Why is it that I can't find knishes here in Israel?

[ChabadKahanist]

I have been here in Israel for 8 years as of date I not found any?
Most Israelis have absolutely no idea what they are.
Only those of us that are from the US,Canada or Europe know.
What makes bourekas,chumous,techina & felafel any more Jewish than knishes?
Well at least they know what gefilte fish,cholent & kishka is so no st bad

[Zelhar]

I haven't heard of knish. Now that I googled it, I don't think I miss anything. In Israel we have the bourekas and the kube, which are similar junk stuffed doughs.

[ChabadKahanist]

I haven't heard of knish. Now that I googled it, I don't think I miss anything. In Israel we have the bourekas and the kube, which are similar junk stuffed doughs.

How is it that you never heard of a knish?
Any Jew born outside of Israel knows what it it is unless they were born in some Arab country but if they were born in North America,South America or Europe the know what it is.
Knishes as way better than bourekas IMHO.

[muman613]

How is it that you never heard of a knish?
Any Jew born outside of Israel knows what it it is unless they were born in some Arab country but if they were born in North America,South America or Europe the know what it is.
Knishes as way better than bourekas IMHO.

I feel sorry for Zelhar never having had a Knish.... Boy I look forward to Knishes made by my Rabbis wife...

[ChabadKahanist]

I feel sorry for Zelhar never having had a Knish.... Boy I look forward to Knishes made by my Rabbis wife...

Maybe I can get my mother to bring some from NY next time she visits.

[Zelhar]

How is it that you never heard of a knish?
Any Jew born outside of Israel knows what it it is unless they were born in some Arab country but if they were born in North America,South America or Europe the know what it is.
Knishes as way better than bourekas IMHO.

Maybe it was made popular by Jewish immigrants from east Europe after they had arrived in America.

[muman613]

Maybe it was made popular by Jewish immigrants from east Europe after they had arrived in America.

That is true... It was mainly a traditional dish of Ashkenazi who emigrated to America... But as I said in a previous thread about this topic, it sure provides a great business opportunity..

[Chaim Ben Pesach]

בס''ד

Israeli Jews - both Ashkenazi and Mizrachi - do not know what a knish is. Maybe some of the older ones do, but I once asked our Hebrew forum members when we had a chat room if they knew what a knish is. About 20 members answered and not one knew what it is. Our Hebrew forum is about 50-50 in terms of Ashkenazim and Mizrachim (Sepharadim) so it's not because of ethnic background.

[ChabadKahanist]

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Israeli Jews - both Ashkenazi and Mizrachi - do not know what a knish is. Maybe some of the older ones do, but I once asked our Hebrew forum members when we had a chat room if they knew what a knish is. About 20 members answered and not one knew what it is. Our Hebrew forum is about 50-50 in terms of Ashkenazim and Mizrachim (Sepharadim) so it's not because of ethnic background.

This is what I have found too here in Israel as well only us foreign born or the old folks know what it is.

[Sveta]

Ooh this sounds similar to Burekas. Maybe you can search for burekas and see if they would at least be a good substitute to knishes.  I' have heard of them before but never had a knish-now I will have to make some thanks to the video Muman posted. Now, Pierogies- those I could not do without! This also reminds me of pirozhki and a kavkaz type of fried bureka called Haliva, which I really like. I am now VERY hungry.

This is a Jewish Sephardic dish which is quite similar to the Turkish "burak." (You can also consider it the Sephardic equivalent of the Ashkenazic knish.) Burekas can be prepared with various types of dough: strudel dough (thin leaves; most traditional), rising dough, or with types of prepared dough found in the market.

[Kahane-Was-Right BT]

The knishes are in the knesset.

[muman613]

The knishes are in the knesset.

Buns or Bums?

[angryChineseKahanist]

I used to eat the knish made of potato inside and wrapped with yellowed dough, lightly salted. I used to eat it all the time and never knew it was Jewish. It was always next to the hot dogs.
Nothing like the ones pictured above.

[Mishmaat]

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Israeli Jews - both Ashkenazi and Mizrachi - do not know what a knish is. Maybe some of the older ones do, but I once asked our Hebrew forum members when we had a chat room if they knew what a knish is. About 20 members answered and not one knew what it is. Our Hebrew forum is about 50-50 in terms of Ashkenazim and Mizrachim (Sepharadim) so it's not because of ethnic background.

Trivial question:

Is there a Hebrew translation for knish or is it just transliterated?

[Mishmaat]

I like having a kasha knish on occasion.