In response to a recent request:

(fuller information in my forthcoming book

Jews on the Chocolate Trail: Stories of Jews and Cacao)

1.  Some people think that Jews brought chocolate to France.

2.  In the eighteenth century, Jews were thought to be specialists in chocolate making.

3.  Woody Guthrie wrote a song about Chanukah gelt.

4.  North American Jewish Colonial traders were involved in the chocolate trade.

5.  The popular Israeli chocolate company, Max Brenner, is owned by the Israeli food conglomerate Elite Strauss.

6.  Jewish values such as oshek (honest and fair labor practices) and bal taschit (saving that which has potential for future use) should be considered when selecting chocolate.

7. We could add chocolate into more Jewish rituals and celebrations.

8.  It is very difficult to buy an over the counter mold for Chanukah gelt.

9.  Within the last twenty years, there were at least five Jews making artisanal chocolate in the San Francisco area.

10.  Jews have been on the chocolate trail since it was discovered by Europeans.