student holding bread doughOn February 1, 2024, students from Professor Deidre Butler’s online RELI 2110 introduction to Judaism course gathered for an in-person cooking class at Kehillat Beth Israel synagogue to learn about Jewish foodways, the laws of keeping kosher, and the diversity of Jewish communities around the world.

students standing around a dishWe made challah, hummus and Egyptian cream-filled baklava.  Thank you to KBI for welcoming us and to Mashgiach Jenny Roberge and community cook Lydia Nacawa who taught us so much.