From oranges to chocolate, wine to sugar, most foods today have spread beyond their birthplaces. How did they get from place to place, when, and who brought them? From ancient times until modernity, Jews have been disproportionately involved in transporting ingredients and dishes from place to place. This talk tells the surprising stories of the wandering Jew’s gastronomic impact, and […]

An exploration of the symbolic foods eaten on Rosh Hashana, accompanied by an informal pre-Rosh Hashana "seder," in which we will eat these different foods. Part of a two-day Scholar-in-Residence program.

Jewish Food reflects our cultural and experiences, and unfortunately ansemitism has been a constant challenge for us. Despite that, however, we have triumphed time and again, persevering while our enemies have disappeared to history. And our foods reflect that as well. Jewish Food has served as a coping mechanism, and at times formed the literal means of how we have […]