll also discover UJA’s latest work helping people in need\, including
  those in Israel rebuilding their lives and shaping the future of the Jew
 ish state.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nREGISTER NOW\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
 \n\n\n\n\n\n\nFEATURING\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nNaa
 ma Shefi\n\nAuthor of The Jewish Holiday Table and Founder of the Jewish 
 Food Society\n\nNaama Shefi is a kibbutznik and a New Yorker\, whose work 
 sits at the intersection of food\, culture\, community-building\, and art.
  In 2017\, she founded the nonprofit Jewish Food Society\, which preserves
  and celebrates Jewish culinary heritage through a digital recipe archive 
 and dynamic events.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nModerator\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
 \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nJune Hersh\n\nAuthor\n\nJune Hersh is a co
 okbook author with a focus on Jewish food culture. Her books include the b
 est-selling Recipes Remembered\, a Celebration of Survival\, a compendium
  of stories and recipes she gathered from Holocaust survivors. Her new boo
 k\, Iconic New York Jewish Food\, celebrates the intersection of New York
 's most crave-worthy foods and the Jewish immigrant experience.\n\n\n\n\n\
 n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n&nbsp\;\n\n\n\nEvent Chairs\n\nSuzanne Fromm • Aman
 da Garfinkle • Emma Hest • Wendy Strauss\n\nEach person will receive a
  copy of Naama’s book\, The Jewish Holiday Table.\n\nLight bites will be
  served. Dietary laws observed.\n\nQuestions?\n\nContact Erica Wohlstadter
  at wohlstadtere@ujafedny.org or 914.385.2126.\n\n&nbsp\;\n\n\n
CATEGORIES:Cultural,Lecture,Other
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