Food carries memory.

It holds the aroma of childhood kitchens, the echo of voices no longer with us, and the resilience of a people who survived the unimaginable.

Feed Me Your Truth honors Holocaust survivors whose stories must be preserved with urgency — but this project reaches beyond testimony alone. It explores Jewish identity as it lives within the meals we prepare, the recipes passed down through generations, and the food we gather around with those we love.

Every braided challah, every simmering soup, every holiday table is a living archive.

Through interview, portraiture, and culinary storytelling, this project documents how food becomes a vessel of survival, continuity, faith, and belonging.

And as we preserve memory, we also confront the present. Jewish communities today face growing food insecurity. This initiative seeks to raise awareness and support for Jewish food pantries and kosher food banks, partnering with organizations committed to ensuring that no table is empty and no story is forgotten.

About the Exhibition & Film

• Interviews with Holocaust survivors
• Portrait photography and archival storytelling
• Conversations with Jewish chefs and cultural advocates
• Exploration of food as survival, identity, and remembrance
• A traveling museum exhibition
• A companion documentary film

Who We Invite to Participate

We are currently inviting:

• Survivors willing to share their story
• Family members preserving generational memory
• Jewish culinary professionals
• Actors and cultural advocates
• Organizations aligned with remembrance and food justice

About the Creator

Feed Me Your Truth was conceived and directed by Jonathan Stein — an artist and documentarian whose work explores memory, identity, and cultural continuity through visual storytelling.

Stein approaches this project as both filmmaker and steward of living history. Through intimate interviews and portraiture, he seeks to preserve the stories of Holocaust survivors and the generational narratives carried forward through ritual, recipe, and shared meal. In doing so, the project establishes a museum-caliber archive — one that honors lived experience with dignity, permanence, and care.

At the same time, Feed Me Your Truth recognizes that remembrance carries responsibility. As it documents the resilience of the past, the project also brings attention to the present reality of food insecurity within Jewish communities across the country. Through future partnerships with Jewish food pantries and kosher food banks, the initiative aims to transform preservation into action — ensuring that memory nourishes both heritage and hope.

For Stein, this work is not only about safeguarding history. It is about strengthening the future of the community it serves.