Bringing Israel Home Episode 2: Exploring Students’ Experiences
Hosted By: Bringing Israel Home
Join award-winning chef Michael Solomonov for his new digital series, “Bringing Israel Home.” Each Wednesday evening for 16 weeks, Chef Solomonov will bring Israel’s extraordinarily diverse and vibrant culinary landscape into people’s homes via weekly interviews with food and cultural figures in Israel, cooking both new and signature recipes live in his home kitchen, and through live conversation with viewers.
Watch the show each week to experience Israeli cuisine like you’ve never seen it before and cook a unique, new Israeli-inspired recipe along with this James Beard award-winning chef, right from your own kitchen.
Tune in every Wednesday night at 8:00 pm EST starting January 13th! Watch here.
Episode 2 Guide:
Mike speaks with students who chose to embark on a gap year in Israel in the midst of the pandemic. Young Judaea Year Course is the largest gap year program in Israel and has continued to run a meaningful and fun experience since the outbreak of COVID-19. Mike will explore the students’ experience in the program in these unique times, where they participate in significant volunteer efforts and eat copious amounts of couscous.
Recipes to make along with Mike:
- Israeli Couscous
- Israeli Chopped Salad
- Soft-boiled Eggs, Labneh, Pickles and Aleppo Pepper
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Plus: Have a personal favorite photo from Israel you want to share? Tag the series on Instagram @bringingisraelhome for a chance to have your photo featured in a future episode.
Here’s what to expect from the first 8 episodes of the show:
Episode 1, January 13: Israel’s Diversity
Episode 2, January 20: Exploring Students’ Experience
Episode 3, January 27: The Port City of Akko
Episode 4, February 3: Yemenite Soup for the Soul
Episode 5, February 10: The Israeli Bakery
Episode 6, February 17: Israeli Breakfast
Episode 7, February 24: The Sabich Sandwich
Episode 8, March 3: Remembering David Solomonov
Plus, to celebrate the launch of the digital series, Bringing Israel Home and The Hub on My Jewish Learning are partnering to offer you the chance to win a free, private cooking lesson with Michael Solomonov. Find details and enter the contest here.
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