Bean of Affliction: Chocolate, Child Labor and Choosing Fair Trade

Join us for an exploration of chocolate's sweet and bitter sides and find out what’s Jewish about Fair Trade.

- Watch the brief documentary The Dark Side of Chocolate, followed by Q & A

- Participate in a Fair Trade kosher chocolate tasting

- Write letters and advocate for Fair Trade

-  Discover (and purchase) Fair Trade made Judaica products from around the world

Hundreds of thousands of children in West Africa, often enslaved and trafficked, work hard to bring us our favorite chocolate treats. They  spend long hours, working in hazardous conditions, not going to school, and losing their childhoods.

But we have a choice. We can choose chocolate that supports farmers, is grown sustainably, and is guaranteed free from child labor.

Sponsored by the Fair Trade Committee of Congregation Beth Sholom, Teaneck Fair Trade and Fair Trade Judaica