MIDTOWN — A Midtown street fair will hand out free rainbow cookies to show solidarity with the LGBTQ community in the wake of the Orlando shooting.
Taste of Jewish Culture Street Fair attendees can pick up the classic Orwasher’s Bakery cookies at the third annual festival, which takes place from 11 a.m. and 6 p.m. on Sunday, June 26, on Sixth Avenue, between West 48th and West 49th streets.
This year’s festival will feature “modern takes on traditional Jewish foods” from more than a dozen vendors, including Mile End Delicatessen, Court Street Grocers, Fletcher’s Brooklyn Barbecue and OddFellows Ice Cream Co., a release said.
The Workmen’s Circle, an American Jewish nonprofit, is sponsoring the event.
“This year, our annual Taste of Jewish Culture Street Fair takes place on the same day as the New York City Pride Fest, and it couldn’t be more meaningful to us than to be part of the city’s celebrations of the many vibrant facets of our society,” Ann Toback, the executive director of the Workmen’s Circle, said in a statement.
The festival will also offer activities like trivia games, a tambourine crafts booth, live music and dancing.
“Rainbow cookies are really the perfect marriage of so many cultures: they are a standard in Jewish bakeries, have their roots in Italian cuisine, and, by their colorful appearance, evoke a delicious celebration of the day for us all,” Toback said.
