of Egypt; Warner Bros., whose animation division is known for cartoons such as Looney Tunes, Tiny Toon Adventures, Animaniacs, Pinky and the Brain and Freakazoid! . Cuisine Jewish cooking combines the food of many cultures in which Jews have settled, including Middle Eastern, Mediterranean, Spanish, German and Eastern European styles of cooking, all influenced by the need for food to be kosher. Thus, "Jewish" foods like bagels, hummus, stuffed cabbage, and blintzes all come from various other cultures. The amalgam of these foods, plus uniquely Jewish contributions like tzimmis, cholent, gefilte fish and matzah balls, make up Jewish cuisine. Philo-Semitism Philo-Semitism (also spelled philosemitism) or Judeophilia is an interest in, respect for and an appreciation of Jewish people, their history, and their culture and the influence of Judaism, particularly on the part of a gentile. Within the Jewish community, philo-Semitism includes an interest in Jewish culture and a love of things that are considered Jewish. Very few Jews live in East Asian countries, but Jews are viewed in an especially positive light in some of them, partly owing to their shared wartime experiences during the Second World War. Examples include South Korea and China. In general, Jews are positively stereotyped as intelligent, business savvy and committed to family values and responsibility, while in the Western world, the first of the two aforementioned stereotypes more often have the negatively interpreted equivalents of guile and greed. In South Korean primary schools the Talmud is mandatory reading. See also Culture of Israel Humanistic Judaism Jewish folklore Jewish studies Jews and ChristmasSecular Culture & Ideas Traditional Jewish chronology Yiddishkeit References Further reading Landa, M.J. (1926). The Jew in Drama. New York: Ktav Publishing House (1969). Stevens, Matthew. Jewish Film Directory: a guide to more than 1200 films of Jewish interest from 32 countries over 85 years. Trowbridge: Flicks Books, 1992 298p. Gabler, Neal. An Empire of Their Own: How the Jews Invented Hollywood. The Crown Publishing Group, 1988. . Veidlinger, Jeffrey. Jewish Public Culture in the Late Russian Empire.'' Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 2009. External links The center for Jewish Art Collection The City Congregation for Humanistic Judaism Congress of Secular Jewish Organizations Global Directory of Jewish Museums News and reviews about Jewish literature and books Festival of Jewish Theater and Ideas The Bezalel Narkiss Index of Jewish Art Heeb – an online magazine about Jewish culture Gesher Galicia Haskalah