Chocolate and Jewish Values: A Fair Trade Experience

The multicultural program focuses on various Central and South American countries where coffee and cacao (chocolate) are major crops and where the Jewish community has had both Sephardic and Ashkenazi influence.

Noon-6 p.m. Festival in social hall featuring exhibits and performances. Lectures in the sanctuary.  Children’s programs in Flax Library. Food will be sold. Some vendors, serving Divine chocolate and Mayorga coffee, will have tastings and products for sale.

1 p.m. Speaker: April Linton presents a fair trade overview. Her book, Fair Trade from the Ground Up: New Markets for Social Justice, will be available for purchase. Also, a chocolate sing-along with Charley Montroll.

2 p.m. Hands-on crafts for children, including Roz Houseknecht’s weaving project. Also, Gale Pressman and others on creating a mural.

 2:15 p.m. Barbara Bernstein’s Latin dance company, followed by a teaching session.

3:15 p.m. Speaker: Sheilah Kaufman on Jews and chocolate. Her cookbooks will be available for sale.

4:30 p.m. Speaker: Ilana Schatz on the conversion history of Adat Israel, a reform congregation in Guatemala.

For more information contact event organizer Shirley Waxman (shirleywaxman@verizon.net) or visit www.Tikvatisrael.org