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If I Am What I Eat, Who Am I? Using Food to Maintain Jewish Identity and Heritage in Norway
Author(s): Kiel, Miriam Janice Cohen
Date: 2018
Topics: Food, Immigration, Jewish Identity, Main Topic: Identity and Community
Abstract: As minority cultures are on the rise all over the world, it is important to investigate how heritage and identity intersect. The Jewish population of Norway has always been a small percentage of the population, and there has been a lack of research into the community outside of studies into antisemitism, the Jewish ban, or Holocaust and interwar studies. In this thesis we have interviewed immigrants of Jewish heritage and engaged in participant observation of public events within the wider Jewish community in Oslo. These materials were used to try to investigate how food culture is being used to adapt and maintain Jewish identity among immigrants to Norway. My results found that food continues to be an important part of Jewish identity in Norway, but that there are unique struggles in maintaining one’s food culture.