Brooklyn

Doughnuts meet hamantaschen as Brooklyn’s Sesame bakery reimagines a Purim treat

Soft and filled with jelly and custard, the triangle-shaped pastries are sweet and pillowy. Traditional? Not so much.

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An East Williamsburg appetizing shop offers ‘a taste of nostalgia’ to its customers

Simply Nova, which serves traditional Ashkenazi delicacies like lox, bagels and matzah ball soup, just celebrated its one-year anniversary.

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A rectangular latke takes shape at Edith’s Sandwich Counter in Brooklyn

As demand for the fried-to-order Jewish treat grew, owner Elyssa Heller knew it was time to innovate.

New York

A Brooklyn-based Israeli musician contemplates the meaning of ‘home’ in new album

New York

A fictional rabbi animates Wing founder Audrey Gelman’s Brooklyn homewares store

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New York

99-year-old Holocaust survivor killed in traffic on way to Brooklyn synagogue

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New York

Former champ Yuri Foreman is now the ‘Vegan Boxing Rabbi,’ certifying kosher doughnuts

Health

NY investigating Orthodox-run health clinics that may have ‘fraudulently’ obtained COVID-19 vaccines

United States

Brooklyn rabbi accused of child molestation, Joel Kolko, died of COVID-19

Ideas

I grew up in Orthodox Brooklyn. We must apply the same COVID-19 standards for all — and Jews must choose life.

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