In this interactive, intergenerational cooking demonstration and story workshop, participants will visit the various types of charoset from around the world. Hear from people from various countries, including someone from Persian/Iranian descent and Morrocan/Israeli descent, about their family recipes and traditions. Charoset is a staple in the Passover seder and represents the mortar that the enslaved Hebrews used to build the cities of the ancient Pharaohs. Thousands of years later, this sweet treat on the seder plate is one of many foods that binds the Jewish people together in sacred community.
Feel free to cook along with Chef Daniel Heinrich as we explore how charoset binds a shared tradition and can hold the Jewish people together for thousands of years and across continents, or join us to listen and learn.
If you are cooking with us, click here for a list of the ingredients and recipes! We encourage you to fill out the blank recipe card and send it back to us so that we can share recipes with program participants and on social media.
Daniel Heinrich is a second-year student at Brandeis University’s Hornstein Program for Jewish Professional Leadership. Originally from Royal Oak, Michigan, he graduated from Brandeis University with a major in Near East and Judaic Studies before launching a career as a chef and baker, first as the Junior Sous Chef at Lumiere in West Newton before moving to Portland, Maine with his wife. In Portland, he was the Junior Sous at Petite Jacqueline, the Pastry Sous at TIQA and then the Sous Chef of EVO Kitchen and Bar before an injury sidelined him from the kitchen. Since then, Daniel has returned to the Jewish professional world with a passion for environmental sustainability and food justice.
This program is generously sponsored by Combined Jewish Philanthropies.