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Rabbi Deborah Prinz writes about the connections between people, chocolate, and Jewish celebratory breads. Rabbi Prinz speaks by zoom and in-person for scholar-in-residence weekends, adult learning programs, auxiliaries, fund raisers, donor programs, and food festivals. The next time you pick up a piece of chocolate or bread, consider that you are partaking in aspects of our Jewish heritage.

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Chocolate Trail Broadens: “Semi[te] Sweet: On Jews and Chocolate” Travels

I am very excited that the NYCs Bernard Museum exhibit, "Semi[te] Sweet: On Jews and Chocolate" based on my book, On the Chocolate Trail, will now be forging new paths as it travels around the country. We selected On the Chocolate Trail as the book title for a number...

Book Optioned: Museum Exhibit

Excerpted from my remarks at Opening Night at Temple Emanu-El, NYC, October 20, 2017: Some people have books optioned for movies. I am so delighted that my book, On the Chocolate Trail (2nd Edition, 2017) has become a museum exhibit... Thank you, Warren Klein, for...

No End to Chocolate Exhibits Part III: Visits #3, 4 & 5

A stunning number of exhibits about chocolate, mostly on the East Coast, captured our attention in the last six months. Mark and I had the opportunity to visit three very different exhibits, what I call #3, 4 & 5. I reviewed the exhibit (#1) at Detroit Institute of...