Stop & Shop Donates Half Ton of Kosher For Passover Food to Alix Rubinger Kosher Food Pantry

Members of the Nassau County Clergy joined Stop & Shop representatives at the Carle Place Stop & Shop when the supermarket donated a half ton of Kosher for Passover food to the Alix Rubinger Kosher Food Pantry, which is run by Congregation Beth-El of Massapequa.

(From left to right) Rabbi Deborah Bravo of The North Shore Synagogue in Syosset; Iris Astrof, Chair of The Alix Rubinger Kosher Food Pantry; Cantor Eric Schulmiller of The Reconstructionist Synagogue of the North Shore in Plandome; Arlene Putterman, Director Community and Public Affairs of Stop & Shop, New York Metro; Rabbi Anchelle Perl of Chabad of Mineola; and Rabbi Charles Klein of the Merrick Jewish Centre took part in the community wide effort to highlight the hidden need for food assistance within Nassau County’s Jewish Community.

Norma Gonsalves, the Presiding officer of the Nassau County Legislature and Laura Schaefer a member of the Legislature also attended.

Middle school students from Long Island Lutheran Middle & High School and the Schechter School of Long Island donated non-perishable Kosher for Passover food products as they learned to proactively assist those in need.

Stop & Shop’s donation of holiday staples included; matzah, soup, matzah-ball mix matzah-meal, grape juice, apple juice, gefilte fish, farfel, potatoes, canned fruit, canned tuna, applesauce, coffee and Passover cookies.