THE CAKEMAKER

 PRE-READING. 

Vocabulary. 

Find the meanig of the following words.

Reboot                    baker                guilt                 grief

 

 

 1. Complete the text with the words below.

THINGS        AFFAIR     WITHOUT      VOICEMAIL            BOTH        FREQUENTLY     LEARNS

Thomas, a young, solitary German baker, is having an affair with a married Israeli man named Oren, who _____________(1) visits Berlin on business. When Oren does not answer Thomas's calls one day, Thomas discovers that he died in an accident in Israel, and he goes to Jerusalem and visits the cafe of Oren's widow, Anat. __________________ (2) revealing his identity, he gets a job in the cafe's kitchen and rents an apartment in the city. At first he cannot make food, because it puts the cafe at risk of losing its kosher certification, but  finally Anat allows him to make food.

Thomas___________ (3)  more about Anat's life and her family, including her brother-in-law, Motti, who is initially suspicious of him. He also gets closer to Anat, who is still grieving her husband's death despite she knows of his infidelity. Anat is continuously tempted to look through Oren's personal _____________ (4), which include notes from his lover and a second phone. Eventually,  the two have a short ___________ (5). The affair makes Thomas think on his time with Oren.

Anat finds a shopping list written in German among Oren's personal things, including the name of the Berlin cafe where Thomas works. Anat tells Thomas that Oren told her he was having an affair, and planned on leaving her and their son in Jerusalem to start a new life in Berlin. Anat forced him to leave the house, and he died in a car accident on his way to a hotel. __________ (6) Anat and Thomas are  overwhelmed with guilt and grief. Later,  she discovers a note in Oren's things with Thomas's handwriting. After rebooting Oren's second phone, she discovers more than a dozen ____________(7) messages from Thomas, and realizes that he was her husband's lover. Motti forces Thomas to leave Jerusalem immediately, saying they don't want him here and he must never return to Israel.

 

2. Read about the last scene. How do you interpret it? 

Three months later, Anat's cafe is successful, despite lacking kosher certification. Anat travels to Berlin, where she spots Thomas coming out of his cafe from a distance. After watching him depart, she looks up at the sky and smiles.

 

 3. Find  about kosher food. 

- What is it? 

- What makes a food kosher? 

- What foods are not kosher? 

 

4. Find more about israeli food? Is there an element that defines it? Find out about the history of Israel and link it with the food. 

 

Would you include Palestinian food ? What do you know about the conflicting cohexistence of palestinians and jews in Israel?

 

5. Write about festivities and food. 

 

6. Copy an Israeli recipy. Explain it in class.