Rabbi Charles Klein of the Merrick Jewish Centre Joined Stop & Shop as They Donated a 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 right to left) Rabbi Charles Klein of the Merrick Jewish Centre; Rabbi Anchelle Perl of Chabad of Mineola; Arlene Putterman, Director Community and Public Affairs of Stop & Shop, New York Metro; Cantor Eric Schulmiller of The Reconstructionist Synagogue of the North Shore in Plandome; Iris Astrof, Chair of The Alix Rubinger Kosher Food Pantry; andRabbi Deborah Bravo of The North Shore Synagogue in Syosset 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.