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JCC Upper West Side

The Marlene Meyerson JCC Manhattan is campaigning to officially co-name West 76th Street “JCC Way,” and it’s asking neighbors to make it happen with an actual signature campaign. For 25 years, the corner of 76th and Amsterdam has hosted nursery school first steps, milestone celebrations and, per the JCC’s own campaign copy, “community when we … The JCC wants to co-name a street after itself and needs your signature to do so

The Malawach Kitchen

Midtown Manhattan has no shortage of kosher food, but a kitchen devoted almost entirely to malawach? That’s something new and oh-so-exciting. The Malawach Kitchen is now operating out of the Picnic food hall at 245 West 46th Street, near Eighth Avenue, serving a dozen or so interpretations of the flaky Yemenite Jewish flatbread. The OU-certified, … The new kosher Malawach Kitchen is serving the flaky Yemenite favorite in midtown

Modern Bread and Bagel's The Bazaar

Modern Bread and Bagel has done it again, and this time the culprit is peas: through the end of the month, the gluten-free kosher darling of Manhattan is slinging a spring pea schmear piled onto its signature boiled-then-baked rounds with radish, mint and a crunch of everything seasoning that makes the whole thing feel extremely … This limited-time-only kosher bagel is all about green peas (yes, we agree it sounds odd)

Dunkin' store in NYC

The Dunkin at 140 East 34th Street, the one directly across from Stern College’s dorms and classroom buildings, is no longer kosher. For years, it operated under the supervision of Rabbi Aaron Mehlman and National Kosher Supervision, one of a small group of Manhattan Dunkin locations that carried a hechsher. That certification has now been … The Dunkin’ across from YU is no longer certified kosher

Park East Synagogue

Two of the Upper East Side’s biggest Jewish institutions, Park East Synagogue and Chabad-Lubavitch of the Upper East Side, are joining forces and starting Rosh Hashanah, it’s going to change what a night (or a Shabbat, or a Tuesday) out looks like uptown. Here’s the gist: Park East, the landmarked 1890 sanctuary on East 67th … Park East Synagogue and Chabad UES are merging programs starting this Rosh Hashanah

Wolf & Lamb

There are very few kosher restaurants in New York that feel less like restaurants and more like institutions. Wolf & Lamb, the midtown steakhouse that has almost defined the neighborhood for three decades, is one of them, so news of its closure and imminent re-opening at a different address has obviously raised some eyebrows. Before … Iconic NYC kosher steakhouse Wolf & Lamb is officially moving after 30 years in midtown

Viva La Dough

Boy, what a difference one year makes: Viva La Dough, , the viral Paris-inspired kosher cafe that debuted as a seasonal pop-up outside of Macy’s just last year, is gearing up for the debut of its fifth storefront, this one at 525 7th Avenue by 39th Street in midtown Manhattan. As first reported by Yeah … Viva La Dough is opening yet another location, this one in midtown Manhattan

Center for Jewish History

Starting this week, the Center for Jewish History on West 16th Street is home to “All We Have Standing Between Us: 250 Years of Jews and American Democracy,” the kind of show that might have you consider cancelling your Sunday plans to go look at things. The premise: American Jews have been arguing about, building … A new exhibit tells 250 years of American Jewish history with 75 objects

Fiddler on the Roof

Somewhere between “Tradition” and “To Life,” half your Shabbat table has cried at a wedding while humming “Sunrise, Sunset” without even realizing it was doing double duty as a Fiddler on the Roof reference. So getting to belt out the songs from Fiddler alongside a room full of fellow Jews almost feels like a rite … There’s a ‘Fiddler on the Roof’ sing-along happening in NYC next month

Caffe Aronne

Caffe Aronne is expanding uptown and owner Aaron Dahan gave us the details. Dahan told Pretty Kosher that the new location, set to take over the JCC’s ground-floor space at 76th Street and Amsterdam Avenue, was originally quoted a two-week turnaround by the contractor, but he’s betting on late August or early September in reality. … Caffe Aronne is opening a kosher location on the Upper West Side this summer