Shonna Levin is an Orthodox Jew, but she had no intention of spending the holiest day of the Jewish calendar — Yom Kippur, or the Day of Atonement — in a synagogue.
The Brooklyn activist had planned to set up camp in Prospect Park, where she was going to host an all-day gathering for Jews with eating disorders for whom the holiday centered around fasting can be especially difficult.
Levin, who herself has struggled with disordered eating in the past, was forced to cancel, however, due to a recent injury.
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