The Pies That Bind Them with Shifra Cornfeld

05/07/21 • 28 min

After Israeli writer Shifra Cornfeld left the Orthodox community she was raised in, she didn’t always see eye to eye with her father. But one thing that brings them together is pecan pie — if they can find the perfect one.

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As a young child, Beejhy Barhany left her village in Ethiopia and traveled for three years to reach Israel. But, as she grew up, the Promised Land wasn’t quite as she imagined it. Today in New York City, she’s created her own Zion at Tsion Cafe.

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Find Adeena’s family recipe for cheese blintzes on Jewish Food Society’s digital archive.