Ideas Cafe: Jews and Food: Beyond Keeping Kosher November 14, 2006
10 East 66th Street
New York, New York
New York, New York
A Weekly Salon. A Jewish environment. Open to all voices.
Hungry for intellectual give-and-take in a relaxed setting? Then join us at the Ideas Cafe. Meet others over wine, cheese, and coffee at small, candle-lit tables and discuss vital current issues that affect Jewish and American life.
It’s a meeting of minds where spirited discussions move at a rapid pace— sometimes with surprising results. You'll find our sessions provocative, stimulating and fun– and above all, a great intellectual experience.
$10 per session at the door
$5 current Skirball students.
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This session will be led by Sarah Chandler
Official Website: http://ideascafe.org
Added by Skirball Center on October 13, 2006
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shamirpower
Jewish identity has been bound up with food for 3,000 years – from the laying down of biblical dietary laws to 21 st century jokes about minimalist, "gastronomic" Judaism. So what is it with Jews and food? Rather – in today's over-stressed global environment – what should it be with Jews and food? Is it time to go beyond both kashrut and "bagel and lox" Judaism to something more in tune with Jews' ancient connection to the land and responsibility to practice good health? Should Jewish identity now be bound up with food AND environmentalism? We may be the "people of the book," but that book tells us that our origins were the "people of the land." We'll explore these and other questions – over coffee, wine and snacks – at the popular Tuesday evening Ideas Café, a Jewish discussion group open to all voices.
Our moderator will be Sarah Chandler, Educational Director of West End Synagogue in Manhattan and a contributing editor for Matzat's projects Jewschool.com, RadicalTorah.org, and the upcoming interactive Jewish education and social networking site Jewityourself.com. Sarah also serves as Director of Programming for Zeek Magazine: A Jewish Journal of Thought and Culture and as a contributor to TelShemesh.org.
This Ideas Cafe is co-presented with the release of Zeek Magzine: A Jewish Journal of Thought and Culture and Hazon, as well as their co-produced issued on the topic of food. 8:00 PM to 9:30. Ideas Cafe is located at the Skirball Center at 10 East 66th Street in Manhattan.
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