ABOUT

FOODAISM

FOODAISM, a community storytelling project, explores the intersection of Judaism, food,

and farming as it plays out in the identities and work of members of the Boston Jewish

food justice community.

Through video interviews, FOODAISM engages participants on questions such as:

Why do you combine your interests in Judaism and food justice or farming?

How has Judaism influenced your social values or your interest in food justice?

How have your social values influenced your relationship with your Judaism?

Why did you choose food justice as an area of social justice to focus on?

What do you find in the Boston Jewish Food Justice community that is different from spaces that are just focused on food justice or farming, or spaces that are just focused on Judaism?

What do you see as the role of Jewish food justice organizations in engaging with non-Jewish populations?

Can you share any meaningful or funny stories from your experiences in Jewish food justice work?

As Jewish food justice initiatives continue to emerge, grappling with these questions personally and collectively will be crucial to maintaining transparency and dialogue.

About the

Storyteller

What does the FOODAISM project mean to me?

(Video coming soon)

Leah Lazer is a senior at Tufts University pursuing a B.A. in Food System Studies, focusing on how the food system interacts with equity, sustainability, community health, public policy, and economics. She is an alumni of the Urban Adamah Fellowship, a farm educator at Natick Community Organic Farm, and has worked on food system advocacy, research, and education at organizations including The Food Project, Tufts Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy, and Ganei Beantown: Beantown Jewish Gardens.

Thank you!

FOODAISM is supported by Leora Mallach at Ganei Beantown, Julie Dobrow at Tufts University, the Moral Voices program at Tufts Hillel, and the insightful, inspiring interview participants.