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JGSGB Specialist Talk – Tue 22 June 2021 7.30pm – with Rebbetzen Ilana Epstein – “Sephardic Jews; Their story via culinary traditions, customs, memories and connections”

Our next weekday meeting in the JGSGB Virtual Meeting Programme is a specialist talk on a Sephardic theme by Zoom.

• Date: Tuesday 22 June 2021
• Time: 19:30 London; 14:30 New York; 21:30 Jerusalem; 11:30 San Francisco
• Title: Sephardic Jews - Their story via culinary traditions, customs, memories and connections
• Speaker: Rebbetzen Ilana Epstein
• Description: Ilana has collected many experiences over the last few decades, including qualifying as a French pastry chef. She is the founder and director of Ta’am, which is the crystallisation of over three decades of fascination, excitement and experimentation with Jewish food and makes food and food history vivid and alive.

About Rebbetzen Ilana Epstein
Ilana has collected many experiences over the last few decades, from interior designer to international educator, qualifying as a French pastry chef and working as a journalist for a number of publications. An educator with over 25 years’ experience, she has lived in New York, Caracas, Rio de Janeiro and Israel before settling in London in 2013.

Ilana is the Rebbetzen of Western Marble Arch Synagogue, the Director of Projects for Jewish Futures and the founder and director of Ta’am, as described above.

After the talk, there will be an opportunity for Q&A on the talk.

The invitation to register is below, but please keep it to yourself!

If you have problems joining please email chairman@jgsgb.org.uk, preferably in the 15 minutes before the meeting proper starts.

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Leigh Dworkin is inviting you to register for a scheduled Zoom meeting.

Topic: JGSGB Specialist Talk: "Sephardic Jews; Their story via culinary traditions, customs, memories and connections" by Reb. Ilana Epstein
When: Jun 22, 2021 07:30 PM London

Register in advance for this meeting:
https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZMsc-2rqzIqH9aXvs5ONgrbudqBX4lynSvM

After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting.
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Stay safe and keep well!

Leigh Dworkin
Chairman, JGSGB

 

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