http://jcarrot.org/new-year-new-jewish-cuisine Jews, Food, and Contemporary Issues Mon, 06 Feb 2012 20:20:42 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://jcarrot.org/new-year-new-jewish-cuisine/comment-page-1#comment-21286 Anthony Silverbrow Tue, 05 Jan 2010 08:45:41 +0000 http://jcarrot.org/?p=10467#comment-21286 That sounds to me just like pragmatism. Trying to label it as something that is fundamentally either religious or ethical is over-conceptualising it. Kashrut is kashrut. There is no such thing as 'Jewish' food, there is food that Jews eat and it takes many forms. Usually that food is associated to what gentiles around them are eating. Some Jews adhere to kashrut, some don't. Eating what's around you, what's abundant, isn't such a great leap forward is it? That sounds to me just like pragmatism. Trying to label it as something that is fundamentally either religious or ethical is over-conceptualising it. Kashrut is kashrut. There is no such thing as ‘Jewish’ food, there is food that Jews eat and it takes many forms. Usually that food is associated to what gentiles around them are eating. Some Jews adhere to kashrut, some don’t. Eating what’s around you, what’s abundant, isn’t such a great leap forward is it?

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