Years after her conversion from Catholicism to Judaism, Genie Milgrom discovered documents linking the family to a crypto-Jewish heritage in medieval Spain.
Twitty, who is Black, gay and Jewish, elegantly weaves Jewish and Black metaphors and expressions into tales of his travels throughout the American South and Africa.
As ordinary Americans have increased their time spent preparing food at home, so, too, have culinary celebrities, who have opened up their personal kitchens on social media.