Sunday, December 23, 2012

The story of Jews, chopsticks, and Christmas

Around Christmastime, we're reminded of the long history that the Jewish people have had with...the Chinese people.  That's right: the widespread Jewish tradition of eating Chinese food on Christmas Day has grown from insider joke to cultural meme.  JUF News tells just a little bit of the story of Jews, chopsticks, and Christmas--"a history that goes beyond the plate."
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Anonymous said...

Did you see my blog post, "Masechet Chopsticks"? http://wp.me/p1dEwU-84

January 7, 2013 at 9:46 PM
Yahnatan said...

kidmoot:

Very nice! It goes well with the Hilchot Xmas post that was making the rounds.

Yahnatan

January 8, 2013 at 4:48 AM

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