Presented by Rabbi Deborah Prinz, Author
Join us for a delectable journey through the Jewish history of chocolate. Rabbi Prinz will draw from her world travels on the trail of chocolate to enchant chocoholics everywhere as she unwraps the role of religion in the trade, retail and manufacture of chocolate since it was first introduced to Europeans.
We’ll dig into the surprising Jewish connections to chocolate in this gastronomic exploration, based on her book, the first ever on this topic, On the Chocolate Trail: A Delicious Adventure Connecting Jews, Religions, History, Travel, Rituals and Recipes to the Magic of Cacao (2nd Edition).
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The Hack Family is grateful to sponsor this lecture in loving memory of their father and Zadie, Samuel Hack, who made chocolate a part of his daily routine!
Rabbi Deborah Prinz is the author of the trailblazing On the Chocolate Trail: A Delicious Adventure Connecting Jews, Religions, History, Travel, Rituals, and Recipes to the Magic of Cacao (2nd Edition). She received fellowships from the American Jewish Archives and the Rockefeller Library for her research and has since written The Boston Chocolate Party and the forthcoming On the Bread Trail, exploring heritage Jewish breads.
Her work inspired the exhibits “A Sweet Treat! Chocolate and the Making of American Jews” at Central Synagogue (NYC) and “Semi[te] Sweet: On Jews and Chocolate”, which now travels internationally. Rabbi Prinz lectures nationally and internationally on chocolate, Jewish celebratory foods, and history, and has contributed to HuffPost, The Forward, The Jewish Week, ReformJudaism.org, and various scholarly journals.
Rabbi Emerita of Temple Adat Shalom in San Diego, she served nearly twenty years as Senior Rabbi and previously led congregations in New Jersey and Manhattan. She has held leadership roles with the Central Conference of American Rabbis, including Director of Program and Member Services and Director of the Joint Commission on Rabbinic Mentoring.
Rabbi Prinz is married to Rabbi Mark Hurvitz and is the proud grandmother of Amiel, Pele, Ziv, Lior, Green Bean, and Temim.