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If your culinary tastes skew plant-based, this one’s for you: Avant Garden—the upscale vegan restaurant from Overthrow Hospitality, the group behind several of NYC’s kosher vegetarian favorites—hosts a special six-course Jain dinner once a month. First of all, what exactly is Jain? Rooted in the ancient Indian religion of Jainism, Jain cuisine follows a strict … This kosher restaurant on Avenue A serves a unique plant-based, 6-course Jain tasting menu once a month

A homemade knäckebröd-style crisp bread, a seemingly classic margherita pizza topped with intensely savory dried shiitake mushrooms, a build-it-yourself BBQ halibut taco served with Korean daikon: these aren’t the kinds of dishes kosher palates are used to. Perhaps, with the opening of Libbi at 205 East 81st Street on Manhattan’s Upper East Side, that will … At Abaita, chef Davide Donagrandi gives us what we want. At Libbi, he gives us what we need.

Buba Bureka, the first-ever burekas-only shop in New York City, opened in 2025 and immediately went viral—and, as of today, kosher palates will understand why: the eatery at 193 Bleecker Street in Greenwich Village is officially certified kosher under IKC. There’s something to be said about limits: although New York restaurants’ astounding variety of culinary … Viral NYC hotspot Buba Bureka is now certified kosher!

Tomorrow—Tuesday, January 27—is International Holocaust Remembrance Day. To mark the occasion, the Museum of Jewish Heritage — A Living Memorial to the Holocaust will illuminate its façade in vibrant yellow, a color closely associated with the day because of the yellow Star of David that Jews were forced to wear during the Holocaust. The activation … Museum of Jewish Heritage to illuminate its facade for Holocaust Remembrance Day this week

Pitmaster, the Israeli BBQ spot that’s more of an interactive dining experience than a straight-up restaurant, is officially crossing the ocean. The brand is set to open its first-ever U.S. locations later this year. According to YeahThat’sKosher, Pitmaster will kick things off in Florida, with a Miami-area outpost slated for Aventura sometime after Passover. New … Israeli live-fire BBQ dinner-and-show restaurant Pitmaster is opening in NYC

People Jew Wanna Know, one of the most popular podcasts in the Jewish media ecosystem, is turning two years old and, to celebrate, host Margarita Lyadova is hosting a live podcast taping at Stand Up NY, one of New York City’s oldest comedy clubs, now operating at 221 West 46th Street near Times Square. The … People Jew Wanna Know podcast turns two with a live taping at Stand Up NY

It’s very difficult to create a single, universal list of the best kosher restaurants in New York City. For one, there’s a big distinction between meat-centric and dairy-centric eateries—almost like comparing drama and comedy categories during awards season. It doesn’t always feel fair to pit them against each other and, yet, they are two sides … The 16 best kosher restaurants in NYC right now

The New York Jewish Film Festival—an annual event spotlighting international films that explore themes tied to the Jewish experience—will take over Lincoln Center once again this year, kicking off on January 14 and running through January 28. Presented by the Jewish Museum and Film at Lincoln Center, this year’s festivities will open with Once Upon … 10 movies we’re most excited to catch at the New York Jewish Film Festival

Between 1943 and 1945, while hiding from Nazi deportation during the German occupation of the Netherlands, German Jewish writer Curt Bloch created Onderwater-Cabaret (“Underwater Cabaret”) in secrecy, a handmade, illustrated poetry magazine that used satire, wordplay and wit to confront Nazi propaganda and affirm Jewish humanity in the darkest of circumstances. Now, decades later, Bloch’s … This immersive NYC art installation explores the origins of a secret Holocaust-era poetry magazine

In Oklahoma Samovar, a new play by Alice Eve Cohen currently having its world premiere Off-Off-Broadway at experimental theater La MaMa (74 East Fourth Street), a young woman named Emily inherits a mysterious instruction from her recently deceased mother: to scatter her ashes on a stranger’s farm in Oklahoma, a place she’s never heard of … This new play tells the story of the Oklahoma Land Run’s only Jewish family