Vendors and live music will fill out Clearwater’s Temple B’nai Israel lot, located at 1685 S Belcher Rd. All the staple Jewish delights, like potato knishes, noodle kugel, Israeli falafel pitas and the fan-favorite matzoh ball soup, are on the menu.
For those who need a sweet treat as a Sunday reward, vendors will offer their staple sweets—cheesecakes, cinnamon babkas, cookies and other traditional desserts.
The event is open to the public, whether you are Jewish, Jew-ish or non-Jewish.
Admission for the rain-or-shine event—which runs from 10:30 a.m.-2:30 p.m. on Sunday, Feb. 23—is free, but event organizers ask guests to bring at least one non-perishable canned food to be donated to local food pantries in Clearwater.
New this year is a bag policy that prohibits large bags or backpacks in the event, a press release states. All purchases from vendors will be cashless.
Temple B’nai Israel calls itself one of the largest congregations in Florida.
The Temple’s rabbi, Michael Birnholz, said food connects people, and is essential to the practice of the religion.
“Food is a central part of Judaism, not only because without food we don’t live, but because of the way that we experience food with our senses and from harvest to eating, food connects the greater world around us,” Birnholz said.
For more information on the event, visit tbiclearwater.org.
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This article appears in Jan 30 – Feb 5, 2025.