Tag: Brooklyn

The author reflects on their search for Jewish identity and how they find meaning in food.
Rabbi Margo Hughes-Robinson writes about her experience leading an antisemitism training for Guatemalan construction workers who are in a labor dispute with their Hasidic bosses in Brooklyn.
In "Pizza Break" by Racheli Lebovics, the protagonist, Shayna, goes on a fourth date with a guy named Dov.
The Ice Cream House, a Brooklyn kosher ice cream chain, has voluntarily recalled all of its ice cream and frozen desserts after being linked to a listeria outbreak from another kosher ice cream manufacturer.
"A Castle in Brooklyn" is a novel by Shirley Russak Wachtel that tells the story of three characters - Jacob, Zalman, and Esther - who survive the Holocaust and navigate the challenges of rebuilding their lives in America.
This text is a discussion of Norman Mailer's life and career, focusing on his mayoral campaign and his transformation from a nice Jewish boy from Brooklyn to a self-styled outlaw.
The author describes the joys and challenges of experiencing summer in New York City.
"Mind Over Batter: 75 Recipes for Baking as Therapy" is a self-care cookbook written by Jack Hazan and Michael Harari.
In this essay by Marcia Bricker Halperin, the author describes her experience photographing Dubrow's Cafeteria on Kings Highway in Brooklyn in the 1970s.
Mel Brooks, born Melvin Kaminsky in Brooklyn in 1926, is a renowned comedian known for his American Jewish humor.
Esther Levy Chehebar, a Sephardic Jew from Brooklyn, wrote a children's book called "I Share My Name" to explain the tradition of naming children after living relatives in her community.
The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) has responded to criticism regarding its remarks on The New York Times' investigation into Hasidic yeshivas.
Rep. Hakeem Jeffries, a prominent Democrat from New York, has become the first Black leader of a major party in Congress, succeeding Nancy Pelosi as House Minority Leader.
In a recent episode, Yonit and Jonathan discuss the relationship between the Royal Family and the Jewish community amidst news of the Queen's death dominating headlines.
The podcast episode discusses the history of Seth Low Junior College, a separate campus in Brooklyn that existed from 1928 to 1938 and was created by Columbia University to limit the number of Jewish students on its main campus.
"The Natural" by Bernard Malamud is a novel about a baseball player named Roy Hobbs who overcomes adversity to make it to the major leagues.
A Brooklyn native recounts his unexpected summer adventure in 1959 when, after a chance job offer, he became a yeoman on a training ship traveling to England, Norway, Spain, France, and Madeira.
The author reflects on their experience growing up in southern Brooklyn, a neighborhood known as the "vertical shtetl."
The author describes their experience of celebrating their non-Jewish friend's holiday, Christmas, and how it allowed them to appreciate and understand another culture without straying from their own Jewish identity.
This article discusses the story of Eliyah Hawila, also known as Ali Hassan Hawila, who was recently exposed for lying about his Jewish heritage.
The author reflects on the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic and the loss of normalcy and loved ones.
This text is a memoir that recounts the experiences of the author's mother, Matilde, as she immigrated to the United States from Cuba in the 1950s.
Chanie Apfelbaum, the founder of the Busy in Brooklyn kosher food blog, recently returned from a trip to Italy that had a profound impact on her approach to food.
In this podcast episode, Elliot Kaufman discusses the Crown Heights riot that occurred in August 1991 in Brooklyn.
This article discusses how a powerful song helped heal the tensions in Crown Heights, Brooklyn, after the riots in 1991.