The Great Latke-Hamantash Debate

Take four zany professors, each from a different discipline, one moderator, a controversial food topic and add a generous dose of UChicago humor. What do you get? The Great Latke-Hamantash Debate, of course.

The debates, which originated in 1946 by Rabbi Maurice Pekarsky, was originally meant to foster a sense of community between Jewish students and faculty members. However, 62 years later, the debates have emerged as a way for intellectuals and tenured professors to put their spin on the age-old story: which Jewish holiday food is better - latkes (fried potato pancakes) or hamantashen (triangle-shaped filled cookies) ?

I got wildly excited about the debates (seeing as it was my first one, ever) and so decided to write up a post-debate blog entry. The entry contains a brief history of the latke and hamantash, and has a very rough summary of each argument. I also took notes, which I may post at a later date.

This was meant for my original blog, but I converted it to a webpage so people could go look at it. Commenting, however, should be done on this blog entry.

To see what I mean, read here.