NCJW (National Council of Jewish Women)-Nashville section and Vanderbilt Hillel spent time on September 25th baking challahs for the Nashville Food Project as part of the Challah 4 Hunger program. Challah 4 Hunger is a national organization with individual chapters at college campuses across the country. Students meet once a month to make challah from scratch and sell the loaves on campus. Challah 4 Hunger provides opportunities for leadership, entrepreneurship, and social justice awareness, both locally and globally.
The Vanderbilt Hillel Challah 4 Hunger student leader, Hailey Jane Frank, a sophomore, enjoyed having local community members from NCJW join for the challah bake. “It was extremely heartening to see how members of the community joined us in the fight against hunger in Nashville. Everyone who came was so eager to help and learn how to make challahs, and I am so proud of everything we accomplished together. In total, we made over 160 challot. We are so grateful to everyone in NCJW. We truly could not accomplish all that we do without them.”
Stephanie Kirschner, Challah 4 Hunger NCJW co-chair, garnered significant support from NCJW members during the challah bake and had a rewarding experience. “Baking for the Challah 4 Hunger with Vanderbilt Hillel in collaboration with NCJW Nashville was a truly wonderful experience. It was inspiring to see the students come together for such an important cause and do a mitzvah. My children especially loved braiding the challah, and they’ve been asking to go back to Hillel and do it again ever since.”
Other NCJW members found the bake to be a delightful experience.
“The challah baking event at Vanderbilt Hillel was a fun time. It was so great to see so many NCJW members connecting with the local college students all while doing good for our community. Looking forward to more events between our two organizations in the future.”, said Sheri Rosenberg, NCJW member
NCJW and Vanderbilt Hillel look forward to future challah bakes this school year.
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