Judaism and Modernity

What Jewish Food Is

What counts as Jewish food? Does it count if a Jew makes it? Is kosher food Jewish Food?
Yehuda Kurtzer, Shannon Sarna
Dr. Yehuda Kurtzer is the President of the Shalom Hartman Institute and a leading thinker and author on the major challenges facing the Jewish people. He is the author of Shuva: The Future of the Jewish Past, the co-editor of The New Jewish Canon, and the host of the Identity/Crisis podcast. Under his leadership, the Shalom Hartman Institute has grown significantly as a leading think tank and educational center for the North American Jewish community,

Shannon Sarna

What counts as Jewish food? Does it count if a Jew makes it? Is kosher food Jewish Food? Shannon Sarna is the editor of the popular Jewish food website, The Nosher, and author of The Modern Jewish Baker and a new book, Modern Jewish Comfort Food. She joins Yehuda Kurtzer for a conversation about the ways Jewish food connects us to those around us, to our personal pasts, to our heritage, and allow us to access other Jewish communities and legacies.

Identity/Crisis: The Ideas Behind the News is a podcast of the Shalom Hartman Institute.

A transcript of this episode is available here.

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