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On Monday, October 27, two of America’s most celebrated Jewish authors will share the same stage to explore what the very concept of a “Jewish novel” means today. Jonathan Safran Foer—the author of the award-winning novels Everything Is Illuminated, Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close and Here I Am—will appear alongside Sam Sussman, whose debut novel … Catch authors Jonathan Safran Foer and Sam Sussman discuss the “Jewish novel today” in NYC next week

Emily Nussbaum, critic and staff writer for The New Yorker, will moderate a lively conversation with cartoonists Liana Finck, David Ostow, Asher Perlman and Avi Steinberg in the Catskills this weekend. The panel will explore the influence of Jewish humor on American comedy and cartooning and how New Yorker cartoons go from concept to publication. … Hear The New Yorker’s Cartoonists Talk About Jewish Humor in the Catskills this Weekend

On Thursday, August 7, a massive open-air Orthodox Jewish music festival will take over the Bethel Woods Center for the Arts in the Catskills—the iconic site of the original Woodstock festival in August 1969. Yamim Ba’im (“coming days”) will be a four-act concert kicking off at 8pm and headlined by Israeli singer Ishay Ribo with … Ishay Ribo will perform at a Woodstock-like Jewish music festival in the Catskills next month

This Monday, Central Park will once again host “New York Sings Yiddish,” a massive free outdoor Yiddish sing-along concert presented by Capital One City Park Foundation SummerStage and the National Yiddish Theatre Folksbiene. The celebration will take over Rumsey Playfield (enter at Fifth Avenue and 72nd Street) from 7pm to 10pm, with doors opening at … A free outdoor Yiddish sing-along concert is taking over Central Park next week

Today would have been Anne Frank’s 96th birthday. To honor the occasion, organizers of “Anne Frank: The Exhibition“—the widely discussed show currently on view at the Center for Jewish History—are distributing 10,000 free copies of her renowned book, Anne Frank: The Diary of a Young Girl. The giveaway kicked off today at DREAM Charter School … Thousands of free copies of ‘The Diary of Anne Frank’ are being distributed across New York this summer

Mark your calendars: on Sunday, September 21, Adamah—the largest Jewish environmental organization in North America—is inviting New Yorkers to roll up their sleeves and give back to the planet. The all-day volunteer event, Rooted: A Jewish Day of Service for the Earth, will be part of Climate Week NYC and take place across green spaces … This Jewish environmental group is hosting a clean-up event in NYC this fall

Back in March, New York’s kosher food lovers flocked to 12 Chairs Café at 58 MacDougal Street for a special dinner series prepared by Israeli chef Avi Levi of Hamotzi, the renowned kosher restaurant in Jerusalem. Although not typically a kosher establishment, the downtown eatery temporarily turned its kitchen kosher and obtained certification for the … Israeli restaurant 12 Chairs Cafe is hosting yet another kosher pop-up dinner series next month

Attendees at cannabis-friendly Purim party in NYC dispensary

Jews in Weed was first launched after the October 7 attacks in Israel: at 4:20 p.m. every Friday, hundreds of people joined pre-Shabbat calls to bring the community together. Fast-forward to today, and the idea has grown in both scope and message, with events happening all over the city to celebrate different Jewish holidays within … This cannabis-friendly Purim party is happening inside a NYC dispensary

Here’s the background on this one: last week, news broke that an event featuring Jewish author Joshua Leifer was cancelled at Powerhouse Arena, a Brooklyn bookstore, because the moderator scheduled to attend the event, Rabbi Andy Bachman, was a “Zionist.” Turns out, the decision to cancel the book launch was not made by the store’s … The infamous “Zionist” Brooklyn book launch has officially been rescheduled to tonight

Noah Rinsky, the creator of viral social media account @oldwishmen, is launching what is sure to become a go-to Channukah gift this holiday season: The Old Jewish Men’s Guide to Eating, Sleeping and Futzing Around, basically an expanded book version of his hilarious online personality that plays on everyone’s fascination with the likes of Larry … Celebrate the launch of the hilarious ‘The Old Jewish Men’s Guide’ in midtown Manhattan next month