Gloria Levitas, Author at Moment Magazine

01 Jun

2016 May-June, Jewish World

Book Review // Rhapsody in Schmaltz

May 8, 2017
By Gloria Levitas
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Rhapsody in Schmaltz is not a book to devour in one sitting, nor should it be casually nibbled. Something of an oxymoron, this witty, entertaining volume overflows with food for thought and thoughts about food. It is stuffed with Talmudic arguments, biblical injunctions, slyly sexual linguistic tropes, and

01 Dec

2014 November/December, Arts & Culture, Jewish World

Book Review // Knish: In Search of the Jewish Soul Food

May 30, 2017
By Gloria Levitas
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Knish: In Search of the Jewish Soul Food Laura Silver Brandeis University Press 2014, pp. 275, $24.95 by Gloria Levitas Reade...

02 Dec

2013 November-December, Arts & Culture

Book Review: The Book of Schmaltz by Michael Ruhlman

June 1, 2017
By Gloria Levitas
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Think you know what to eat to stay healthy? That fats are bad for you? That you will never again be able to enjoy the umami taste of schmaltz on a piece of matzoh? Or the crunch of gribenes (chicken-skin cracklings) that brings back the joys of your grandmother’s kitchen?

28 Dec

2013 January-February, Arts & Culture, Jewish World