Abstract Over the last few years on Thursday evenings, the main streets of Bnei Brak, one of Israel’s largest haredi (ultra-Orthodox) cities, becomes a culinary meeting place. The Eastern European Jewish cuisine sustained by the haredi kitchen attracts non-haredi visitors to a society that tends to keep to itself. This article presents an ethnographic investigation of a new culinary scene that brings together local haredim and secular visitors. I draw upon the concept of “eating the other” to argue how the “haredi other” represents a complex kind of “otherness,” whose encounters with secular visitors simultaneously mark boundaries and cross them. These encounters demonstrate how culinary tradition can provide a link to collective memory and help build individual and group identities.

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Eating the Bubbe：Bnei Brak 世俗犹太人和哈雷迪犹太人的美食邂逅

摘要 在过去几年的星期四晚上，以色列最大的哈雷迪（超正统）城市之一的 Bnei Brak 的主要街道成为美食聚会场所。由haredi厨房维持的东欧犹太美食将非haredi游客吸引到一个倾向于保持自我的社会。本文介绍了一个新的烹饪场景的民族志调查，该场景汇集了当地的哈雷迪姆和世俗游客。我利用“吃另一个”的概念来论证“haredi other”如何代表一种复杂的“他者”，他们与世俗游客的相遇同时标志着界限并跨越它们。这些相遇展示了烹饪传统如何提供与集体记忆的联系并帮助建立个人和群体身份。