Date of Submission
Spring 2020
Academic Program
Environmental and Urban Studies
Project Advisor 1
Peter Rosenblum
Project Advisor 2
Susan Rogers
Abstract/Artist's Statement
American Jews, specifically those who do not observe, often turn towards food as a performance of Jewish identity, both publicly and privately. Longing for roots, these Jews reach for a piece of Jewish culture that can make them not only feel Jewish, but also grounded in a longstanding tradition that explicitly ties Judaism to a dynamic food culture. In doing so they invent traditions, creating habits sometimes loosely based in prescribed or familial tradition, sometimes not at all. In this way, food, through invented traditions, allows modern non- observant American Jews to make their Jewish identity tangible.
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Recommended Citation
Wax, Rose Noël, "Rewriting the Haggadah: Judaism for Those Who Hold Food Close" (2020). Senior Projects Spring 2020. 176.
https://digitalcommons.bard.edu/senproj_s2020/176
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