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U. of C. Comedic Debate Pits Latke Against Hamantash

By Sam Cholke | November 23, 2015 5:42am
 Professor Aaron Dinner created a potato gun to make his case in the 2010 Latke Hamantash Debate.
Professor Aaron Dinner created a potato gun to make his case in the 2010 Latke Hamantash Debate.
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HYDE PARK — The Jewish delicacies the latke and the hamantash will battle it out for supremacy for the 69th time on Tuesday, each backed by some of the best minds in the city.

The annual comedic debate at the University of Chicago, where faculty leverage their expertise to argue the best Jewish food, will start at 7 p.m. Tuesday at Mandel Hall, 1131 E. 57th St.

The 69th annual debate is more focused than it has been in decades, pitting public policy professors against law school faculty.

Assistant Professor Daniel Hemel and Professor Anup Malani of the Law School and Ioana Marinescu and Anthony Fowler, assistant professors in the Harris School of Public Policy, will each take to their respective corners in debate pitting the savory potato pancake against the triangular pastry.

The event is the second year without long-time moderator Ted Cohen, a professor of philosophy at the university who kept the score as equal as he felt like keeping it and who helped found the debate.

Cohen died in 2014 and Hal Weitzman, executive director for intellectual capital at the Booth School of Business, will try to fill the large shoes left by Cohen and moderate this year’s debate.

The event is free and open to the public but seats are first-come, first-served for the popular event.

Tickets are $5 for a reception after the debate.

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