Paulette Kershenovich Schuster

Comida é mais do que apenas sustância. Hábitos culinários são a expressão da história e cultura de uma comunidade e o acúmulo e a expressão das influências ambientais, experiências, convenções, crenças, aspirações e comportamento. Comida é um elemento duradouro de memória individual e coletiva. A comida também define um país e ajuda a construir memórias do lar, reais e imaginárias duradouras, de pertencimento e sobrevivência. Pergunte a qualquer um o que eles pensam sobre suas terras natais e eles invariavelmente vão responder alguma coisa relacionada a comida. Neste sentido, comida é um elemento multifacetado que influencia e se adapta ao paladar. Comida Judaica no México reflete locais de origem, receitas e memórias que foram transportadas por imigrantes, e que mais tarde foram infundidas, servidas e adaptadas com iguarias locais. O resultado final é nada mais que maravilhosas preparações que continuam até hoje transmitidas afetuosamente às novas gerações. Este artigo explora o qu...

Falafel and Shwarma are two iconic national Israeli dishes that are widely recognized and loved in Mexico. They are also the most mentioned by the participants. Kosher stores selling Israeli snack like Bamba, Bisli and Shkedei Marak (soup almonds) have a long-standing tradition in Mexico. However, restaurants serving Israeli food are far less common. In fact, for most of the 1980s and 1990s there were only three establishments, until recently when a new gourmet Israeli cuisine restaurant opened up. So, why is Strauss Israel’s largest food company bothering to invest in Mexico? Why are they marketing a line of Israeli popular items there? In addition to answering these questions. other queries to be explored include: How is Israeli food perceived in Mexico by the Jewish community? How did it go from a simple snack/street food to a gourmet affair? How are they framed and marketed? The main objective is to compare three different groups: Jewish Mexicans in Israel, Israelis in Mexico an...

Food is the cultural expression of society food as a marker of class, ethnic, and religious identity.  What happens when the location changes? Does food continue to play such an important role or do other cultural nodes take over? Do layers of traditions, adaptation and cultural blends emerge? This seems to be the case with third and fourth generation Mexican Jews who have moved to Israel. Not only have they brought their spiritual and cultural connections from Mexico, their birth country; they have also brought the food experiences of their great-grandparents and grandparents who were they themselves immigrants. Jewish Mexicans have transplanted their sense of community to Israel and in doing so they have also brought overlooked cultural interactions and unique food experiences. Are these simply by-products of religious and migration patterns? Or are there other elements that have affected this cultural hybridity?

This article deals with the identity construction of Latin American immigrants in Israel through their food practices. Food is a basic symbolic element connecting cultural perceptions and experiences. For immigrants, food is also an important element in the maintenance of personal ties with their home countries and a cohesive factor in the construction of a new identity in Israel, their adopted homeland. Food practices encode tacit information and non-verbal cues that are integral parts of an individual’s relationship with different social groups. In this case, I recruited participants from an online group formed within social media platforms of Latin American women living in Israel. The basic assumption of this study posits that certain communication systems are set in motion around food events in various social contexts pertaining to different national or local cuisines and culinary customs. Their meaning, significance and modifications and how they are framed. This article focuse...