From Forbidden Fruit to Milk and Honey

Download or read book From Forbidden Fruit to Milk and Honey written by Diana Lipton and published by Urim Publications. This book was released on 2020-12-21 with total page 366 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Food is at the heart of Jewish life and culture. It's the subject of many studies, popular and academic, and countless Jewish jokes. From Forbidden Fruit to Milk and Honey spotlights food in the Torah itself, where, as still today, it's used to explore themes including love and desire, compassion and commitment, social justice, memory, belonging and exclusion, control, deception, and life and death. Originally an online project to support the food rescue charity, Leket Israel, From Forbidden Fruit to Milk and Honey comprises short essays on food in the parasha by 52 internationally acclaimed scholars and Jewish educators, and a verse by verse commentary by Diana Lipton on food and eating in the Torah.