Comments on: Save the Donuts http://jcarrot.org/save-the-donuts/ Jews, Food, and Contemporary Issues Sat, 06 Sep 2008 05:04:30 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.2 By: BabkaNosher http://jcarrot.org/save-the-donuts/#comment-312 BabkaNosher Mon, 26 Feb 2007 01:06:58 +0000 http://jcarrot.org/save-the-donuts/#comment-312 Daniella - in my world, the two identities are constantly colliding. When Chanukah comes, we have very limited options for bringing sufganiyot to the Nursery & Religious schools at our synagogue. The quality of what we could purchase at Dunkin' Donuts is far better than what we can buy at the local kosher markets (and 15 minutes closer). Not as good as what I make at home :) but I'm not allowed to bring that in. Daniella - in my world, the two identities are constantly colliding. When Chanukah comes, we have very limited options for bringing sufganiyot to the Nursery & Religious schools at our synagogue. The quality of what we could purchase at Dunkin’ Donuts is far better than what we can buy at the local kosher markets (and 15 minutes closer). Not as good as what I make at home :) but I’m not allowed to bring that in.

]]> By: Daniella http://jcarrot.org/save-the-donuts/#comment-283 Daniella Thu, 22 Feb 2007 04:48:34 +0000 http://jcarrot.org/save-the-donuts/#comment-283 Leah - I totally agree with you. I think that as Jews, we like to be able to celebrate and express our dual identity - as Jews and Americans - and not have to compromise one for the sake of the other. The challenge, of course, is removing oneself from this particular situation to see the harmful effects these products have on us in order to realize that maybe we should choose our Jewish identity over our American one. Just food for thought... Leah - I totally agree with you. I think that as Jews, we like to be able to celebrate and express our dual identity - as Jews and Americans - and not have to compromise one for the sake of the other. The challenge, of course, is removing oneself from this particular situation to see the harmful effects these products have on us in order to realize that maybe we should choose our Jewish identity over our American one. Just food for thought…

]]> By: Leah Koenig http://jcarrot.org/save-the-donuts/#comment-282 Leah Koenig Wed, 21 Feb 2007 20:32:58 +0000 http://jcarrot.org/save-the-donuts/#comment-282 The point that you make, Babka - that losing this Dunkin Donuts is part of a larger lack of choice for kosher keepers in the DC area - is exactly the point that the email campaign and petition fails to explicitly make...and is part of my exasperation over the whole thing. So thank you for drawing a larger connection. Honestly, I find it hard to swallow that losing a store that sells products that lead to diabetes and heart disease is really such a big loss. What I do understand is that Jews who keep kosher often end up feeling "gastronomically marginalized" in the US because they don't have access to many of the mainstream restaurants that other Americans can go to. But that said, isn't setting Jews apart from other nations one of the main foundations of kashrut? If that's the case, maybe it's asking too much to have our kosher donuts and eat them too. I'd love to hear other opinions... The point that you make, Babka - that losing this Dunkin Donuts is part of a larger lack of choice for kosher keepers in the DC area - is exactly the point that the email campaign and petition fails to explicitly make…and is part of my exasperation over the whole thing. So thank you for drawing a larger connection.

Honestly, I find it hard to swallow that losing a store that sells products that lead to diabetes and heart disease is really such a big loss.

What I do understand is that Jews who keep kosher often end up feeling “gastronomically marginalized” in the US because they don’t have access to many of the mainstream restaurants that other Americans can go to.

But that said, isn’t setting Jews apart from other nations one of the main foundations of kashrut? If that’s the case, maybe it’s asking too much to have our kosher donuts and eat them too.

I’d love to hear other opinions…

]]> By: BabkaNosher http://jcarrot.org/save-the-donuts/#comment-281 BabkaNosher Wed, 21 Feb 2007 20:15:07 +0000 http://jcarrot.org/save-the-donuts/#comment-281 I blogged about this last week (http://abiselebabka.blogspot.com/2007/02/nothing-but-holes.html) after it was in the Washington Jewish Week. I'm not sure WHO isn't given a straight answer. Either way, it is a big loss to the kosher community here in DC. I blogged about this last week (abiselebabka.blogspot.com/2007/02/nothing-but-holes.html) after it was in the Washington Jewish Week. I’m not sure WHO isn’t given a straight answer. Either way, it is a big loss to the kosher community here in DC.

]]> By: Daniella http://jcarrot.org/save-the-donuts/#comment-277 Daniella Wed, 21 Feb 2007 15:27:17 +0000 http://jcarrot.org/save-the-donuts/#comment-277 I saw this post on a yahoo group last night: I just got off the phone with my friend, Rabbi Aharon Mehlman who is the Rav Hamachshir for the kosher Dunkin Donut stores in the New York Area. He was told by DD corporate that this is a malicious rumor. They are not forcing any of their stores to go non-kosher. ONE store on the Washington, DC area opted to drop out of their kosher program. They say that they have been getting a number of calls about this rumor and that it is simply not true. So whoever found that posting on the other list should go there and correct it. I have permission from Rabbi Mehlman to post this in his name. I saw this post on a yahoo group last night:

I just got off the phone with my friend, Rabbi Aharon Mehlman who is the Rav Hamachshir for the kosher Dunkin Donut stores in the New York Area. He was told by DD corporate that this is a malicious rumor. They are not forcing any of their stores to go non-kosher. ONE store on the Washington, DC area opted to drop out of their kosher program. They say that they have been getting a number of calls about this rumor and that it is simply not true. So whoever found that posting on the other list should go there and correct it. I have permission from Rabbi Mehlman to post this in his name.

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