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or more than 35 years, MAZON: A Jewish Response to Hunger has been working with policymakers and engaging in broad-based advocacy to solve and fix the systemic problem of hunger in America. MAZON was founded by Leonard “Leibel” Fein (z”l) and Irv Cramer in 1985, to build a bridge between the relative abundance of the American Jewish community and the desperate need felt by millions of hungry people. “We work with people across the country,” says Liz Kanter Groskind, board chair of MAZON. “It’s a Jewish response to hunger, but it’s a Jewish response to everyone’s hunger.” MAZON is working on many different efforts,
MAZON:
A Jewish Response to Everyone’s Hunger By Mala Blomquist
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DECEMBER 2020 | OREGON JEWISH LIFE
