Kosher/Soul? Black-Jewish Identity Cooking

College of Arts and Humanities | Joseph and Rebecca Meyerhoff Program and Center for Jewish Studies Wednesday, April 4, 2018 12:00 pm - 2:00 pm Van Munching Hall, 1207

Join the Joseph and Rebecca Meyerhoff Center for Jewish Studies for "Kosher/Soul? Black-Jewish Identity Cooking" with Michael Twitty.

Being African American and Jewish is a combination that many can't wrap their heads around. However, for thousands of Jews of color; having heritage, faith and family in both Diasporas-African and Jewish-and their many intersections means creating material, social and ideational lives that interweave identities and histories. For Michael Twitty-food blogger, Judaics teacher and writer on Jewish cultural issues -this includes food and the ways Blacks and Jews have mediated otherness and oppression using what they eat as well as the global stories Diasporic foodways have to offer.

Michael Twitty is a culinary and cultural historian and the creator of www.Afroculinaria.com. He will be signing copies of his book, "The Cooking Gene" immediately following the event.
For more information, contact Debra Kirsch, Jewish Studies at (301) 405-4975 or email dakirsch@umd.edu. Also, visit the Joseph and Rebecca Meyerhoff Center for Jewish Studies online.

Add to Calendar 04/04/18 12:00 PM 04/04/18 2:00 PM America/New_York Kosher/Soul? Black-Jewish Identity Cooking Join the Joseph and Rebecca Meyerhoff Center for Jewish Studies for "Kosher/Soul? Black-Jewish Identity Cooking" with Michael Twitty.

Being African American and Jewish is a combination that many can't wrap their heads around. However, for thousands of Jews of color; having heritage, faith and family in both Diasporas-African and Jewish-and their many intersections means creating material, social and ideational lives that interweave identities and histories. For Michael Twitty-food blogger, Judaics teacher and writer on Jewish cultural issues -this includes food and the ways Blacks and Jews have mediated otherness and oppression using what they eat as well as the global stories Diasporic foodways have to offer.

Michael Twitty is a culinary and cultural historian and the creator of www.Afroculinaria.com. He will be signing copies of his book, "The Cooking Gene" immediately following the event.
For more information, contact Debra Kirsch, Jewish Studies at (301) 405-4975 or email dakirsch@umd.edu. Also, visit the Joseph and Rebecca Meyerhoff Center for Jewish Studies online.
Van Munching Hall