2025 Soul Food Shabbat Dinner and Program

Friday, February 21, 2025 at 6:00 PM until 7:30 PMEastern Standard Time UTC -05:00

Levine Center for Wellness and Recreation
2201 Wellesley Ave
Charlotte, NC 28207
United States

For almost a decade, Queens students have sponsored a Soul Food Shabbat bringing together the Queens Black Student Union and Queens Hillel for a celebration of Shabbat and an exploration of commonalities as we explore our past and present struggles.

In recent years, we opened the experience up to the broader Charlotte community and it was a sold-out event and resounding success. This year’s theme is “Black and Jewish Street Art in Charlotte.” Our Greenspon Artist-in-Residence and Queens professor, Mike Wirth, and a Charlotte street artist, Abel Jackson will share their artwork and lead us in a discussion: What makes street art Black or Jewish? What do these artists aim to achieve through their art installations? What would a Black and Jewish collaborative art installation look like? What themes might we all want to include?

We will serve a soul food Shabbat dinner with traditional Jewish and African American foods - challah (the traditional Sabbath bread), collard greens, cornbread, fried chicken, and kugel (sweet noodle casserole). For more information, contact Judy Schindler, schindlerj@queens.edu

Registration is no longer available because the event has been cancelled.