Beit Avi Chai presents "Eating Your Way to Knowledge": A workshop about food, eating habits, and human nature.
From the Tree of Knowledge to McDonalds-food and drink have never been only a response to a physical need. What are the functions of food and of eating in the emotional lives of individuals and society? What do the Sages and contemporary psychologists have to say about it?
Hosts:
Dr. Ruhama Weiss, Talmud and culture scholar
Avner Hacohen, clinical psychologist
Session 1: Sustenance for the Soul
Comfort food, beverages that produce oblivion; food as a substitute and compensation
Monday, January 30, 8:30 PM
Session 2: You May Not Eat It
"If you don't finish the main course you can't have desert!" Food as a control mechanism.
Monday, February 6, 8:30 PM
Session 3: Are You With Us or Against Us?
Food as friend and foe: on dieting and anorexia, fasting and craving.
Monday, February 13, 8:30 PM
Session 4: "Three Who Ate Together"
Table manners as indicative of community boundaries. A look at the sumptuous feasts of ancient Jerusalem all the way to the destruction of the Temple
Monday, February 20, 8:30 PM
Session 5: Life and Death at the Dining Room Table
On culture and psychology in houses of mourning, the mourner's meal, and the link between food and death
Monday, February 27, 8:30 PM
Session 6: The Tribe's Getting Together!
Family gatherings around the Shabbat or holiday table - he ultimate family ceremony.
Monday, March 5, 20:30
This is a Hebrew language only event.
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