{"id":1721,"date":"2013-10-17T19:11:00","date_gmt":"2013-10-17T19:11:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cjhblog.cjh.org\/index.php\/2013\/10\/17\/food-and-the-jews-of-alsace-loraine-by-david-p\/"},"modified":"2018-06-27T16:40:41","modified_gmt":"2018-06-27T16:40:41","slug":"food-and-the-jews-of-alsace-loraine-by-david-p","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.cjh.org\/index.php\/2013\/10\/17\/food-and-the-jews-of-alsace-loraine-by-david-p\/","title":{"rendered":""},"content":{"rendered":"<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-1721 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-thumbnail'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/blog.cjh.org\/index.php\/2013\/10\/17\/food-and-the-jews-of-alsace-loraine-by-david-p\/attachment\/1722\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.cjh.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/tumblr_mutunpicag1r3qmd1o1_400-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.cjh.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/tumblr_mutunpicag1r3qmd1o1_400-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/blog.cjh.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/tumblr_mutunpicag1r3qmd1o1_400-298x300.jpg 298w, https:\/\/blog.cjh.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/tumblr_mutunpicag1r3qmd1o1_400.jpg 320w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span><strong>Food and the Jews of Alsace-Loraine<\/strong><br \/><\/span><span>by David P. Rosenberg, M.P.A.,<span>\u00a0<\/span><\/span><em><span>Reference Services Research Coordinator, Center for Jewish History<\/span><\/em><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span>\u201cCircles of Justice: Law, Culture and the Jews of Metz in 18th Century France\u201d is now on view in The David Berg Rare Book Room here at the Center. Related programming includes <strong>\u201c<a href=\"http:\/\/metz.cjh.org\/#events\" target=\"_blank\">Sex, Yiddish and the Law: Jewish Life in Metz in the 18th Century<\/a>\u201d<\/strong> this Monday, October 21 at 6:30pm.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span>In exploring the history of the Jews of Alsace-Lorraine, I discovered sources that revealed the importance of food-culture in this region.<\/span><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span>The 1886 Leon Cahun work <em><a href=\"http:\/\/opac.cjh.org\/F?func=direct-doc-set&amp;doc_number=000188520%20&amp;format=999%2520\" target=\"_blank\">La Vie Juive<\/a><\/em><\/span><span>\u00a0has \u201cein Alcase\u201d neatly penciled on the title page. This work has not only descriptions of the Sabbath meal, but also a surprising number of illustrations devoted to the subject and other holiday meals. The number of illustrations was particularly striking considering its 19th-century imprint. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span>My favorites include a cheerful older woman with covered hair making matzah balls, an older man infatuated with a cake (see above), the spectacle of a matza bakery at its busiest time along and holiday scenes at the table. You can see all the illustrations by\u00a0<span>d\u2019Alphonse Levy online. The physical book is available in the Lillian Goldman Reading Room here at the Center, and you can view its digitized version on\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/archive.org\/details\/laviejuiveillus00cahugoog\" target=\"_blank\">archive.org<\/a>.<\/span><br \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span>I also looked at <a href=\"http:\/\/opac.cjh.org\/F?func=direct-doc-set&amp;doc_number=000154105%20&amp;format=999%2520\" target=\"_blank\"><em>Juifs\u00a0en\u00a0Alsace<span>;<\/span>\u00a0culture<span>, societe, histoire<\/span><\/em><\/a><\/span><span>. The Leo Baeck Institute at the Center holds book number 746 of 2600.\u00a0\u00a0This French work published in 1977 has a sizable section devoted to \u201cCuisine Judeo-alsacienne.\u201d It starts with a discussion of the importance of dietary laws and includes terms like \u201cCachere,\u201d \u201cTreife,\u201d \u201cMilchig\u201d and \u201cFleichig.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">I had someone with more intimate knowledge of French help me understand some of the other terms. I thought it was interesting that for\u00a0Yom Kippur, \u201cKalbsvoresse, ragout de veau,\u201d (veal stew) and Apfelkrapfel, Pommes decoupees\u201d (sliced apples with\u00a0raisins, almonds and cinnamon) were the standard fare. For Hanukkah, \u201cMatseknepfle\u201d (matzah balls), \u201cGrive\u201d (thrush), \u201cGfeltes G\u00e4nseh\u00e4lsel\u201d (stuffed neck of thrush) and \u201cG\u00e4nse Voresse\u201d \u00a0(oven roasted thrush) were mentioned. Thrush is a game bird. I learned that these recipes may actually be referring to goose, which was an important part of the culture and economy of the people of Alsace-Lorraine.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span>In my next post, I will look at recipes for goose and other Alsatian specialties. In future entries, I\u2019ll examine the economic lives of the Jews of the region. Emancipation drastically affected Jews economically, which is a topic that will be addressed in a\u00a0<\/span><span>roundtable discussion on Monday, December 9, at 6:30pm,<\/span><span>\u00a0<\/span><span><\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/metz.cjh.org\/#events\" target=\"_blank\">\u201cFrench and Jewish: Defining a Modern Jewish Identity in the 19th Century.\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span>The changes that came with\u00a0emancipation\u00a0affected\u00a0everyone, musicians among them. A <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/metz.cjh.org\/#events\" target=\"_blank\">concert and lecture<\/a><span> on Monday, November 18, at 8:00pm\u00a0will celebrate\u00a0Charles-Valentin Alkan and his Music, who had roots in Metz.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">To learn more about our current exhibition and related programming,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.metz.cjh.org\" target=\"_blank\">click here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span>&ndash;<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><em>This fall, the YIVO Institute and the Center for Jewish History present an exhibition, a symposium and four public programs that explore the Jewish community in Metz, France in the 18th and 19th centuries. These programs were inspired by the Pinkas (Register) of the Metz Rabbinic Court, a rare and little-known document from the collections of the YIVO Institute Archives.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><em>The exhibition and program series is made possible by the generous support of The David Berg Foundation and Selz Foundation. Additional support has been provided by Emil Kleinhaus.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Food and the Jews of Alsace-Loraineby David P. Rosenberg, M.P.A.,\u00a0Reference Services Research Coordinator, Center for Jewish History \u201cCircles of Justice: Law, Culture and the Jews of Metz in 18th Century France\u201d is now on view in The David Berg Rare Book Room here at the Center. Related programming includes \u201cSex, Yiddish and the Law: Jewish Life in Metz in the 18th Century\u201d this Monday,&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"gallery","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[732,642,400,251,640,735,8,641,734,137,305,177,647,398,50],"class_list":["post-1721","post","type-post","status-publish","format-gallery","hentry","category-blog-post","tag-alsace-loraine","tag-circles-of-justice-law-culture-and-the-jews-of-metz-in-18th-century-france","tag-david-p-rosenberg","tag-food","tag-france","tag-french","tag-history","tag-jews-of-france","tag-kosher","tag-leo-baeck-institute-collections","tag-lillian-goldman-reading-room","tag-metz","tag-recipes","tag-research-and-reference-services","tag-yiddish","post_format-post-format-gallery"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.cjh.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1721","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.cjh.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.cjh.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.cjh.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.cjh.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1721"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blog.cjh.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1721\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1723,"href":"https:\/\/blog.cjh.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1721\/revisions\/1723"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.cjh.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1721"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.cjh.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1721"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.cjh.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1721"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}