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Israeli Cuisine Displayed in Virtual Market Tour
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A N YON E W HO H A S
visited Israel knows a tour of
the country is not complete
without sampling pita, falafel
and hummus.

However, educator Danny
Stein knows that if you don’t try
Yemenite lachuch and Tunisian
burika, you’re missing out on
the country’s diverse culinary
heritage. On Feb. 3, Jewish National
Fund Women for Israel offered
Eastern Pennsylvania residents
a virtual tour of a site where
nearly every category of Israeli
cuisine can be found: Carmel
Market in Tel Aviv.

The virtual tour of the
market, or shuk, “From Our
Jewish Home to Our Jewish
Homeland,” was guided by
Stein, a Philadelphia native
and Jack M. Barrack Hebrew
Academy (formerly Akiba
Hebrew Academy) alum. He
attended JNF-USA’s college
prep study abroad program
Alexander Muss High School
in Israel as a student and now
works as an educator there.

During the tour, Stein
highlighted dishes from Jewish
groups throughout Europe and
the Middle East. In addition to
describing recipes and family
businesses, Stein explained
how each food arrived in Israel
with Jewish groups making
aliyah, from pastries made
by Holocaust survivors from
Hungary to kebabs brought
by Romanian Jews who
immigrated from the Soviet
Union. He also spoke about the
Danny Stein, lower right, shares photos of a coffee shop in Carmel Market during his Zoom presentation.

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creation of the market itself, early 20th century.

Stein’s photos and videos of
which was created by Russian
Jews who fled pogroms and hummus were accompanied
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long-range missile designed to
wipe out the Jewish state. The
project, which was one of the
first major strategic threats the
young state faced, eventually
fell through.

He played a video of a stall in
the market that sells Yemenite
lachuch, a type of flatbread that
can be served with toppings.

In the 1950s, the Jewish state
was facing economic devasta-
tion caused by war, but leaders
insisted on continuing to
transport Jewish populations
from around the world. With
the help of Alaska Airlines,
nearly 50,000 Yemenite Jews
boarded 380 flights to Israel.

Even more amazing, Stein
said, is the fact that Jewish
immigration from Yemen has
continued to the present day.

“There actually still are
Jewish families left in Yemen,
very, very few,” he explained as
he displayed a photo of a family
in Ben Gurion Airport. “And
one of them, a big family, made
aliyah in 2016. As we know,
the civil war’s been raging in
Yemen for quite some time.”
Stein shared a video of
Tunisian burika, a fried dough
stuffed with potato, egg and
other fillings, along with
stories of the country’s Zionist
their European brethren, but
many were sent to labor camps
and concentration camps by
Nazis and local collaborators
in their own governments,
which caused many to flee to
Israel. Stein told his audience that
Tunisia was the birthplace
Vienna and Berlin. She was
known for her angelic voice,
became a household name
despite the obstacles she faced
as a Jewish woman in a Muslim
country and demanded equal
wages with her male colleagues.

For dessert, Stein displayed
photos of Hungarian chimney
When my students, when they come to Israel, when you guys come to
Israel, you’re eating a German schnitzel on a French baguette with
Egyptian hummus and Yemenite curry, and all these amazing groups of
Jews from Romania and Iraq and Yemen and Hungary, they all came to
Israel and formed this amazing country with an amazing culture.”
DANNY STEIN
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Stein ended his virtual tour
with a picture of his students
dancing in the Carmel Market
and a reflection on the diver-
sity of Israeli culture.

“When my students, when
they come to Israel, when you
guys come to Israel, you’re
eating a German schnitzel on a
French baguette with Egyptian
hummus and Yemenite curry,
and all these amazing groups
of Jews from Romania and Iraq
and Yemen and Hungary, they
all came to Israel and formed
this amazing country with an
amazing culture,” Stein said. l
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