Tuesday, March 11, 2008

Jordan Rosenblum

This was another extreme clarification for me. I knew that the Jewish did not eat pork, but i had no idea why. Mr Rosenblum did a terrific job of thoroughly informing us of his topic. The background he gave of the origins of the ban of pork was above and beyond what i had expected from someone speaking on his topic. My only off beat thought was how can he be a specialist in foods in Judaisms, there is only so much to know about foods. But by the end of his presentation i realized that there was much more to food and linking it to the culture (for example an extensive history) than i had perceived. How he used the quote from the Senator to open his presentation and start every ones brains up on the topic really pulled threw in the end after he had really explained everything. The fact that the Senator used pork to disprove him being a Jew before Mr Rosenblum really didn't do much for me. But When he brought the instance back up in the end i could definitely see how the quote was relevant and made the Senator legitimate.

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