Eli Roitblat of Brooklyn, N.Y., delivers pickup orders for the Jewish Discovery Center\u2019s Jewish Food Festival at Nay Aug Park in Scranton in 2023. (TIMES-TRIBUNE FILE)\n<\/p>\n<\/li>\n
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\nVolunteer Shua Rapoport of Waverly Twp. prepares a shwarma pita at the 2019 Jewish Food Festival at Nay Aug Park, 500 Arthur Ave in 2019. (TIMES-TRIBUNE FILE)\n<\/p>\n<\/li>\n
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\nSara Rosenberg of Scranton makes funnel cakes \u2013 a new item for the Jewish Discovery Center\u2019s Jewish Food Festival on Sunday in Nay Aug Park in Scranton in 2023. (TIMES-TRIBUNE FILE)\n<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
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Eli Roitblat of Brooklyn, N.Y., delivers pickup orders for the Jewish Discovery Center\u2019s Jewish Food Festival at Nay Aug Park in Scranton in 2023. (TIMES-TRIBUNE FILE)\n<\/p>\n
Expand<\/a><\/p>\n The event draws crowds of thousands from Northeast Pennsylvania and beyond, with a tagline of \u201cOpen to all, especially those who love to eat.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cThe fest is stretching its arms, it\u2019s growing,\u201d said Rabbi Benny Rapoport, co-director of the Jewish Discovery Center in Clarks Summit. It is the primary fundraiser for the Chabad of the Abingtons cultural center and synagogue.<\/p>\n The event is taking on a buzzy new tone under new leadership from one of his sons and daughter-in-law, Rabbi Yosef and Esther Rapoport. The couple moved to the area last year. They consulted a marketing firm, added tongue-in-check merchandise and new social media to support the expanded event.<\/p>\n Workshops in the intricate art of challah braiding will be offered throughout the festival, creating loaves to be taken away ready to be baked. Every day of the festival will feature a kids\u2019 inflatable climbing park, a T-shirt printing and painting station and an interactive bubble science tent.<\/p>\n Michael the Tight Rope Walker performs Sunday at 2:30 and 5:30 p.m.<\/p>\n On Monday, Kids Fest will offer a petting zoo, pony rides, face painting and more from 3 to 6 p.m.<\/p>\n A band from New York City will perform lively Jewish-infused pop music Tuesday, from 4 to 6 p.m.<\/p>\n A merchandise stand will sell souvenirs, with slogans like \u201cYou\u2019re the pastrami to my rye\u201d and \u201cLet my people eat.\u201d<\/p>\n Some snacks, such as popcorn, are new. Of course, the focus is the kosher food. Rapoport gets enthusiastic describing it. The lamb burger? \u201dJust thinking about it makes me swoon,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n The schnitzel sandwich is \u201ca whole explosion of textures,\u201d and this year comes on challah instead of a hard roll, he said. The breaded chicken comes with a side of either pesto mayonnaise or spicy mayonnaise for $17.95. On Sunday there is an option to upgrade with an Israeli topping station featuring roasted eggplant, pickles, red onions, tahinia, matbucha and other condiments. Matbucha is a Moroccan spread made with cooked tomatoes and peppers. If popular, it may be carried into the rest of the festival.<\/p>\n The menu features New York deli style dishes, such as corned beef, brisket and knish; Middle Eastern food such as shawarma and falafel. In the words on one Instagram post: \u201cFood that survived centuries for a reason.\u201d<\/p>\n Sunday\u2019s special is buffalo wings, Monday\u2019s is kufta kabobs and Tuesday\u2019s is a lamb burger.<\/p>\n The menu, with an online ordering feature, is at jewishfoodfest.com.\u00a0http:\/\/jewishfoodfest.com<\/a><\/p>\n The cooking and catering is overseen by Chany Rapoport, co-director of the Center and the rabbi\u2019s wife.<\/p>\n With expanded promotion and new features, they hope to grow attendance from around 6,000 to 7,000 to 10,000 to 12,000.Information is on social media and jewishfoodfest.com.<\/p>\n What: Jewish Food FestivalWhen: Sunday through Wednesday, 11:30 a.m. to 7 p.m.Where: Nay Aug Park, Mulberry Street, Scranton.Details: The kosher food festival has expanded to add entertainment. It\u2019s a rain or shine event, with covered seating in a shady setting. Online ordering and more information at: jewishfoodfest.com.http:\/\/jewishfoodfest.com<\/a><\/p>\n Originally Published: June 24, 2025 at 1:52 PM EDT<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Jewish Food Festival returning to Scranton on Sunday will go beyond food, with the addition of all-ages…\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":12556,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[37],"tags":[171,210,13162,728,1182,2824,13164,2830,13165,13163,1072,67,132,68],"class_list":{"0":"post-12555","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-nutrition","8":"tag-entertainment","9":"tag-health","10":"tag-lackawanna-county","11":"tag-local-news","12":"tag-nutrition","13":"tag-outdoors","14":"tag-parenting-and-family","15":"tag-pennsylvania","16":"tag-restaurants-food-and-drink","17":"tag-scranton","18":"tag-things-to-do","19":"tag-united-states","20":"tag-unitedstates","21":"tag-us"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/114742065046279060","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12555","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12555"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12555\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/12556"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12555"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12555"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12555"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}