A new exhibition, "Know Your Nosh: Food, Jewishness & Identity", is on display in Norlin Library on the third floor outside of the Rare and Distinctive (RaD) Collections classroom (Room N345).听
This exhibition is the fifth installment of the听听and its development鈥攔esearching, selecting materials and designing the panels鈥攈as occurred over the past year. The series is a long-standing collaboration between RaD and听Program in Jewish Studies听and focuses on the role of the body in Jewish life, drawing from materials in the听Innovations in Jewish Life (IJL) collections听housed in RaD.
鈥淲e are thrilled to continue our collaboration with Program in Jewish Studies and host this exhibition in Norlin Library,鈥� said Megan Friedel, lead archivist and head of collections management and stewardship for RaD. 鈥淲e hope this exhibit connects students and other viewers with the unique ways that the IJL collections can be used for research, speak to so many aspects of Jewish identity, and resonate across cultures.鈥�
The exhibition explores the significance of food and agriculture for Jewish religious, cultural, national and political identities, focusing on the United States and Israel/Palestine.听
"When I was first asked to search for material related to food and agriculture in the Innovation in Jewish Life (IJL) collections, I didn't expect to find very much. My, was I wrong!鈥� said Gregg Drinkwater, former associate academic director of the IJL collections and curator of the exhibition. 鈥淔rom pamphlets produced by Zionist organizations in the 1940s emphasizing the agricultural aspects of Zionism, to texts emphasizing spiritual connections to food and the land created for Jewish religious festivals, the IJL collections offer significant holdings. I hope this exhibit encourages other scholars to explore the IJL collections and the depth and complexity of the material held here at CU."
The exhibition is on view now in Norlin until May 2024 and also听. For more information about accessing the IJL collections, please visit the听RaD website听or contact听rad@colorado.edu.
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2022 Embodied Judaism: Know Your Nosh: Food, Jewishness, and Identity symposium and exhibit organized and curated by Gregg Drinkwater, Hilary Falb Kalisman, and Samira Mehta. Exhibit design and digital exhibit coordination by Maggie Rosenau. The 2022 symposium is part of our ongoing Embodied Judaism and Israel-Palestine Studies series and is supported by the David Shneer Fund for Community Programming, Public Scholarship, and the Arts. The 2023-24 exhibit is hosted by the Program in Jewish Studies and the University Libraries' Rare and Distinctive Collection.
Title image:听"Shabbat" by Lynne Feldman.
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This article was published by CU January 18, 2024.
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