Nourishing a Community: Food, Hospitality, and Jewish Communal Spaces in Early Modern Frankfurt
This article explores early modern practices of cooking and hospitality, both in and out of homes, in the Jewish ghetto of Frankfurt am Main. The focus is on Garküchen (eateries) and communal ovens, which were increasingly regulated by the community. Communal leaders employed creative strategies to...
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Format: | Electronic Article |
Language: | English |
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University of Pennsylvania Press
2021
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AJS review
Year: 2021, Volume: 45, Issue: 2, Pages: 302-333 |
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Ghetto
/ Frankfurt am Main
/ Food preparation
/ Oven
/ Garküche
/ Fire
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IxTheo Classification: | BH Judaism |
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Summary: | This article explores early modern practices of cooking and hospitality, both in and out of homes, in the Jewish ghetto of Frankfurt am Main. The focus is on Garküchen (eateries) and communal ovens, which were increasingly regulated by the community. Communal leaders employed creative strategies to find solutions for nourishing a growing local and visiting population in the limited space of the early modern Jewish ghetto. Their attempts to expand were propelled by concrete historical events, particularly by a series of fires, which shaped the physical spaces in which this process unfolded. Looking at these institutions allows for a reconsideration of the spatial boundaries of the Jewish ghetto. |
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ISSN: | 1475-4541 |
Contains: | Enthalten in: Association for Jewish Studies, AJS review
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Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1017/S0364009421000027 |