{"id":1192,"date":"2018-07-01T14:22:20","date_gmt":"2018-07-01T12:22:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ruthellengruber.com\/blog\/?p=1192"},"modified":"2018-07-01T14:28:45","modified_gmt":"2018-07-01T12:28:45","slug":"me-defending-the-latke","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ruthellengruber.com\/blog\/2018\/07\/01\/me-defending-the-latke\/","title":{"rendered":"Me, defending the Latke&#8230;."},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/ruthellengruber.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/LatkeHamantashen.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1195\" src=\"http:\/\/ruthellengruber.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/LatkeHamantashen.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"256\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ruthellengruber.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/LatkeHamantashen.png 400w, https:\/\/ruthellengruber.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/LatkeHamantashen-300x192.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a>I took part in the &#8220;Great Latke versus Hamentash&#8221; debate, held at the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.jcckrakow.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">JCC in Krakow<\/a> during the Krakow Jewish Culture Festival.<\/p>\n<p>I defended &#8212; of course &#8212; the Latke. My opponent was an American-Israeli stand up comic, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.benjilovitt.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Benji Lovitt<\/a>, and the debate was moderated by Benjamin Lorch.<\/p>\n<p>The whole debate was filmed for <a href=\"http:\/\/latkevshamantash.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">a documentary film<\/a>&#8230;. see trailer below:<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/241565678\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>So far I don&#8217;t have pictures of the event &#8212; but suffice it to say that it got, well, heated! Especially when Benji tried to prove his point by a fabricated email supposedly written by me &#8212; Fake News&#8230;.(I mean, But My Emails&#8230;.?)<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;ll try to post more, but here, for anyone interested, is the text of my opening statement:<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>IN DEFENSE OF LATKES<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #993366;\">Latke vs Hamentasch Debate, Krakow, June 30, 2018<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #993366;\">Ruth Ellen Gruber<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #993366;\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"sharedaddy sd-sharing-enabled\"><div class=\"robots-nocontent sd-block sd-social sd-social-official sd-sharing\"><h3 class=\"sd-title\">Share this:<\/h3><div class=\"sd-content\"><ul><li class=\"share-facebook\"><div class=\"like_button\"><iframe src=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/like.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fruthellengruber.com%2Fblog%2F2018%2F07%2F01%2Fme-defending-the-latke%2F&amp;layout=button_count&amp;show_faces=false&amp;action=like&amp;colorscheme=light&amp;height=21&amp;locale=en_US&amp;width=90\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" style=\"border:none; overflow:hidden; width:96px; height:21px;\" allowTransparency=\"true\"><\/iframe><\/div><\/li><li class=\"share-twitter\"><div class=\"twitter_button\"><iframe allowtransparency=\"true\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets\/tweet_button.html?url=https%3A%2F%2Fruthellengruber.com%2Fblog%2F2018%2F07%2F01%2Fme-defending-the-latke%2F&#038;counturl=http%3A%2F%2Fruthellengruber.com%2Fblog%2F2018%2F07%2F01%2Fme-defending-the-latke%2F&#038;count=horizontal&#038;text=Me%2C%20defending%20the%20Latke....%3A\" style=\"width:101px; height:20px;\"><\/iframe><\/div><\/li><li class=\"share-reddit\"><div class=\"reddit_button\"><iframe src=\"http:\/\/www.reddit.com\/static\/button\/button1.html?width=120&amp;url=https%3A%2F%2Fruthellengruber.com%2Fblog%2F2018%2F07%2F01%2Fme-defending-the-latke%2F&amp;title=Me%2C%20defending%20the%20Latke....\" height=\"22\" width=\"120\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/div><\/li><li class=\"share-linkedin\"><div class=\"linkedin_button\"><script type=\"in\/share\" data-url=\"https:\/\/ruthellengruber.com\/blog\/2018\/07\/01\/me-defending-the-latke\/\" data-counter=\"right\"><\/script><\/div><\/li><li class=\"share-pocket\"><div class=\"pocket_button\"><a href=\"https:\/\/getpocket.com\/save\" class=\"pocket-btn\" data-lang=\"en\" data-save-url=\"https:\/\/ruthellengruber.com\/blog\/2018\/07\/01\/me-defending-the-latke\/\" data-pocket-count=\"horizontal\" >Pocket<\/a><\/div><\/li><li class=\"share-email\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"share-email sd-button\" href=\"https:\/\/ruthellengruber.com\/blog\/2018\/07\/01\/me-defending-the-latke\/?share=email\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to email this to a friend\"><span>Email<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-pinterest\"><div class=\"pinterest_button\"><a href=\"http:\/\/pinterest.com\/pin\/create\/button\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fruthellengruber.com%2Fblog%2F2018%2F07%2F01%2Fme-defending-the-latke%2F&#038;description=Me%2C%20defending%20the%20Latke....\" data-pin-do=\"buttonBookmark\" ><img src=\"\/\/assets.pinterest.com\/images\/pidgets\/pinit_fg_en_rect_gray_20.png\" \/><\/a><\/div><\/li><li class=\"share-tumblr\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.tumblr.com\/share\/link\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fruthellengruber.com%2Fblog%2F2018%2F07%2F01%2Fme-defending-the-latke%2F&name=Me%2C%20defending%20the%20Latke....\" title=\"Share on Tumblr\" style=\"display:inline-block; text-indent:-9999px; overflow:hidden; width:62px; height:20px; background:url('\/\/platform.tumblr.com\/v1\/share_2.png') top left no-repeat transparent;\">Share on Tumblr<\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-end\"><\/li><\/ul><\/div><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I took part in the &#8220;Great Latke versus Hamentash&#8221; debate, held at the JCC in Krakow during the Krakow Jewish Culture Festival. 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