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271 Index Note: Page numbers in italics indicate photographs; “n” in a page number indicates location in the notes section followed by the note number. Abrams, Bonnie, 42–45, 49 Africa, 74, 152 Agoos, Mitch, 5 aknish (assembly), 95–96 Aleichem, Sholem, 158–59 Allen, Woody, 146 All Saints’ Day, 107, 129 ancestor hunts in Poland, 109–22 ancestors, knish as tribute to, 39, 107, 127–28, 129, 130–32, 221 Anistratov, Ellen, 52–53 antiquity, seeking knish predecessor in, 88–91, 133 anti-Semitism and persecution, 75–76, 77, 109, 110, 240. See also Holocaust Aramaic language, 95–96, 133–34 art of making knishes: author’s tribulations over, 175–81; crosscultural education in Banff, 175–84, 184; as devotional act, 139; Mrs. Stahl’s granddaughters, 196–208; Sholom Home Auxiliary ladies, 185–96, 191, 192, 195 Ashkenazi Jews, Paris, 92–93. See also Eastern European origins Ausubel, Nathan, 58, 77 Axler, Andrew, 202 Axler, Marietta, 202 baba ghanoush, 80–81 bagel stores, 26, 42, 152, 180–81, 210, 212 Bagiński, Krzysztof, 115 Banff Centre, 175–84, 184 Batalion, Judy, 155–56 Beckerman, Leo, 197–98 Berg, Gertrude, 138 Berg, Lindsay, 188 Berger, Arthur, 56 Berger, Harold, 56 Berger, Joseph, 56 Berger, Lillian, 55 Berger, Rose (née Schimmel), 56 Berman, Lisa, 187, 192 Berman, Rae, 187, 192 Bialik, Chaim Nachman, 76 Bialystok, Poland, 108, 108–13, 110, 122–23 biblical underpinnings, knish’s lack of, 133–35 Bibliothèque Medem, 94–95 Silver_Knish_Book.indb 271 1/31/2014 11:51:54 AM 272 Index blintzes, 10, 19, 28, 79, 129, 161 Bnei Brak, 81–82 Book of New Israeli Food: A Culinary Journey, The (Gur), 81 Borscht Belt, 36 bourekas, 79, 81, 81–82 Boutique Jaune, La (The Yellow Boutique), 91–92, 97 Brantley, Derek “SD3,” 157–58 Brighton Beach, 3–7, 11–12, 13–20, 22, 40–41, 172, 214. See also Mrs. Stahl’s Knishes Brodinsky, Bruce, 46 Bronx, NY, 8, 14, 35, 80, 106, 210 Brooklyn, NY: and author’s childhood, 1–10; Brighton Beach, 3–7, 11–12, 13–20, 22, 40–41, 172, 214; connective role in social fabric, 34–36; and Fritzie Silver, 10–14; Marvin Hirsch’s knishes, 39–41; and Ruby the Knish Man, 43, 46–48, 47, 49–50. See also Coney Island; Mrs. Stahl’s Knishes Brooklyn Dodgers, 16, 18, 167 Broward Stage Door Theater, 147–48 bryndzia, 129 buckwheat (kasha), 10, 26, 38, 129–30 Bulgaria, and bourekas origins, 82 Café Batya, 83, 84, 85–88 Call It Sleep (Roth), 153–54 Carmel Market, Tel Aviv, 79 Carnarsie section of Brooklyn, 47 Carnegie Deli, 173 Catherine the Great, 77 Catskills, 42, 50, 215 cebularze, 106 cemeteries: Bukovina, 129; Farmingdale, Long Island, 4–5; Poland, 96, 109–10, 110, 113, 116, 123; Washington Cemetery in Brooklyn, 111 Chase, Hazel, 187, 189–90, 191–92, 193, 194, 196 chausson aux pommes, 91, 94 Chianti (restaurant), 107 Chişinǎu (Kishinev), Moldova, 75–76 cholent, 108 Christian knishes in Ukraine, 129–30, 131 Close Relations (Isaacs), 163–64 cocktail knishes, 24, 206 comedy and humor, knish in. See culture community and connection, 2, 34–36, 75, 95–96, 177–84 competitive knish eating, 165–74 Concord Hotel, 36 Coney Island: eating contests, 165–68; Gabila’s knishes, 27–34, 33, 37; heyday of knishes in, 16; Shatzkin’s knishes, 36–39; square fried knish, 21, 31, 33, 34; Superstorm Sandy aftermath, 214 Silver_Knish_Book.indb 272 1/31/2014 11:51:54 AM [44.222.92.134] Project MUSE (2024-03-29 15:48 GMT) 273 Index connection and community, 2, 34–36, 75, 95–96, 177–84 Conte, Mike, 25–27, 210, 213 Conte’s Pasta, 25–27, 26, 209–13 Copiague, Long Island, 28, 31 culture, knish in: connection role of knish, 2, 34–36, 75, 95–96, 177–84; cross-cultural education in Banff, 175–84, 184; fiction, 153–54, 158–64; film, 145, 145–47; Knish Collective, 155–56; Momma’s Knishes, 150–52; music, 44–45, 152–53, 155–58, 157–58; and Sholom Home Auxiliary ladies, 185–96, 191, 192, 195; television, 138–45, 140; vulgar meaning of knish, 153–57, 246–47n32; Yiddish, 94–95, 125–26, 147–49, 152–53, 152–56, 155– 56, 159–60. See also Jewish cultural and religious traditions Czapnik, Riva “Nana” (Mrs. Eva Farbstein), 8, 80, 104, 105–6, 113, 116, 123 Czapnik, Szejna “Aunt Jean” (Mrs. Jean Haren), 112–13, 115–16, 215 Czapnik family name...