Members of London’s Orthodox Jewish community spent three days distributing hundreds of food packages to families ahead of Passover. The Jewish Community Council of North London prepared parcels for more than 600 families, each with an average of eight people, to ensure people had the correct food to eat throughout the holiday, which begins on Saturday. Levi Schapiro, a founding director of the JCC, said the annual religious celebration is “costly” because it requires certain foods or food made in a certain way. Rabbi Schapiro said the food given out was “not second class food”. “And so we want to make them feel good and bring good quality food.

Source: Irish Independent March 23, 2021 08:14 UTC