Jewish organizations hosted a seder for members of Congress to highlight the importance of fighting hunger in America.
The National Hunger Seder, which was sponsored by the Jewish Council for Public Affairs and Mazon, was held March 29 in Washington to push for protecting and reinforcing funding for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program.
The refunding of SNAP will be considered in the 2012 Farm Bill reauthorization by Congress.
Mazon’s president and CEO, Abby Leibman, said that “while we cannot include 50 million Americans in our individual seders, these words remind us that as a society, we are responsible for them — a powerful and timely message as Congress considers the Farm Bill and the fate of our nutrition safety net.” — jta