Portland Press Herald Features Chewdaism at Yiddish Culture Festival

Press Herald Food Editor Peggy Grodinsky profiles Chewdaism, A Taste of Jewish Montreal, the film about the food and history of the Jewish commmunity in Montreal. The film and reception closed the Maine Yiddish Culture Festival on November 3. Read the entire article here.

 

My sisters and I have been ardent defenders of Montreal bagels for, well, forever – since long before bagels became generically American, rather than Jewish, and far longer than a preference for Montreal bagels over New York-style became such a badge of foodie cool.

 

 

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