Olamot Lecture with Dafna Hirsch

Date

Wed, Nov 11, 2026

Time

4:00 PM – 5:30 PM EST

Location

GISB

Host

Indiana University-Kokomo

Details

How did hummus become Israel's foremost culinary passion? This lecture traces the process by which hummus was transformed from an "Arab" or "Oriental" food—either unknown to or disliked by most Zionist settlers prior to the foundation of the state—into a culinary icon and national symbol in contemporary Israel. Rather than treating food consumption as a direct reflection of political relations,