What did our great-grandparents eat for breakfast?

Exploring the food traditions of our East European Jewish heritage

Mon, Aug 7, 2023

12 P.M. ET

ZOOM

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Most Eastern European Jewish foods we know about are related to holidays or special occasions. But what kind of foods did Jews in the shtetl eat on a regular Wednesday? What did they give their kids to snack on when they came home from cheder? How do these food traditions play a role in our own lives?

Explore the answers to these questions with Forverts editor Rukhl Schaechter, food scholar and chef Eve Jochnowitz, folklore and food scholar Barbara Kirshenblatt-Gimblett and travel writer Joe Baur.

This event is supported by a generous grant in memory of Rabbi Max Ticktin.