There is an old saying: “When the going gets tough, the tough get going.” When it comes to tzedaka—real tzedaka—never before has this been as valid as it is today. And this is the raison d’etre of the Sephardic Food Fund and its current emergency efforts.
Trillions of dollars in assets and equity have evaporated during the past few months. Part of the fallout from this monetary meltdown is a significant increase in the number of proud, respected families in our community—in Brooklyn and Deal— that suddenly find themselves literally unable to put food on their tables....