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Bringing together contributions from a diverse group of scholars, this volume presents a multifaceted view of the subtle and intricate relations between Jews and their foodways. Food is not just a physical necessity but also a composite commodity. It is part of a communication system, a nonverbal medium for expression, and a marker of special events. Bringing together contributions from fourteen historians, anthropologists, sociologists, and literary critics, Volume XXVIII of Studies in Contemporary Jewry presents various viewpoints on the subtle and intricate relations between Jews and their foodways. The ancient Jewish community ritualized and codified the sphere of food; by regulating specific and detailed culinary laws, Judaism extended and accentuated food's cultural meanings. Modern Jewry is no longer defined exclusively in religious terms, yet a decrease in the role of religion, including kashrut observance, does not necessarily entail any diminishment of the role of food. On the contrary, as shown by the essays in this volume, choices of food take on special importance when Jewish individuals and communities face the challenges of modernity. Following an introduction by Sid

Author

Anat Helman; Makhon le-Yahadut zemanenu ʻa. sh Avraham Harman; Universiṭah ha-ʻIvrit bi-Yerushalayim

Publisher

Oxford University Press, Incorporated

Published

2016

Language

EN

ISBN

9780190265427