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Tandir Kebab House

Union Turnpike in Queens has unofficially become the kosher Bukharian restaurant hub of NYC—and it’s only growing. The latest addition: Tandir Kebab House, a new kosher Bukharian grill that just opened at 188-09 Union Turnpike. As first reported by Yeah That’s Kosher, the eatery is certified glatt kosher by the Vaad of Queens and offers … Tandir Kebab House is a new kosher Bukharian restaurant that just opened in Queens

Chef Guy Kairi, the executive chef behind the upscale Upper East Side restaurant Rothschild TLV, is expanding his footprint in the neighborhood. Operating out of the Rothschild Kitchen, Kairi has just launched two new delivery- and pick-up-only concepts: Kairi Sushi and Shmash NYC. Although all three operate from the same kitchen, they function as separate … Two new kosher delivery restaurants launch out of the Rothschild TLV kitchen on the Upper East Side

Just a few months after the non-kosher Suka Sushi went viral for serving push-up sushi rolls across NYC, kosher chain Nori Bar is following suit. When the spot debuts its new Kings Highway location on March 10, it will introduce similar-looking pop-up rolls—not just there, but across all of its New York outposts, including Boro … This kosher sushi spot is debuting push-up rolls next month

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

Sourdough became all the rage during the pandemic, as people stuck indoors embraced baking as both a pastime and a small act of self-sufficiency. It’s no surprise, then, that the trend has now, a few years later, creeped into the kosher world: Se’or Pizza is a new kosher eatery at 3005 Avenue K in Brooklyn’s … Se’or Pizza is a new kosher sourdough pizzeria in Brooklyn

Night Stories, a new Off-Broadway production built around the work of legendary Yiddish poet and Holocaust resistance fighter Avrom Sutzkever, opens this month at the Wild Project in Manhattan’s East Village at 195 East 3rd Street by Avenue B. The 68-minute production—which makes its official Off-Broadway debut on December 21 following a South American tour … This haunting new Off-Broadway play brings Yiddish resistance poetry back to life

A powerful new creative initiative born in the aftermath of October 7 is coming to New York City. The 8 Project, described by its organizers as a “creative healing initiative,” will present a special exhibition curated by Israeli-American artist Tomer Peretz. The show, titled “The 8 Project Exhibit,” will take place at a private, undisclosed … A new exhibit in NYC will showcase works by artists affected by the war in Israel

Last week, the New York Historical unveiled a deeply moving new exhibition: “The Recordings: Voices from the Shoah Tapes,” on view through March 29, 2026. Presented in partnership with the Jewish Museum Berlin, the exhibition offers a rare listening experience drawn from the recently uncovered audio archive of Shoah, Claude Lanzmann’s groundbreaking 1985 Holocaust documentary. … A new exhibit at the New York Historical highlights rare Holocaust recordings

It’s not often that the very best version of a food in New York also happens to be kosher. Case in point: Dough Doughnuts’ outstanding donuts. Just in time for Hanukkah, the beloved sweet shop—arguably, the purveyor of the best donuts in the city—is set to open a new location at 133 West 72nd Street, … Dough Doughnuts opening a new location on the Upper West Side this month

Earlier this week, during its 11th annual “packathon,” Congregation Shearith Israel on the Upper West Side—the oldest Jewish congregation in the United States—announced that it is opening a kosher food pantry on site, in partnership with Masbia, the nonprofit kosher food assistance network that currently operates two locations in Brooklyn and one in Queens. This … A new kosher food pantry and soup kitchen will open in Manhattan around Hanukkah