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This Sunday, April 19, The 8 Project Exhibit, featuring works by artists directly affected by the war in Israel, will be the site of a special Yom Ha’Shoah event dedicated to Holocaust remembrance through contemporary film. The program kicks off at 4pm with a curated showcase of trailers for five different films about the Holocaust: Honor Yom Ha’Shoah at this unique event featuring Jewish filmmakers in NYC this weekend

Next week, from April 12 through 14, three New York City coffee shops will host special “Sip & Listen” sessions with Holocaust survivors, timed to coincide with Yom HaShoah. The events aim to “create space for stories that must be heard.” The initiative is a joint effort between the Yad Vashem USA Foundation and The These three NYC coffee shops are hosting pop-up events with Holocaust survivors next week

Sam Sussman’s debut novel Boy From the North Country was drawing buzz well before it hit shelves in 2025. A finalist for the National Jewish Book Award, the semi-autobiographical story follows Evan, a young writer from upstate New York who grows up convinced he might be Bob Dylan’s son—and edges closer to the truth when Meet the author of Jewish coming-of-age story ‘Boy From the North Country’ on the Upper West Side tomorrow night

The Paley Center for Media

The Paley Center for Media just announced that it will host a conversation about how podcasts are redefining Jewish history on April 30 at 6:30pm. Part of its ongoing quarterly series “Media’s Role in Combating Antisemitism,” which is launched back in 2020 as a way to “shatter stereotypes, break down barriers, educate audiences,” next month’s Jewish podcasting stars take the stage to discuss how the medium is changing history

Pasta from Soda Club in NYC

Soda Club, the vegan pasta and wine bar from Overthrow Hospitality that officially went kosher in 2024, has announced a one-night-only pasta tasting extravaganza—exactly the kind of indulgent meal to book before Passover has us giving up wheat for ten days. The experience is happening at the restaurant on March 24 and seats will be This kosher restaurant in the East Village is hosting a one-night-only pasta tasting menu experience

On Monday, February 23, some of the biggest Jewish names in Hollywood will join forces on the Carnegie Hall stage to present “Letters, Light and Love,” a sweeping production centered on letters written about Israel across the centuries—from figures like Golda Meir and Julius Caesar—alongside other untold stories of ordinary people, according to an official All-star Jewish cast brings “Letters, Light and Love” to Carnegie Hall to raise funds for rebuilding Kibbutz Be’eri

In honor of Cancer Prevention Month, jscreen, the national nonprofit dedicated to proactive genetic health screening, is bringing its mission directly to the New York Jewish community with two accessible, community-driven genetic testing events, in partnership with Manischewitz and author and health advocate Gila Pfeffer. The goal is simple but powerful: make genetic screening feel You can get genetic testing done at two NYC events this month—and Manischewitz is bringing the food

Hanukkah shopping mode: activated. Tablet‘s annual Hanukkah Bazaar returns on December 6 (7–10pm) and December 7 (10am–6pm) on the Lower East Side at Canyon Essex, an experience space at 135 Delancey Street. Over 40 vendors will be purveying all the Judaica-adjacent delights you’d expect at any sort of Jewish holiday bazaar (menorahs! Kiddush cups! Mezuzahs!) This annual Hanukkah Bazaar is back in NYC next month and you can already snag tickets for it

To celebrate 100 years of Jewish Book Month—the annual celebration of Jewish literature typically observed the month before Hanukkah, in November—the Jewish Book Council is transforming 81 Hester Street on the Lower East Side into a pop-up Jewish bookstore on Sunday, November 16, and Monday, November 17, from 9am to 6pm. The unique activation comes A pop-up Jewish bookstore is taking over the LES for two days only

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