• This is a Text investigation. Consider your essential question in the context of at least two outside sources you have identified that connect to your essential question. How do these ideas resonate with or challenge your own beliefs, experiences, or practices? Be sure to give concrete and specific examples. You may want to address: ways the sources answered parts of your Essential Question, what additional questions were raised, or how your essential understanding of your project was altered or confirmed by the readings you did. Make sure to cite your sources.

I always thought of Jewish food as your standard bagels and lox. Now, while that isn’t not Jewish food, Jewish food extends to more cultures and areas than I realized. After I started the YIVO courses, I realized the true extent of Jewish food. For those who don’t know, YIVO is a scientific institute studying Jewish culture. As I learned through one of their lectures, Jewish food extends all over the world. And as different Jewish cultures move, they lose some of the ingredients they had access to. When those migrants have children, those children won’t get to learn their past history. This relates to my essential question because the loss of Jewish food and history is what I want to work against.