Blog Archive

Recent Posts

Growth, Change, and Renewal Can Yet Come: A Pre-Election D’var Torah

November 5, 2024 — At our October 2024 board meeting, Len David delivered the following D’var Torah to the MAZON board and staff. His message deeply resonated and we wanted to share his words about hope, action, and the work we can accomplish together with our broader community. We hope his words will stay with you, as they have with the team at MAZON.

MAZON, USDA, and Partners Celebrate Sukkot in Washington DC

October 22, 2024 — MAZON staff joined with our longtime friends and partners at the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) for their second annual Sukkot celebration. The event, put on by USDA’s Center for Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnerships, took place in a Sukkah that was built on the National Mall in Washington, DC.

Overlapping Themes: Indigenous Peoples’ Day and Sukkot

October 10, 2024 — With Sukkot and Indigenous Peoples’ Day falling so closely on the calendar this year, we invite you to learn more about the overlapping themes of harvest, scarcity, peoplehood, and food justice.

On Shoftim and the Call of Justice

September 11, 2024 — A sermon by Abby J. Leibman at Adath Jeshurun Congregation in Minnesota.

The Jewish Imperative to Act: MAZON’s Hunger Action Month

July 19, 2024 — This August, we are calling you and your community to action for MAZON’s Hunger Action Month.

Beyond Pride Month: Elevating LGBTQ+ Voices in the Anti-Hunger Movement

July 2, 2024 — Last month marked LGBTQ+ Pride Month which each year commemorates the 1969 Stonewall Uprising in New York City — a moment that coalesced the gay liberation movement — and celebrates the LGBTQ+* community. At MAZON, we work all year to honor LGBTQ+ older adults who show tenacity and resilience in the face of great challenges, and to ensure that federal nutrition safety net programs are more inclusive, equitable, and accessible to all those who need help regardless of their circumstances.

Blog Archive

Take Action

Make a gift to MAZON’s Spotlight Fund

Your partnership allows MAZON to be the national Jewish voice dedicated to fighting hunger, particularly for those facing hunger whose struggles are too often over-looked, disregarded, or discounted. Together, we have made a commitment to shine a spotlight on those issues and populations where larger organizations and the government have yet to turn their focus.

Your support of MAZON’s Spotlight Fund helps us fight hunger, particularly for those who are often over-looked, disregarded, or discounted. Together, we shine a spotlight on issues of food insecurity among military families, veterans, Native Americans, single mothers, LGBTQ seniors, college students, and the people of Puerto Rico and the territories. Your gift today strengthens this mission and helps to build a community dedicated to ending hunger for everyone. Join us.

Urge Congress to Address Food Insecurity Among LGBTQ Older Adults

Congress must designate LGBTQ older adults as a population of “Greatest Social Need” to increase funding for LGBTQ-inclusive programs and help target local services to this population. Take action now.

Stay up to date on our news.