Jewish Community Center of the East Bay

Thursday, Sept. 2 - The Foods of Shanghai's Jewish Communities
7:30pm, $15, ticket information TBA

In conjunction with the end of the Asian Art Museum's 2010 "Shanghai" exhibition, the JCC-East Bay and the Asian Culinary Forum will present a public panel discussion on the history of Shanghai's Jews and their culinary experiences. The panelists will share evocative stories about how Jewish people recreated familiar foods under very trying circumstances during the first half of the twentieth century. We will also hear about Jews trying new tastes in China, and about the culinary repercussions for Jewish families after their sojourn in Shanghai ended. Inna Mink will speak about Shanghai's Ashkenazi community and Dianne Jacob will speak about Shanghai's Sephardic community, followed by a question and answer session. Sample tastes of food will be offered after the discussion.