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Kosher food is food that Jews are permitted to eat — according to millenia of rabbinic interpretation of the Bible. Broadly speaking, fruits and vegetables are all kosher. Anything from the sea that has fins and scales is kosher. Any animal that has a split-hoof and chews its cud is kosher. Many Jews disregard these dietary laws, or obey them only partially. Hadassah’s food was, in all likelihood, kosher. Bagels and tsimmes — the macaroni you had — are widely considered ‘Jewish’ food, just as pizza is widely considered Italian. The coconut dessert was perhaps maccaroons, which I also think of as Jewish. A tuna-fish salad, however, is ecumenical. Jewish food isn’t necessarily kosher, and kosher food isn’t necessarily Jewish. For example, a ham-and-cheese bagel wouldn’t be kosher, and there’s a Chinese restaurant down the street from me that’s certified kosher. I don’t know of anything called ‘Hebrew’ food. ‘Israeli’ food, however, is very different from the ‘Jewish’ food of Europe and resembles the Mediterrenean cuisine popular throughout the Middle East — hummus, pita, kabobs, shwarma, etc. In one Israeli restaurant I go to, a salad of diced tomates and cucumbers in olive oil is called an ‘Israeli salad.’ The same salad is called a ‘Lebanese salad’ in a Lebanese restaurant a few miles away.

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Name : Yoav, Gender : M, Sexual Orientation : Straight, Race : White/Caucasian, Religion : Jewish, Age : 32, City : Los Angeles, State : CA, Country : United States, Occupation : tv, Education level : 4 Years of College, Social class : Upper middle class, 

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