[Ross]

The only current use for the word Hebrew is the language spoken in Israel, and of much of the Jewish prayerbook. There are no Hebrew people, Hebrew culture, Hebrew values, etc. anymore, just like there is no Latin (Roman) culture anymore. Hebrew was a word that strictly speaking applied to the Israelites (the community of Jacob’s descendants) up to the time of the Egyptian captivity. After that time, the culture changed so much that it could no longer really be called Hebrew. But anyhow, the food you are speaking of should be called Jewish cuisine, if anything, and strictly speaking American Jewish. Bagels (round bread with holes in it) originated in Eastern Europe, Russia and Poland, and were introduced to America by Jews who immigrated in the late 19th – early 20th century. I’m guessing that the ‘sweet macaroni and cheese dish’ you’re speaking of was probably a sweet kugel, a sort of noodle pudding or casserole that comes in many many different varieties – also a traditional Eastern European food. The dessert and tuna salad sound very generic and are probably just standard American fare, nothing particularly ‘Jewish’ about them. But Jewish food comes in many more varieties. There is Middle Eastern cuisine, for example felafel and pita bread, which tends to be highly spiced. There is a Roman tradition of Jewish food that is somewhat like Italian food. Anywhere you find Jews, you will probably find a different tradition of food.

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[Ross]

As others have said, the destruction of the Temple made it impossible to continue sacrifices. It was important that the sacrifices be done in the Temple, because that was the actual place where the presence of God could be found. Killing an animal somewhere else, whether accompanied by prayers or not, had no religious significance. Modern Jewish practice is a direct descendent of Pharisaic tradition, who believed that prayer and study could make up for the inability to sacrifice. Yes, that’s right, the same Pharisees that Jesus rails against throughout the Gospels are responsible for how we Jews pray today. This is probably another source of historical anti-Semitism in Europe.

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