By COLlive reporter
Israeli food is more than falafel and new immigrants to the Holy Land were given a unique selection of one particular dish – albeit, deep-fried as well.
Nefesh B’Nefesh, an organization facilitating Aliyah from North America and the UK, presented freshly baked sufganiyot for taste testing by a group of olim (immigrants).
It was their first time trying the Israeli Chanukah confectionery ranging from the traditional jelly, powdered sugar doughnut to more innovative non-traditional treats Israeli bakeries invented for the holiday.
The youngest oleh was 4-year-old Noam, while the oldest was 90-year-old Joseph, a Holocaust survivor who made Aliyah to be close to his Lone Soldier grandson.
The tasters also include 19-year-old Adina, who immigrated to Israel last August along with her older sister Tamar, and 4-year-old Eitan, with his father Mordecai.
Paying homage to the viral Buzzfeed taste-testing videos, a video of the sufganiyot tasting shows participants comparing it to American doughnuts, and calculating the time needed in the gym to burn off all the calories.
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Learn more about Nefesh B’Nefesh at nbn.org.il
Potatoes are a food from the “New World.” Before Columbus, Europe did not have potatoes. Fried dough, however, is a Sefardik food. The other customary Chanukah food is dairy and cheese, to honor Yehudis.
yes it became adapted in israel from the Yeminites
di u hear the holocoust survivor? he sai “oh yea, we had pontchkes” that is the european version of sufgoniyot
The reason they ate potato latkes is becuase in Russia all they had were a few pototates and oil so they fried it
That’s not true.many old jewish communities had versions o deepf fried dough on Chanukah. Go research
So funny!
From london! Drippy jam … Yum!
Chanukah jews are not only ashkenazim that come from potatoes countries… Lol. Fried doughnuts are as a custom as fried latkes!! Happy chanukah
The idea is to have food in oil
The Minhag Yisroel from many generations was that Chanukah Jews ate Potato Latkes.
However this new custom of donuts on Chanukah is only a modern custom since the establishment of the State of Israel