Sephardic Jews are the large and
diverse group of Jews who belong to the particular region of Spain,
Middle East, Egypt, North Africa, Turkey and Italy. The cuisine is
influenced by the place of Jewish origin. Sephardic Jews arrived in
NYC in 1654 by the way of sea.
Jewish food customs:
Kosher Food
Jews eat kosher food. Kosher food is
the food that is fit to eat and is prepared according to the customs
in accordance with Jewish Laws.
Traditions and Shabbat
With an entire day of not cooking, Jew
cuisine got innovative as the dishes need to be kept warm overnight.
Innovative Passover cooking
Cooking at Passover needs to be
innovative as eating chametz is forbidden.
Relocations and cultural innovativeness
As the Jews moved from their origin to
new places, their food has touched a lot of communities and is
influenced by a lot of them.
There is a large Sephardic Jewish
community in the New York City. Ari Afilalo is a Sephardic Jew of
French Moroccan ancestry. He is an expert on the internal trade laws
and is the author of The New Global Trading Order.
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