Tête-à-tête: Conversations in Canadian Jewish Studies
Sep 25, 2026 · 29 min · 9 segments
*Tête-à-tête: Conversations in Canadian Jewish Studies* returns for a second season of in-depth discussions about the research and ideas shaping Jewish Canada! In this first episode of Season 2…
Kay Prince HollenbergGuest
Jonathan SlaterHost
So let's talk more about the link between genealogy and the exploration of these Jewish food legacies and vintage recipes.
Could you provide a little bit more insight into how you bridge this know-how in genealogy, because you're a professional genealogist, with the exploration of Jewish food legacies and with vintage recipes?
So a lot of these recipes that were submitted to these columns, you know, they're, they're submitted by, you know, Mrs. Frank Cohen of Toronto.
Um, very rarely, maybe a l- a little bit more later on as the decades go by, but very rarely are these women named using their own first names.
Um, and so that was kind of a big part of it, is I wanted to identify who these women were, not just by their husbands' names, but by their own names as well.
Um, and that was sort of what started that initial genealogy research.
But one of the major things that I wanted to show was where these women, or potentially their parents, may have immigrated from, because some of these recipes are going to be things that were passed down.
You get those very typical sort of 1960s Jell-O mold recipes, but some of them are very traditional-
I mean, I can't tell you how many latke recipes I have seen [chuckles] so far.
I mean, I've, I've only been doing it for, for about a year, so th- there's definitely more lying in wait for us.
So Kay, one of the themes that's just emerged in the first few minutes that you and I have been talking is the role of women in the passing on of recipes and their involvement in the preparation of food.
And all of this brings to mind my aunt, who used to keep a little box filled with handwritten recipes, and at some point, she passed them on to me.
So it seems there's a crucial role women play through the preparation and passing down of culinary traditions.
Well, I mean, food traditionally, especially within a family, has always been the, the women's role.
So let's talk more about the link between genealogy and the exploration of these Jewish food legacies and vintage recipes.
Could you provide a little bit more insight into how you bridge this know-how in genealogy, because you're a professional genealogist, with the exploration of Jewish food legacies and with vintage recipes?
So a lot of these recipes that were submitted to these columns, you know, they're, they're submitted by, you know, Mrs. Frank Cohen of Toronto.
Um, very rarely, maybe a l- a little bit more later on as the decades go by, but very rarely are these women named using their own first names.
Um, and so that was kind of a big part of it, is I wanted to identify who these women were, not just by their husbands' names, but by their own names as well.
Um, and that was sort of what started that initial genealogy research.
But one of the major things that I wanted to show was where these women, or potentially their parents, may have immigrated from, because some of these recipes are going to be things that were passed down.
You get those very typical sort of 1960s Jell-O mold recipes, but some of them are very traditional-
I mean, I can't tell you how many latke recipes I have seen [chuckles] so far.
I mean, I've, I've only been doing it for, for about a year, so th- there's definitely more lying in wait for us.
So Kay, one of the themes that's just emerged in the first few minutes that you and I have been talking is the role of women in the passing on of recipes and their involvement in the preparation of food.
And all of this brings to mind my aunt, who used to keep a little box filled with handwritten recipes, and at some point, she passed them on to me.
So it seems there's a crucial role women play through the preparation and passing down of culinary traditions.
Well, I mean, food traditionally, especially within a family, has always been the, the women's role.
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