Fountain Hills Jewish Heritage and Food Festival<\/a> is coming to Fountain Park on Jan. 25.<\/p>\nThe event, hosted by Chabad of Fountain Hills, will feature heimish favorites such as falafel, pastrami, smoked turkey, corned beef, knishes, stuffed cabbage, matzah-ball soup, challah and babka \u2014 all certified kosher.<\/p>\n
\u201cIn Jewish life, food tells a story of family, migration, tradition and joy,\u201d says Rabbi Mendy Lipskier, co-director of Chabad of Fountain Hills, \u201cand this festival lets people taste those stories.\u201d<\/p>\n
Entry is free, and attendees can purchase their food, much of which is prepared by Chef Josh Delgado.\u00a0<\/p>\n
In addition to eating, activities will include challah-braiding, matzah-baking, kids\u2019 crafts, bounce houses and a Jewish art sale. There will also be a live klezmer band, Las Vegas\u2019s Kesser Project, and local DJs, the BabaDJanov Brothers.<\/p>\n
\u201cFountain Hills is known across Arizona for its festivals, and I think this festival fills a missing piece of the town\u2019s cultural mosaic,\u201d Lipskier says. \u201cIt adds new flavor to the town\u2019s calendar.\u201d<\/p>\n
And no, you don\u2019t need to be Jewish to join in.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe target audience is really anyone that appreciates good cuisine, culture [and] a fun time,\u201d Lipskier says. \u201cIt\u2019s for families [and] food lovers. One of the most Jewish things we do is open our doors. That\u2019s what this is about.\u201d<\/p>\n
Lipskier and his wife, Tzipi, have been opening their doors to the Jewish community in Fountain Hills since 2010. What\u2019s rarer, though, is being able to bring together the Jewish and non-Jewish Fountain Hills populations in an event this big.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cThis is not just about Jewish people connecting to their heritage, which is always important,\u201d Lipskier says. \u201cThis is about people getting to know each other, especially these days when there\u2019s so much antisemitism, unfortunately, in the world. This festival, at its heart, is about bringing people together through culture and community. I think it reminds us the best way to understand each other is to sit at the same table, and today that is so important.\u201d<\/p>\n
Beyond the nosh, organizers intend for this event to introduce neighbors to one another and enable folks to encounter Jewish culture first-hand.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cI think everyone should mark their calendars, should bring their friends and should come experience something new in Fountain Hills,\u201d Lipskier says. \u201cIf you love festivals, if you love food, if you love community, you\u2019re gonna love this.\u201d<\/p>\n
Fountain Hills Jewish Heritage and Food Festival<\/p>\n
Sunday, Jan. 25, noon to 4 p.m.
12925 N. Saguaro Blvd., Fountain Hills<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A new Jewish food and heritage festival is coming to Fountain Hills. Eflon\/Flickr The first annual Fountain Hills…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":249688,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[36],"tags":[5499,5497,103,61,60,446],"class_list":{"0":"post-249687","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-nutrition","8":"tag-events","9":"tag-festivals","10":"tag-health","11":"tag-ie","12":"tag-ireland","13":"tag-nutrition"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/249687","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=249687"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/249687\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/249688"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=249687"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=249687"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=249687"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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