Culture

Generations of immigrants to the Lower East Side are celebrated in a new picture book

Ellen Weinstein’s “Five Stories” traces the inhabitants of a Lower East Side building, from a Jewish family in the 1910s to a Chinese family in the present.

A fifth question this Passover: Why does that Manischewitz matzah box look so different?

The kosher food brand brand has gotten its first glow-up in decades, with a new design drenched in the signature orange of its old logo.

Peacock’s ‘The Tattooist of Auschwitz’ tackles a Holocaust love story based on real events

“Any kind of love at first sight is surprising, let alone in a context like this,” said lead actor Jonah Hauer-King.

The Nevele Country Club Stardust Room in Ellenville, New York, seen while the hotel was still in operation. (Catskills Borscht Belt Museum)

New stand-up shows aim to revive the Borscht Belt’s Jewish comedy legacy

Rachel Goldberg-Polin, Alex Edelman among Jews on Time’s 2024 ‘Most Influential’ list

The exterior of the Israeli pavilion at the Venice Biennale, covered with a pro-ceasefire protest message, with a soldier standing guard

Israel’s representative at Venice Biennale shuts down art exhibit, demanding ceasefire and hostage deal

Guernica’s founder defends retracting Israeli coexistence essay that caused firestorm

Where to find a Passover seder in New York City in 2024

From Alvin Ailey to Elie Wiesel, 14 standout moments from 150 years of the 92nd Street Y

A Queens-based Holocaust survivor remembers her real-life rescuer played by Anthony Hopkins in ‘One Life’

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