Latke
From 'the Ode to the Latke by Edward Stankiewicz':
A Jew'll pursue with zest and mania
The whiff of a kishke from Romania,
He'll call a Shabbos meal his princess,
And lick his fingers after ______"
What are blintzes
According to Leon M Lederman in 1990, "to have latkes without hamantashen is like having the vey without the ___".
What is the "oy"
According to Professor Susan Meschel in 1972, whether eating 1 hamantash or 3 latkes, you will get this type of digestive upset.
What is heartburn
This man was the Rabbi and Executive Director of Hillel from 1971-1996
Who is Rabbi Daniel Leifer
On this day of the week, you can get a shake for $1 on campus.
What is Wednesday
According to Profesor Alvin Markovitz, this famous explorer got his idea that the world is round while contemplating the perimeter of a Latke.
Who is Christopher Columbus
According to Richard Lashof in 1974, the triangle shape of the hamantashen is emblematic of the triangle-based symbol on this ancient Jewish king's shield.
Who is King David
According to Professor Edward Kolb, this famous scientist postulated the First Law of Mechanics which states, "A pound of latkes weighs the same as a pound of hamantashen."
Who is Galileo
Amiel Prochovnick, in his 1989 debate, asserted that these type of scholars are "those foolish enough to think that the shortest distance between two points really is a straight line."
Who are Non-Jewish Scholars
This is the most recent Booth professor to get a Nobel Prize.
Who is Richard Thaler
In introducing medical ethicist Mark Siegler, what professionals did Professor Cohen assert are superior to potato pancakes?
Who are "doctas"
In likening the Hamantash to the Macintosh computer, Professor Joseph Stern in 1994 says that he plans to take THIS kind of bite from a Hamantash-Computer.
What is a "megabyte"
This Professor, a renowned Constitutional Scholar, once said, "and where the First Amendment is concerned, the lesson is clear. . . the proof is in the pancake."
Who is Geoff Stone
This past November, the Latke-Hamantash Debate celebrated what anniversary?
What is 72
This academic building was once a dorm.
What is Gates-Blake Hall
In 1979, Professor Harry Harootunian used the theory of this famous French Structural Anthropologist to differentiate in between the raw potato and the fried potato.
Who is Claude Levi-Strauss
This Founder of major East Coast city is described by Barbara Kirschner in 1990 as sporting a Hamantash-shaped hat.
Who is William Penn
What is "One Dollar"
While the Latke-Hamantash Debate is now held in Mandell Hall, it was first held in this space in the Hillel Building.
What is the Great Room
UChicago Alum Carl Sagan lived in this residence hall.
What is Snell Hitchcock
In 1986, Dr Godfrey Getz argued that latkes should be fried in this smelly oil.
What is fish oil
In 1984, Professor Ralph Nichols compared the hamantash to these 2 other stereotypical stuffed Jewish foods.
What are the kreplach and the knish?
In 1991, Moderator Ted Cohen called this esteemed South-Asian Languages and Civilizations scholar "the resident primadonna of UChicago."
Who is Wendy Doniger
The portrait of this Hillel director and Rabbi hangs in the 2nd floor library.
Who is Rabbi Maurice Pekarsky
This famous rom-com was filmed on the UChicago quad.
What is "When Harry Met Sally"