Hidden communities share their Jewish heritage through food

(JNS) - ANU-Museum of the Jewish People in Tel Aviv has organized a weeklong celebration of the cuisines of "hidden" Jewish communities now living in Israel. The food of each group-including the Bnei Menashe from India, the Kaifeng Jews from China and the Subbotnikim from Russia-will be showcased at restaurants around the country, accompanied by the stories behind each dish.

"Recently we've been starting to explore the issue of community, and we realized we have a lot of communities abroad that are reaching out to the Jewish world and rediscovering their Judaism," Hagar Doron, director of the...