By Nate Feldman
Over the years, there have been many things that have created sharp divisions between Jews and Arabs regarding issues in the Middle East, but that has never stopped their common love of one of the greatest snack foods around: hummus.
This was on full display recently in Sao Paulo Brazil,
where according to the Jewish Telegraphic Agency new site (See ‘Brazilian Jews
and Arabs hold hummus championship to celebrate coexistence-and food’ by Marcus
M. Gilban), the Hebraica Jewish club put together the first Abrahamic Hummus Championship. 150 people, including Brazilian Jews, and
both Christian and Muslim Arabs competed against one another to see who could
make the best hummus.
The goal of the event was to bring the people of
different backgrounds together to share their love of hummus but also get to know
one another.
