[Harold]

Dear Ann, There really is no difference between ‘Hebrew’ or ‘Jewish’ food. I think the distinction you are looking for is Kosher vs. Ethnic cuisine. The Kosher laws (Kashrus in the Hebrew language) are religious laws dealing with various dietary laws, including selected animals and animal parts that are acceptable for consumption. Appropriate methods of slaughter and cleaning of the animal, as well as seperation between dairy and meat dishes. A similar, though not exact, system is found in Islam (called Halal in Arabic). This is compared to what’s traditionally known as ‘Jewish food’ in the US, or ethnic dishes associated with the Jewish people. Some better known examples include, as you mentiond, bagels and (a shmeer) of cream cheese, many times topped by Lox (smoked salmon). Chicken Soup, usually with Matzah balls, deli sandwiches, especially pastrami, and noodle kugul (pudding), your aformentioned sweet macaroni dish. Such dishes, which came over with the wave of Eastern European Jewish immigrants at the turn of the 20th century may or may have been prepared according to the kosher dietary laws. For more information, a good place to start would be the cookbook The Book of Jewish Food by Claudia Roden.

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Name : Harold, Gender : M, Religion : Jewish, City : New York City, State : NY, Country : United States, Education level : Over 4 Years of College, 

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