Rabbi Deborah 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. Rabbi Deborah Prinz writes about the connections between people, chocolate, and Jewish celebratory breads.
Those interested in the connectedness among peoples will crave this unique approach. Delight your mind and your taste buds as this book unscrambles the mysteries of religions and chocolate along a trail of economic development spanning cultures, countries, centuries, continents, and convictions.
Rabbi Deborah Prinz is the author of On The Bread Trail, On The Chocolate Trail, and The Boston Chocolate Party.
In the New York Times, Florence Fabricant notes the Semi[te] Sweet exhibit, November, 2017.
“Rabbi Follows Her Gut to Discover Historical Link Between Jews and Chocolate” in Times of Israel, by Danielle Ziri, June 13, 2018.
“All Your Questions About Jews and Chocolate Answered” in the Forward by Shira Feder, May, 2018.
Radio interview of Debbie on Heritage Radio Network “Food Without Borders” with Sari Kamin and Warren Klein, January 31, 2018.
“Bring on the Chocolate” by Judy Bart Kancigor, January, 2017.
Debbie interviewed on WLQV 1500 AM, Detroit, February 12, 2017.
“Schmaltz Finds a New, Younger Audience” by Melissa Clark in The New York Times, Dec. 9, 2014.
“A Traveling Chocoholic” by Rebecca Bratburd in The Wall Street Journal July 16, 2013.
“Babka Love Is Blind, In This Taste Test” in The Jewish Week, Dec. 19, 2014.
“Eight Nights of Chanukah Chocolate” in Jewish Journal, Dec. 14, 2014.
JTA-distributed articles “Hanukkah gelt gets a makeover as chocolatiers raise the bar” Haaretz, Nov. 16, 2014, “A call to raise the (chocolate) bar for Hanukkah gelt” The Times of Israel, December 11 2014, and elsewhere.
“A delectable journey” by Benji Rosen in The Jerusalem Post Magazine [subscription] January 30, 2014.
“Walk Down the Jewish Chocolate Trail” by Leah Koenig at The Jewish Daily Forward January 25, 2013
Ken Chitwood: “Chanukah gelt, St. Nick and the chocolate trail” in Houston Chronicle December 4, 2012
Marjorie Ingall: “Gelt Without Guilt” in Tablet November 27, 2012
“Gifts for Literarily Everyone: Holiday Book Guide” by Jonathan Kirsch in the Jewish Journal November 20, 2012
“The Long-Lived Jewish Relationship With Chocolate” by Vered Guttman in Haaretz Thursday, August 2, 2012
“Bittersweet History” by Amy Spiro at The Jerusalem Post Magazine January, 2012