Nosh Intro Panel 1a
Title
Nosh Intro Panel 1a
Creator
Innovations in Jewish Life Collections
Date
2023
Contributor
Gregg Drinkwater, Hilary Kalisman, Samira Mehta, Maggie Rosenau
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Format
Portable Document Format
Language
English
Text
Know Your Nosh:
Food, Jewishness, and Identity
Food has long been deeply intertwined with Jewish identity, Jewish culture, Jewish politics, and even Jewish survival. Through traditions linked to food, Jews have created, maintained, and reimagin-ed boundaries in Jewish communities for millennia. The borrowing and appropria-tion of foods from other cultures have helped shape new Jewish identities and practices across the globe. As a truly global people, Jews have used food both to solidify ethnic identities and to challenge—or reinforce—narratives of tolerance and inclusion. Jews in the world’s two largest Jewish communities—the US and Israel—have elevated food traditions to deepen attachments to Jewish identity, culture, and religion in ways that have also sparked tension and debate over the boundaries of what makes something “Jewish” food.
Background artwork: “Shabbat” by Lynne Feldman
Food, Jewishness, and Identity
Food has long been deeply intertwined with Jewish identity, Jewish culture, Jewish politics, and even Jewish survival. Through traditions linked to food, Jews have created, maintained, and reimagin-ed boundaries in Jewish communities for millennia. The borrowing and appropria-tion of foods from other cultures have helped shape new Jewish identities and practices across the globe. As a truly global people, Jews have used food both to solidify ethnic identities and to challenge—or reinforce—narratives of tolerance and inclusion. Jews in the world’s two largest Jewish communities—the US and Israel—have elevated food traditions to deepen attachments to Jewish identity, culture, and religion in ways that have also sparked tension and debate over the boundaries of what makes something “Jewish” food.
Background artwork: “Shabbat” by Lynne Feldman
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Innovations in Jewish Life Collections, “Nosh Intro Panel 1a,” IJL Digital Exhibits, accessed May 3, 2024, https://embodiedjudaism.omeka.net/items/show/118.