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Forshpeis! A Taste of the Peter
H. Schweitzer
Collection of Jewish Americana reveals different aspects of
American Jewish life by looking at food and its practices in a range of
settings: in the kitchen, during celebrations, at the deli. The
exhibition explores the role food played in helping immigrant Jews
adjust to life in the United States and illustrates how Jewish foods,
like American Jews themselves, have become a part of the American
mainstream.
The flavors of American Jewish life include dishes that American Jews
brought with them, primarily from Eastern Europe, during the great
immigration between 1880 and 1924; cuisine that Jews coming from other
parts of the world ate regularly or created when they came to this
country; and foods connected to Jewish rituals and practice.
The National Museum of American Jewish History recently acquired the
Peter H. Schweitzer Collection of Jewish Americana. Consisting of
nearly 10,000 items gathered over twenty-five years, the collection
captures the daily lives of American Jews from the 1880s to the
present. Objects among Rabbi Schweitzer’s findings have been
displayed in numerous museums, but this is the first exhibition
dedicated exclusively to these artifacts.
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