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New Yorkers: today, lunch is served with a side of great laughs. From 1pm to 3pm, hilarious Jewish comedian Judy Gold is going to be slinging out knishes and egg rolls out of the iconic orange Manischewitz truck on Amsterdam Avenue near 73rd and 74th Streets on the Upper West Side of Manhattan. All of … Hilarious comedian Judy Gold is going to sell knishes and hot dogs out of the iconic orange Manischewitz truck on the Upper West Side today

Mahjong

It seems like mahjong’s cultural relevance is only getting stronger, with women in particular playing the Chinese strategy game reminiscent of Rummy (yes, the card game) all throughout the five boroughs and beyond. So we are absolutely not surprised that the Jewish parenting website Kveller is hosting a first-of-its-kind mahjong festival at the Museum of … A mahjong festival is taking over the Museum of Jewish Heritage this summer

If there’s one thing we’ve learned, it’s that Eyal Shani’s kosher restaurant Malka, in Dumbo, knows how to throw a party. The restaurant regularly turns into an Israeli microcosm on Thursday nights, complete with a live DJ, dancing on tables and a family-style dinner concept that highlights a few of the eatery’s most popular Mediterranean … Malka Dumbo is throwing a Tel Aviv-themed party next week

As soon as the weather turns even slightly warmer, our thoughts immediately drift to outdoor dining. Can you blame us? After what felt like an endless winter cooped up in our NYC apartments, battling rain, snow and seasonal depression, it’s only natural that the moment temperatures hit 70 degrees two days in a row, we … 17 kosher restaurants in Manhattan with outdoor seating

Nuremberg

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

The relatively newly kosher-anointed BUBA Bureka continues to delight our taste buds with exciting new drops. On April 22, the downtown eatery is launching a new shakshuka bureka in collaboration with Brooklyn-based actor and content creator Jake Goldberg, best known for playing Adam Sandler’s oldest son in the Grown Ups franchise—and, in a second life … BUBA is launching a new shakshuka bureka that has got us salivating already

When viral NYC hotspot BUBA Bureka announced that it was going kosher, it broke the Internet. And, now, there’s even more reason to rejoice at the mere existence of such a lovely destination in downtown New York: just in time for warmer weather (finally), the bureka paradise is debuting an adorable outdoor shed smack-dab in … BUBA Bureka now has an adorable outdoor shed on Bleecker Street

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

This Wednesday, March 25, B’nai B’rith International, one of the oldest Jewish service and advocacy organizations in the world, is hosting a holiday event where attendees will pack Passover care packages filled with essential staples to be delivered to Holocaust survivors in the NYC area. In addition to the mitzvah, guests of PROJECT H.O.P.E will … Help pack Passover care packages for Holocaust survivors in NYC this week

Rachel Golberg-Polin, When We See You Again book cover

Next month, on April 20, Rachel Goldberg-Polin, mother of slain October 7 hostage Hersh Goldberg-Polin and now a prominent American-Israeli activist, will appear at the Temple Emanu-El Streicker Cultural Center on the Upper East Side to launch her new book, When We See You Again. The book is a deeply personal account of grief, resilience … Rachel Goldberg-Polin is coming to NYC to launch her new book ‘When We See You Again’