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My Traditional Bukharian Kitchen in a Modern World
My tradition is preserving my Bukharian Jewish family heritage through food—adapting my grandmother’s traditional recipes to a modern, busy woman’s life and documenting them through cooking videos on my channel My Traditional Modern Kitchen.
Germany
any language really
Gogl-Mogl-a cure for winter flue
Kogel mogel is a traditional egg-based dessert made from egg yolks, sugar, and flavorings. It’s usually served chilled or at room temperature, and when warm, it’s often used as a home remedy for sore throats.
Romania
Yiddish
The Custom of erecting a matzebah (Jewish Tombstone) in Eastern Europe
The custom of erecting a matzebah (Jewish tombstone) is a central element of Jewish burial practice and collective memory in Eastern Europe.
Croatia
Hebrew
Toi, toi, toi-tfu, tfu, tfu or pu, pu, pu
A protective utterance spoken after making a statement, meant to ward off bad luck, often paired with knocking on wood. The sound mimics spitting, which in folk belief was thought to drive away demons or negative influences.
Ukraine
Yiddish
The custom of feeding birds on Tu BiShvat, often near Shabbat Shirah, reflects appreciation for creation and echoes biblical stories linked to birds and song. Families frequently celebrate by crafting bird feeders together, while some traditions caution against feeding wild birds on Shabbat, in keeping with laws concerning animals that do not rely on human support.
Hungary
Hebrew, Yiddish, Ladino and other Jewish Diaspora languages
Costumes, Disguise, and Drag on Purim
Each year on the festival of Purim, Jewish communities commemorate the biblical story of Queen Esther and the deliverance of the Jews of ancient Persia through public reading, charitable giving, and celebratory gatherings. A central and widely recognized custom of the festival is the wearing of costumes and disguises, often accompanied by theatrical performances known as Purim spiels.
Russia
Hebrew, Yiddish, Ladino and other Jewish Diaspora languages
Hanukkah Mminhag: one writes words of hope and intention for the coming year and places them beneath the hanukkiah at the time of candle lighting.
United Kingdom
hebreww and other natonal langiages of the jewish Diaspora
Jewish folk music from Maramures
There is a documented tradition of Hasidic / Jewish folk music from the Maramureș region (in what is now Romania, formerly part of Transylvania).
Romania
Yiddish
KEEPING MEMORY ALIVE