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NEXT MEETING: May 20, 2012 AT 2 PM
 Jewish Chocolate Radar (Choco-Dar) Through the Generations
Speaker: Rabbi Deborah R. Prinz
The next time you pick up a piece of chocolate, consider that you are partaking in an aspect of Jewish history. There are some surprising Jewish connections with chocolate, including Jews in the early chocolate trade and early Jewish chocolate makers. Jews, Pre-Columbians, Catholics, and Protestants also connect in Jews on the Chocolate Trail through its exploration of chocolate’s religious narratives and rituals. Deborah R. Prinz's book, Jews on the Chocolate Trail: Stories of Jews and Cacao, will be published in 2012 by Jewish Lights.
Rabbi Prinz's intuitive sense for these stories, her “choc-dar”, will be the focus of this talk. Using information gathered from travel in many countries, including Belgium, Egypt, England, France, Israel, Italy, Mexico, Spain, Switzerland and the United States, Rabbi Prinz’s narrative spans cultures, centuries, and religions, exploring how faith traditions share consumption, ritual and business interests in chocolate.
Rabbi Prinz was awarded a Starkoff Fellowship and a Director's Fellowship from the American Jewish Archives as well as a Gilder Lehrman Fellowship from the Rockefeller Library to pursue her research She has lectured on this topic around the country in a number of settings, including historical societies, JCC’s, rabbinical associations, synagogue groups, and food conferences. She blogs at jews-onthechocolatetrail.org.
Location: Center for Jewish History, 15 West 16th Street, New York, NY
Gesher Galicia Regional Meeting, 11:00 a.m.
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