# MAZON: MAZON channels support from the Jewish community to end hunger in every community — a recognition that struggle is universal, and that human connection runs deep\.

> Join MAZON: A Jewish Response to Hunger in advancing systemic policy solutions to confront the root causes of hunger for overlooked populations\.

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## Pages
- [Home](https://mazon.org/)
- [Events](https://mazon.org/whats-new/events/)
- [Blog and News](https://mazon.org/whats-new/blog-and-news/)
- [Sukkot Resources](https://mazon.org/resources/jewish-holidays-and-shabbat/sukkot-resources/)
- [Synagogue Partnerships](https://mazon.org/what-we-do/community-engagement/synagogue-partnerships/)

## Board
- [Howard B\. Tarkow](https://mazon.org/board/howard-b-tarkow/)
- [Rabbi Joel Pitkowsky](https://mazon.org/board/rabbi-joel-pitkowsky/)
- [Julie Singer Chernoff](https://mazon.org/board/julie-singer-chernoff/)
- [Phyllis Snyder](https://mazon.org/board/phyllis-snyder/)
- [Andrew Afflerbach](https://mazon.org/board/andrew-afflerbach/)

## Focus Areas
- [LGBTQ\+ Community](https://mazon.org/focus-areas/lgbtq-community/): Addressing Hunger Among LGBTQ Older Adults
- [Indigenous Communities](https://mazon.org/focus-areas/indigenous-communities/): Improving Food Security and Sovereignty in Indian Country
- [Immigrants](https://mazon.org/focus-areas/immigrants/)
- [College Students](https://mazon.org/focus-areas/college-students/): Seeking to end hunger among college students
- [Veterans](https://mazon.org/focus-areas/veterans/): Working to Confront Veteran Hunger

## Policy Actions
- [Demand Congress Protect SNAP Access for Immigrant Families](https://mazon.org/policy-actions/demand-congress-protect-snap-access-for-immigrant-families/): Join MAZON in urging Congress to protect immigrant families' access to SNAP benefits\.
- [Demand SNAP Fix in the Farm Bill](https://mazon.org/policy-actions/demand-snap-fix-in-the-farm-bill/): Demand a two\-year delay of the Farm Bill's harmful SNAP cost shift hurting millions\.
- [Add Your Voice: Military and Veteran Community Petition to Save SNAP](https://mazon.org/policy-actions/add-your-voice-military-and-veteran-community-petition-to-save-snap/)
- [Demand a Delay to Harmful SNAP Changes](https://mazon.org/policy-actions/demand-a-delay-to-harmful-snap-changes/)
- [Hold Congress Accountable for Cuts to SNAP](https://mazon.org/policy-actions/hold-congress-accountable-for-cuts-to-snap/): Hold your Members of Congress accountable for harmful SNAP cuts benefiting the wealthy\.

## Publications
- [The SNAP Crisis is Here \- October 2026](https://mazon.org/publications/the-snap-crisis-is-here-october-2026/)
- [Hungry in the Military report \- April 2021](https://mazon.org/publications/hungry-in-the-military-report-april-2021/)
- [Fall 2023 Newsletter](https://mazon.org/publications/fall-2023-newsletter/)
- [Spring 2024 Newsletter](https://mazon.org/publications/spring-2024-newsletter/)
- [Fall 2024 Newsletter](https://mazon.org/publications/fall-2024-newsletter/)

## Statements
- [New Report Lays Bare Damages to All 50 States by Administrative SNAP Cost Shift](https://mazon.org/statements/new-report-lays-bare-damages-to-all-50-states-by-administrative-snap-cost-shift/)
- [Advocates Slam Senate GOP After Months of Delays and Still No Relief for Hungry Americans](https://mazon.org/statements/advocates-slam-senate-gop-after-months-of-delays-and-still-no-relief-for-hungry-americans/)
- [MAZON Denounces Trump Administration’s Final Rule to Strip Nutrition Benefits for Nearly 700,000 Food Insecure Americans](https://mazon.org/statements/mazon-denounces-trump-administrations-final-rule-to-strip-nutrition-benefits-for-nearly-700000-food-insecure-americans/)
- [MAZON Outraged By U\.S\. Supreme Court Decision to Allow Implementation of Public Charge Rule](https://mazon.org/statements/mazon-outraged-by-u-s-supreme-court-decision-to-allow-implementation-of-public-charge-rule/)
- [MAZON Sickened by Trump Administration’s Final Rule to Revise “Public Charge” Definition](https://mazon.org/statements/mazon-sickened-by-trump-administrations-final-rule-to-revise-public-charge-definition/)

## News
- [Veterans and Military Families Are Losing SNAP: Join Us in Speaking Out](https://mazon.org/news/veterans-and-military-families-are-losing-snap-join-us-in-speaking-out/)
- [MAZON Sues USDA Over Demand for Personal Information of Millions of SNAP Recipients](https://mazon.org/news/mazon-sues-usda-over-demand-for-personal-information-of-millions-of-snap-recipients/): Following reports that the U\.S\. Department of Agriculture \(USDA\) recently ordered state agencies and private contractors to turn over detailed personal information from recipients of the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program \(SNAP\), MAZON  filed a lawsuit in federal court\.
- [The SNAP Crisis is Here and States Are Forced to Pay Millions ](https://mazon.org/news/the-snap-crisis-is-here-and-states-are-forced-to-pay-millions/)
- [Puerto Rico's Water Crisis Could Become a Hunger Crisis for Kids](https://mazon.org/news/puerto-ricos-water-crisis-could-become-a-hunger-crisis-for-kids/)
- [Immigrants and Food Security: The Fallout from OBBBA](https://mazon.org/news/immigrants-and-food-security-the-fallout-from-obbba/)

## People
- [Ella Novick](https://mazon.org/team/ella-novick/)
- [Devon Miller](https://mazon.org/team/devon-miller/)
- [Lauren Bauer](https://mazon.org/team/lauren-bauer/)
- [Lisa O’Brien](https://mazon.org/team/lisa-obrien/)
- [Rebecca Ward](https://mazon.org/team/rebecca-ward/)

## Events
- [Roundtable about Military and Veteran Hunger](https://mazon.org/event/roundtable-about-military-and-veteran-hunger/)
- [Jewish Social Justice Leadership in a Fractured Time](https://mazon.org/event/jewish-social-justice-leadership-in-a-fractured-time/)
- [The Regulatory Fight Against Hunger](https://mazon.org/event/the-regulatory-fight-against-hunger/)
- [Tour The Hunger Museum](https://mazon.org/event/tour-the-hunger-museum-2/): Book your guided tour of The Hunger Museum
- [No One Deserves to Go Hungry National Call\-in Day \(Virtual\)](https://mazon.org/event/no-one-deserves-to-go-hungry-national-call-in-day-virtual/): Join MAZON and our partners Keshet, Jewish Council on Public Affairs, Network of Jewish Human Services Agencies, National Council of Jewish Women, The Religious Action Center of Reform Judaism / Union for Reform Judaism and Reconstructionist Rabbinical Association to cap off our No One Deserves to Go Hungry postcard campaign with a national call\-in day\. When we deliver your postcards, we want you to join in on the effort from afar by making sure those at USDA hear our concerns again and again\.

## Resources
- [Break Your Fast with Justice](https://mazon.org/resource/break-your-fast-with-justice/)
- [Ushpizin Sukkot Posters](https://mazon.org/resource/ushpizin-sukkot-posters/): MAZON's Ushpizin Sukkot posters \-\- printable posters sharing real stories of people experiencing food insecurity, intended for display in a sukkah to spark conversation during the traditional welcoming of guests \(ushpizin\)\.
- [No Holiday From Justice \- Sukkot: Gathering](https://mazon.org/resource/sukkot-gathering/): A one\-page advocacy card connecting the Sukkot traditions of welcoming ushpizin and celebrating the harvest to MAZON's work, with activities including the SNAP meal planner challenge, displaying hunger\-story posters in the sukkah, and inviting elected officials into a communal sukkah conversation\.
- [Overlapping Themes: Indigenous Peoples’ Day and Sukkot](https://mazon.org/resource/overlapping-themes-indigenous-peoples-day-and-sukkot/): With Sukkot \(the Jewish festival for harvest\) and Indigenous Peoples’ Day \(honoring Native American cultures and histories\) falling so closely on the calendar, we invite you to learn more about the overlapping themes of harvest, scarcity, peoplehood, and food justice\.
- [Tree of Life Poster and Harvest Reflection Activity](https://mazon.org/resource/tree-sukkot-activity/): How will you nourish your community? The Tree of Life is a powerful symbol, representing all that sustains us\. As we start this year, every person should share in our abundance — every person should have enough to live a life of dignity\. 

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