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Mary Einstein Shapero Memorial Lecture 2025

THE RABBI LEO M. FRANKLIN ARCHIVES PRESENTS
THE 2025 MARY EINSTEIN SHAPERO MEMORIAL LECTURE:
“What am I, Chopped Liver?!”
HOW A POLARIZING DISH HELPS TELL THE STORY OF ASHKENAZI JEWISH HISTORY
Sunday, June 22, 2025

3:00 PM Pre-Glow Q&A
$54.00 ($36 for Friends of the Jampel Center)
Sponsored by Pickles and Rye with support from The Joan Meyers Jampel Center for Michigan Jewish Heritage

4:00 PM: Live Cooking Demo & Lecture
Free of Charge- Registration is required
This lecture is generously sponsored each year by The Honorable Judge Walter Shapero and Kathleen Straus.

Join Jeffrey Yoskowitz co-author of The Gefilte Manifesto for a live cooking
demo and talk on how shtetl life, agriculture, and the structure of family allowed certain food traditions to develop.

Vegetarian “mock chop” will be served.


JEFFREY YOSKOWITZ is a chef, pickler, and a recognized thought leader in Jewish food. He co-founded The Gefilteria, a culinary venture that reimagines Ashkenazi-Jewish cooking and co-authored the award-winning cookbook,
The Gefilte Manifesto. He teaches, cooks, and lectures on food history to communities across the globe. He taught courses on Jewish food at City College and Brandeis University and his writings on food and culture have appeared in The New York Times; and The Atlantic among other publications. He was featured on Hulu’s Taste the Nation and was tapped to represent Yiddish culture by the Smithsonian Folklife Festival.

For more information, contact Laura Gottlieb at
lgottlieb@tbeonline.org.
   Pre-Glow: $54
   Pre-Glow (Friends of the Jampel Center): $36
   Live Cooking Demo & Lecture: No charge
Tue, June 17 2025 21 Sivan 5785