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The first-ever Brooklyn SeltzerFest is a celebration of ‘Jewish champagne’

JL;DR SUMMARY The first-ever Brooklyn SeltzerFest celebrates the cultural heritage and contemporary popularity of seltzer, often called "Jewish champagne." A way out west there was a fella, fella I want to tell you about, fella by the name of Jeff Lebowski. At least, that was the handle his lovin' parents gave him, but he never had much use for it himself. This Lebowski, he called himself the Dude. Now, Dude, that's a name no one would self-apply where I come from. But then, there was a lot about the Dude that didn't make a whole lot of sense to me. And a lot about where he lived, likewise. But then again, maybe that's why I found the place s'durned innarestin'.

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Jewish CultureBrooklynJewish HeritageKlezmerSeltzerBarry JosephAlex GombergEgg Cream InvitationalWalter BackermanSeltzer Museum

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New York, United States
"Seltzer, the fizzy drink thats been called Jewish champagne, has played an important role in the history of Jewish New York ever since Eastern European Jews began making, delivering and selling it in the early 1900s, largely on the Lower East Side, as the New York Times wrote in 2023."
Brooklyn, New York, United States
"On Sunday, that history is being celebrated with the first-ever Brooklyn SeltzerFest, organized by the citys (and, perhaps, the worlds) only museum dedicated entirely to the carbonated water."
Cypress Hills, New York, United States
"In 2023, Gomberg and Joseph combined forces to found the non-profit Brooklyn Seltzer Museum housed inside the factory in Cypress Hills, Brooklyn, not far from JFK Airport."

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