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Tuesday, June 23, 2020 | 8-9 PM

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Zoom Webinar

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Registration Is Free

Now You Know: Vos Estu - A Conversation About Early Jewish Food Sources in Toronto

 

The COVID-19 Pandemic has sparked a major return to homesteading and more than ever, we are considering where our food comes from. This approach to food prep shares much in common with the early Jewish community’s way of life in Kensington Market, almost 100 years ago. Join OJA Executive Director Dara Solomon for a conversation with UofT Yiddish Doctoral student Miriam Borden and food scholar Joel Dickau about Toronto’s early Jewish culinary infrastructure. They will cover a range of topics including kosher chicken, ritual and regulations, and the move to the suburbs. 
 

Please register for this webinar by 4:00PM on June 22nd.

Speakers:

Joel Dickau, Doctoral student, PhD candidate in History at the University of Toronto

 

Miriam Borden, Doctoral Student, Yiddish | Dept. of Germanic Languages and Literatures, Centre for Jewish Studies, University of Toronto

 

Moderator:

Dara Solomon, Executive Director, Ontario Jewish Archives, Blankenstein Family Heritage Centre of UJA and Sarah and Chaim Neuberger Holocaust Education Centre

 

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If you have a question you’d like our speaker to address during the webinar, please send your question via email to OJA at [email protected].

SPEAKERS

Joel Dickau

Joel Dickau is a PhD candidate in History at the University of Toronto. His main research looks at how the sensation of texture became central to the goals of the modern food industry, however he has always retained a deep interest in the history of Toronto’s foodways, especially with the city’s once laissez faire attitude toward urban livestock.

Miriam Borden

Miriam Borden is a doctoral student in Yiddish Studies the University of Toronto. She is a translator of Yiddish records and since 2017, has guided the Stories of Spadina walking tour. On her tours, she pays special attention to the way food shapes Jewish memory and experience in Kensington Market.

MODERATOR

Dara Solomon

At the OJA and Neuberger, Dara has developed new partnerships and outreach initiatives to engage a broad public in the community’s Jewish heritage. Prior to joining the OJA, Solomon was the Curator at the Contemporary Jewish Museum (CJM) in San Francisco, where she was responsible for curating the museum’s inaugural exhibition seasons. Solomon holds a M.A. in Arts Administration from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago and a B.A. in Religion and Art History from University of Toronto.