Kitchen Judaism

Jenna Weissman Joselit

1994

Kashruth was not only redefined but repositioned as a growing number of American Jews restricted its observance to the home. The new geography of kashruth promoted a more flexible approach toward dietary constraints, localizing and containing them. […]

This dichotomy between the public and the private consumption of kosher food was actually one of…

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Jenna Weissman Joselit

Jenna Weissman Joselit is director of The George Washington University Judaic Studies Program. A historian of everyday life who previously taught at Princeton University, Joselit focuses her studies on the history of U.S. immigration, religion, women, and foodways. The author of several books and a frequent contributor to the New Republic, Forward, Gastronomica, and other publications, she has earned the National Jewish Book Award.

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