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Forward Waiting on line on Christmas is a time-honored New York tradition — was it ever thus? 25 Dec 2025
Amidst the bustle of New York City during the holiday season, lines at iconic Jewish establishments like Russ & Daughters and Katz's Deli become a tapestry o...
25 Dec 2025
Forward How a Jewish mother from Flatbush became America's most recognizable Italian on TV 7 Aug 2025
Fran Lopate, a Jewish mother from Flatbush, became famous in the 1970s for her portrayal as an Italian mamma in Levy's Rye Bread's iconic advertising campaig...
7 Aug 2025
Forward Zohran Mamdani has represented Astoria's Jews for 4 years. What do they think of him? 1 Jul 2025
Zohran Mamdani's recent victory in the Democratic mayoral primary highlights the complex relationship between his political stance and the Jewish community h...
1 Jul 2025
Forward I have seen the future of America — in a pastrami sandwich in Queens 26 Apr 2025
In an unexpected culinary crossover, San Wei, a noodle stall in Queens Center Mall, bridges Chinese and Jewish American food traditions by offering a classic...
26 Apr 2025
Forward State Department plan to deport ‘pro-Hamas’ students relies on a 1952 law that targeted Jews 7 Mar 2025
The U.S. State Department's reliance on the 1952 McCarran-Walter Act to revoke visas of foreign students perceived as pro-Hamas has sparked controversy for i...
7 Mar 2025
Forward They were a kosher bakery success story — 80 years later, people are still trying to make a buck off their babka 17 Dec 2024
Allen Schick reflects on the transformation of his family's bakery, Schick's, a once-beloved fixture in Brooklyn's Orthodox community, known for its homemade...
17 Dec 2024
Forward They were a kosher bakery success story — 80 years later, people are still trying to make a buck off their babka 17 Dec 2024
The rise and transformation of Schick's Bakery from a small Borough Park institution to a multinational brand is chronicled through the history of its belove...
17 Dec 2024
Forward A reunion project for Holocaust survivors and their families runs a race against time 9 Nov 2024
The Holocaust Reunion Project, founded by genealogists Jennifer Mendelsohn and Adina Newman, is actively working to reconnect Holocaust survivors and their f...
9 Nov 2024
Forward In place of a proud emblem of Jewish immigration in NYC, million-dollar condos and a private garden 20 Sep 2024
The Bialystoker Center and Home for the Aged, a significant symbol of Jewish immigrant achievement in New York City's Lower East Side, has reopened as luxury...
20 Sep 2024
Forward A small town in Spain is finally embracing its Jewish history — but is any of that history true? 9 Aug 2024
In Hervás, Spain, the town celebrates its Jewish history during the Festival of the Conversos, attracting tourists to its well-preserved 13th-century Jewish ...
9 Aug 2024