Books

New York foods

The ‘iconic’ Jewish foods that make New York New York

Author June Hersh explores how bagels, brisket and cheesecake conquered the Big Apple, and does some good in the process.

By Rachel Ringler February 21, 2023 12:32 pm

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10 treasures from the New York Public Library’s 125-year-old Jewish collection

The NYPL’s Dorot Jewish Division celebrates it quasquicentennial.

December 12, 2022 12:46 pm

Stella Levi

A Holocaust survivor from tiny Rhodes shares her story in a new book

The New York Jewish Week hosts a conversation with Stella Levi and the author of a new book about her, “One Hundred Saturdays.”

December 1, 2022 4:59 pm

A moving memoir of Jewish Brooklyn, told tchotchke by tchotchke

By Andrew Silow-Carroll October 30, 2022 7:00 am

AIPAC protest

The Sit-Down Ideas

‘Bad Jews’ describes a history of American Jewish infighting

By Andrew Silow-Carroll October 20, 2022 9:00 am

A woman folding her arms sitting on a chair.

An Iranian Jewish leader was executed in 1979. His granddaughter wants his story known.

By Howard Lovy January 4, 2022 10:40 am

Ideas

What the Tree of Life shooting revealed about American Jewry

By Andrew Silow-Carroll October 19, 2021 3:00 pm

French Jewish immigrant 1914

Ideas

No one lost their Jewish last name at Ellis Island. But we gained a safe haven.

By Andrew Silow-Carroll September 13, 2021 12:15 pm

Memoirist Qian Julie Wang finally found a home with her fellow Jews of Color

By Emily Burack September 8, 2021 6:00 am

Joshua Cohen’s ‘The Netanyahus’ analyzes the famous family through the story of one night

By Emily Burack June 22, 2021 1:27 pm

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