I Knew There Was Something Missing…Knishes!

January 7, 2007 - 8:16 PM by

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Jameel shares a deep and meaningful insight regarding life in Israel.

Sunday morning on my way to work, I had an epiphany.

Maybe because I was hungry and needed coffee. Or perhaps it was the noxious tuna sandwich one of my hitchhikers was eating.

Whatever the reason…I was startled by the realization that there are no knishes in Israel.

None.

While many foods from Chutz Laaretz have made it here; pizza, bagels, fast food and even decent pickles — the knish is still far away.

Why is that? Though it’s been years since I’ve eaten one, I’m reminded that potato knishes — though they may look appealing as a side dish in a pizza store, actually feel like a brick of potato when they settle in your stomach.

Is the knish a symbol of exile? Could it be?

In Eretz Yisrael, we chose a much lighter alternative… the boureka. With lighter, tastier pastry, the boureka doesn’t bloat your stomach.

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Available in potato, mushroom, pizza, different cheeses, and in different shapes and sizes (and you can even find milchik and pareve versions), the boureka won’t insult you.

It won’t compare your friends to Noam Chomsky, nor will it challenge your commenter’s observance of mitzvot on your blog.

Accept no imitations. When it comes to Ahavat Eretz Yisrael and Ahavat Yisrael, it’s no competition.

Don’t choose something heavy named hundreds of years ago by uninformed people, living far from the holiness of Eretz Yisrael – especially when it is only going to give you indigestion.

Go for the one which is tasty, diverse and light unto our nation.

There.

Now we can get back to our regularly scheduled programming.

Potato versus puff pastry — Now there’s a serious difference in quality of life…

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Comments

4 Comments on I Knew There Was Something Missing…Knishes!

  1. Gerry on Mon, Jan 8th 2007 6:54 AM

    2. MEATLAND in Raanana carried frozen knishes some time ago, but no longer does. They were not particularly good, but, if you were a knish fanatic, better than nothing.

  2. Neil on Thu, May 7th 2009 10:44 PM

    3. New York City knishes whther the original Yonah Shimmel round knihes from Manhattan’s Lower East Side or the square Gabila’s Coney Island style knishes should have their place in Eretz Yisrael!!!

  3. Neil on Thu, May 7th 2009 10:55 PM

    4. Another great Jewish pastry of New York City. But originally from Bialystok,Poland is the Bialy. It’s the cousin of the Bagel. But lighter & tastier.

  4. Avi Wollman on Fri, Apr 29th 2011 2:04 PM

    5. The Ashkenazi foods did not take on in Israel for a number of reasons. The Knish even more so as it is more a New York Jewish creation and not from Eastern-Europe. So that even the Russian Jews haven’t brought it to Israel.

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