On October 15, 2017, Federation’s Jewish Food Experience®(JFE) and JSSA teamed up with Nourish Now to learn how to utilize food waste to solve hunger issues and help bring food security to those in need. Volunteers sorted and packaged food donations that were distributed to hundreds of families in need throughout the month. (Photos by…
One Eight Distillery in DC’s Ivy City neighborhood was the place to be on December 4, 2016 for the Jewish Food Experience®’s Nosh, Sip & Schmooze event. DC Jewish foodies came by for drinks (bourbon egg creams, anyone?) and a tour by distillery co-founder Alex Laufer, a book signing by Amy Kritzer, snacks from On Rye…
Visitors at Moti’s Market in Rockville, MD, on Sunday, September 11, 2016 were in for a treat. Throughout the day, the Jewish Food Experience® along with Moti’s Market, Carmel Caterers and Al Ha’esh Israeli Grill hosted “Taste the High Holidays,” giving visitors a chance to stop by, schmooze and sample unique foods and wines for…
On October 4, 2015, volunteers joined the Jewish Food Experience® for a day of doing good at N Street Village in northwest Washington, DC. Volunteers prepared and served healthy and delicious meals to homeless and low-income women and spent time getting to know the N Street Village residents and others who share a passion for tikkun…
On Sunday, June 26, the Jewish Food Experience® hosted Behind the Booth at Mosaic District’s farmers market. Visitors took a private walking tour through the market with Central Farm Market co-founder Debra Moser, sampled fresh fruits and vegetables and participated in a conversation with Israeli-American chef Joshua Rosenstein. (Photos by Audrey Rothstein Photography)
On September 17, 2015, JFE® feted its second birthday at The Jewish Federation of Greater Washington in Rockville. The crowd dined on food catered by The Kosher Pastry Oven, scrumptious artisan chocolates from Dear Coco Chocolate, kosher whiskey and gin tastings from Catoctin Creek Distilling Company, Israeli olives and figs from Israeli Harvest and gluten-free matzah and…
More than 8,000 volunteers joined The Jewish Federation of Greater Washington in Doing Good across our community for our fifth annual Sara and Samuel J. Lessans Good Deeds Day on April 10, 2016. The Jewish Food Experience® was proud to organize three Good Deeds Day events with food generously donated by Whole Foods Markets’ Mid-Atlantic…
On March 21, the Jewish Food Experience® and Commissary hosted the 2016 Pre-Purim-Palooza. In addition to a bottomless buffet of delicious Israeli and Mediterranean appetizers, guests got to sample specialty cocktails and three (!) kinds of hamantashen! (Photos by Audrey Rothstein Photography)
