Food pantry offers kosher meals to families in Brooklyn

食品配餐室为布鲁克林的家庭提供犹太食品

作者:Sharon Crowley     来源:New York, NY     阅读模式:只看译文

NEW YORK - With delivery trucks always arriving and workers continuously unpacking containers, the Masbia food pantry in the Flatbush section of Brooklyn is always busy offering free kosher meals to anyone in this community. City Harvest is helping the pantry with a Passover food drive. "We know that New York City residents are experiencing food insecurity," said Ellen Granger, City Harvest's manager of donor relations and supply chain. Masbia executive director Alexander Rappaport said families who are food insecure deserve to be able to properly celebrate the Jewish holidays. "Making sure you have enough food is the basics of being able to celebrate," Rappaport said. "Without food, how do you have a meal? How do you have a family table together?" The food pantry, which provides kosher meals to needy families all year round, saw a surge in demand when the coronavirus pandemic started. "Due to the pandemic, we are operating on a 500% increase in demand, which forced us to go to 24 hours," Rappaport said. The around-the-clock food pantry even created a digital bread line. Instead of standing in lines that stretch around the block, those in need make a reservation to pick up food day or night. "We want to make sure every family has food on the table this holiday," Masbia's David Krakauer said. "It's very important to us." Rappaport said Passover is about sharing. "Passover is about having communal meals," he said. "So this is a vessel of sharing." One client told FOX 5 NY that she really appreciates the pantry. "They are great," she said. "I appreciate them so much."

纽约–送货卡车总是不断地到来,工人们不断地拆集装箱,位于布鲁克林Flatbush区的Masbia食品储藏室总是忙着为这个社区的任何人提供免费的犹太食品。
City Harvest正在帮助食品储藏室举办逾越节食品活动。
City Harvest负责捐助关系和供应链的经理艾伦·格兰杰说:“我们知道纽约市居民正在经历粮食不安全问题。”
Masbia执行主任亚历山大·拉帕波特说,食品不安全的家庭应该能够适当地庆祝犹太节日。
“确保你有足够的食物是能够庆祝的基本条件,”Rappaport说。“没有饭吃,怎么有饭吃?怎么有一家人在一起的饭桌?”
当冠状病毒开始流行时,食品储藏室的需求激增,该储藏室全年为贫困家庭提供犹太教食品。
拉帕波特说:“由于大流行,我们的需求增加了500%,这迫使我们将工作时间延长到24小时。”
24小时不间断的食品储藏室甚至创造了一条数字面包线。那些有需要的人不用在街区里排着长长的队伍,而是在白天或晚上预约去取食物。
马斯比亚的大卫·克拉考尔说:“我们想确保这个节日每个家庭的餐桌上都有食物。”“对我们来说很重要。”
拉帕波特说逾越节是关于分享的。
他说:“逾越节是一个共同进餐的节日。”“所以这是一个分享的容器。”
一位客户告诉福克斯5纽约,她真的很欣赏食品室。
“他们很棒,”她说。“我太欣赏他们了。”