{"product_id":"jews-and-their-foodways-9780190265427","title":"Jews and Their Foodways","description":"Food is not just a physical necessity but also a composite commodity. It is part of a communication system, a nonverbal medium for expression, and a marker of special events. Bringing together contributions from fourteen historians, anthropologists, sociologists, and literary critics, Volume\u003cbr\u003eXXVIII of \u003cem\u003eStudies in Contemporary Jewry\u003c\/em\u003e presents various viewpoints on the subtle and intricate relations between Jews and their foodways. The ancient Jewish community ritualized and codified the sphere of food; by regulating specific and detailed culinary laws, Judaism extended and accentuated\u003cbr\u003efood's cultural meanings. Modern Jewry is no longer defined exclusively in religious terms, yet a decrease in the role of religion, including kashrut observance, does not necessarily entail any diminishment of the role of food. On the contrary, as shown by the essays in this volume, choices of food\u003cbr\u003etake on special importance when Jewish individuals and communities face the challenges of modernity. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFollowing an introduction by Sidney Mintz and concluding with an overview by Richard Wilk, the symposium essays lead the reader from the 20th century to the 21st, across Europe, the Middle East, Africa, and North America. Through periods of war and peace, voluntary immigrations and forced\u003cbr\u003edeportations, want and abundance, contemporary Jews use food both for demarcating new borders in rapidly changing circumstances and for remembering a diverse heritage. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eDespite a tendency in traditional Jewish studies to focus on high culture and to marginalize low culture, \u003cem\u003eJews and Their Foodways \u003c\/em\u003edemonstrates how an examination of people's eating habits helps to explain human life and its diversity through no less than the study of great events, the deeds of\u003cbr\u003efamous people, and the writings of distinguished rabbis.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Anat Helman\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Oxford University Press, USA\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/30\/2015\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 336\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.24lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.40h x 6.30w x 1.20d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780190265427\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAnat Helman \u003c\/strong\u003eis\u003cstrong\u003e \u003c\/strong\u003eAssociate Professor in the Department of Jewish History and Contemporary Jewry at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThis title is not returnable\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Oxford University Press, USA","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":39929198182515,"sku":"9.78E+12","price":64.95,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/products\/img_c24f098c-e473-4a3c-b2c2-838df63ee0a5.jpg?v=1647610995","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/en-de\/products\/jews-and-their-foodways-9780190265427","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}