Rabbi Deborah Prinz is up to something sweet - exploring the Jewish connection to chocolate.  She writes:

“There are some surprising Jewish connections with chocolate, including Jews in the early chocolate trade and early Jewish chocolate makers.  Because the discovery of chocolate and the Spanish Inquisition, along with the Expulsion of Jews from Spain and later Portugal coincided, the Jewish connection to chocolate in the early days was primarily through Conversos in Portugal, France, Holland, the Caribbean and North America.”

Rabbi Prinz and her husband, Rabbi Mark Hurvitz, are planning group trips to explore The Chocolate Trail, and several speaking engagements including an upcoming lecture in Berkeley on December 6.

Find out more about this interesting project here.