a pie crust or puff pastry, or a modified sweet hamantashen dough containing less sugar. Hamantashen in Israel Hamantashen are known as "oznei haman" in Israel, a term that also refers to the Sephardic pastry "Orejas de Haman", twisted or rolled strips of dough that are fried, and are the most popular cookie sold at bakeries across Israel in the weeks leading up to Purim each year, with both large chains and small independent bakeries offering many different varieties. As in the diaspora, poppyseed remains the most-popular filling, with chocolate in second, and date filling coming in third in popularity. Jam is not nearly as common a filling as in America. See also Ashkenazi Jewish cuisine Jam tart Latke–Hamantash Debate Ma'amoul—a similar Mizrahi Jewish filled cookie traditionally served for Purim References Ashkenazi Jewish cuisine Jewish cookies Israeli pastries Pastries with poppy seeds Purim foods Yiddish words and phrases Foods with jam