Despite regional influences, Jewish food observes a strict dietary law
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'Despite regional influences, Jewish food observes a strict dietary law'.. Image Source: IANS News
New Delhi, April 17 : When a community decreases in numbers, its traditional food becomes a memory and it is to ensure that this memory prevails that award winning author Esther David set out to chronicle the dietary habits of the 5,000-odd Jews residing in five areas of the country - down from a peak of about 30,000 in the 1940s - discovering that despite 2,000 years having passed since the community first arrived in India, their food might have imbibed regional influences but observes a strict dietary law to this day.