r/JewsOfConscience • u/AutoModerator • 10d ago

AAJ "Ask A Jew" Wednesday

It's everyone's favorite day of the week, "Ask A (Anti-Zionist) Jew" Wednesday! Ask whatever you want to know, within the sub rules, notably that this is not a debate sub and do not import drama from other subreddits. That aside, have fun! We love to dialogue with our non-Jewish siblings.

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u/Educational_Board888 Non-Jewish Ally 10d ago

What is the significance of doughnuts in Chanukah?

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u/Adept_Thanks_6993 Orthodox 10d ago

We're supposed to eat foods fried in oil to commemorate the miracle of the oil. It doesn't have to be a doughnut, but humans just really like donuts. Anything oil-fried is good

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u/MassivePsychology862 Non-Jewish Ally 10d ago

Where can I find good donuts? I’m in Raleigh North Carolina. Can I buy the donuts or is the appropriation? I’m not trying to be coy or offensive, I just really like donuts.

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u/loselyconscious Traditionally Radical 10d ago

It's never wrong to eat doughnuts! As far as I can tell (someone corrects me if I am wrong), Sufgonyot are just jelly donuts. I think in the "old country," it was common to fry doughnuts in lard, but Sufgonyot are fired in oil both for kosher reasons and for them of the holiday. These days most doughnuts are fried in oil anyway

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u/MassivePsychology862 Non-Jewish Ally 10d ago

Old country like where? My grandfathers family were actually Eastern European Jews who fled to the United States to avoid the Holocaust. I owe it to the Davids to eat these donuts. I did have the pleasure of eating latkes once (a coworker brought them in). What a magnificent experience.

I hope I don’t offend anyone, but I liked them more with sour cream.

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u/loselyconscious Traditionally Radical 10d ago

The article I read that talked about lard vs. oil compared them to paczki, which is Polish, but the borders of that region shifted all over in the 18th and 19th centuries.

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u/Thisisme8719 Arab Jew 10d ago

Why would it be appropriation? It's just a doughnut. There's nothing special about it. It's basically just paczki but kosher.

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u/Adept_Thanks_6993 Orthodox 10d ago

I couldn't tell you of a kosher bakery down there, but you're fine. Gentiles can eat Jewish food no problem, unless you're in the Beit HaMikdash I think-which you're not.

If you're ever in New York, stop by Queens Pita. They make a jam donut that looks like JFK's head when you bite into it. It's so good.

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u/MassivePsychology862 Non-Jewish Ally 10d ago

I…. That joke… needed that. I need some jfk head donuts. ASAP