The New York Jewish Week and our partner
@JewishFood
are thrilled to share our new digital cookbook, Jewish Flavors of New York City — a collection of ten free recipes from the city's best Jewish restaurants.
An Orthodox gun club in New York is fighting back against the state's new gun legislation. “For a shul not to have the ability for people to carry arms is ridiculous," said the group's founder.
Happy birthday, Bette Midler! Born in 1945 and raised in Hawaii, Midler arrived in New York in 1965, appeared as Tzeitel in “Fiddler on the Roof” on Broadway and became a cult sensation singing at the Continental Baths in the Ansonia Hotel, with Barry Manilow on the piano.
As right-wing protestors target Drag Story Hour events across New York, they face a loosely connected movement of counter protestors that includes many progressive Jewish groups.
On this day in 1909, Clara Lemlich, 23, addressed a crowd at New York City's Cooper Union and demanded a general strike. Her speech in Yiddish galvanized the garment industry, and over 20,000 young women — predominantly Jewish immigrants — walked off their jobs.
An Irish artist (
@mycolorfulpast
) is making history come alive by colorizing old photos of Israel at the turn of the 20th century. This footage shows Jaffa Gate in 1897, which the artist colorized frame by frame. It's truly remarkable.
As Trump’s
#immigration
policy continues to roil the country, these Westchester synagogues are at the forefront of resettling Muslims from the Middle East:
On this day in 1902, the Lower East Side looked like a war zone after a protest led by Jewish women over the high cost of kosher meat got out of hand. The unrest spread across NYC & as far away as Boston in what one historian has called “The Great Kosher Meat War of 1902."
Former soccer player-turned-executive
@Yael_Averbuch
is the founder of the National Women’s Soccer League Players Association and serves as the general manager of
@GothamFC
.
The Catskills Borscht Belt museum is launching a festival this summer, ahead of its 2025 opening. The one-day festival will include comedy shows, workshops, lectures, exhibits, food, film screenings and a street fair!
Archeologist
@ticiaverveer
shares about the 17th century Jewish cemetery in The Hague (the Netherlands), her unforgettable first visit, and her personal connection with it:
#Archaeology
#History
Sandy Koufax is 87 today! The Brooklyn native and Lafayette High School alumnus played his entire Hall of Fame career with the Dodgers, first in Brooklyn and later in Los Angeles. (Tim Bradbury/Getty Images)
Born a slave, she died the wealthy matriarch of an elite Sephardic Jewish family in old New York. Sarah Brandon Moses' story is relevant at a time when Jews of color have become insistent on their rightful place in Jewish life. via
@NYJewishWeek
"Twitter (and I) want to know why
@nytopinion
would devote space to what is essentially a rejection of a Jewish holiday by someone who doesn’t regard herself as Jewish." via
@NYJewishWeek
We are thrilled to announce this year’s 36 to Watch, our annual list of Jewish New Yorkers who make a difference across our city. Get to know all our changemakers, from a 23-year-old star athlete to a 98-year-old Holocaust survivor and artist.
On this day in 1861, President Lincoln wrote a letter to Arnold Fischel, rabbi of Congregation Shearith Israel in New York City, saying a law forbidding Jewish clergy from serving as army chaplains was “deficient.” He signed legislation amending the law by the next summer.
From
@RabbiWolpe
--"Most Jews are not aware, in a world of factory-farmed and cruelly killed creatures, that kindness to animals is central to Judaism..."
Peekskill, New York native Paul Reubens — better known as Pee-wee Herman — has died at 70. The Jewish comedian and children's show star, whose father helped establish the Israeli Air Force, saw himself in the Jewish vaudevillian Eddie Cantor.
On this day in 1882, Jewish merchant Abraham Meyer sought relief in New York Superior Court from “blue laws” that forced him to close on Sunday. Meyer claimed the law was discriminatory because he was also unable to sell goods on Saturday, his own “holy time.”
On this date in 1849, Sephardic Jewish poet, translator and activist Emma Lazarus was born in New York City. Lazarus is most famous for her sonnet “The New Colossus,” a portion of which is inscribed at the base of the Statue of Liberty.
Louise Levy, who was the oldest living resident of New York State and a participant in a genetic study of long-living Ashkenazi Jews, died July 17 in Greenwich, Connecticut. She was 112.
On this day in 1989, the "Queen of Mean," billionaire real estate investor Leona Helmsley, was convicted of federal tax evasion and sentenced to 16 years in prison. During her trial, a former housekeeper testified that Helmsley had once said “only the little people pay taxes.”
"When Friday night comes, bless your children. Encourage them. Comfort them. If you were badly treated, be the pivot that turns to kindness for the generations to follow. Be the parent you needed when you were a child."
#MondayMotivation
from
@RabbiWolpe
:
A 25-year-old Orthodox Jew from Monsey, New York, gave the valedictorian’s speech at the NYPD Academy’s graduation ceremony. He had the highest grade-point average of his class and won two of the eight prizes handed out to new officers.
Graffiti reading “Kill all Jews” was discovered on the stairwell of Union Temple in Brooklyn Heights, prompting organizers of a political event planned there to cancel it.
A testament to the power of the global maker community: Currently on view at the Textile Museum of Canada, ‘Torah Stitch by Stitch’ project set to be completed within two years.
"'Send them back' is the message that the United States government had for the MS St. Louis in 1939 as it approached the Florida coast..."
#OpEd
@HIASrefugees
#MondayMotivation
from
@RabbiWolpe
~
"Dear God, in this coming year, may our mercy prove stronger than our anger, our kindness stronger than our cruelty, our love stronger than our hate..."
#YomKippur
Our friends at published an essay that dives into the story of actress and singer Judy Holliday, the Jewish New Yorker who, in the 1940s and ’50s, “paved the way for unapologetically Jewish movie stars.”
Happy birthday, Carole King, born Carol Joan Klein in Manhattan 81 years ago today. King began her career as a songwriter in 1958, penning hits like “Up On the Roof" and “The Loco-Motion” — and soared to the top of the charts with her solo album, “Tapestry,” in 1971.
Introducing this year’s 36 Under 36! These 36 noteworthy New Yorkers, all 36 years old or younger, each make New York — and its many Jewish communities — better. Read more about their inspiring work here.
Among the rioters who stormed the Capitol on Wednesday is the son of New York Judge Steven (Shlomo) Mostofsky, former president of the National Council of Young Israel. Your Daily Update. via
@NYJewishWeek
"Finally, the verses of the shofar remind us of the rhythms of our lives. This is the punctuation at the end and beginning of the year, recalling everything that has happened and all we dream of for the year to come..."
@RabbiWolpe
's
#RoshHashanah
message:
Today is the birthday, in 1842, of Joseph Bernard Bloomingdale, who along with his brother Lyman founded Bloomingdale’s Department Store in 1861. In 1886 they moved operations to its present-day location at 59th Street and Third Ave.
"As
#Purim
ends across the world in our day, we can take our costumes off — because the Jewish people need never wear masks again..." Powerful
#OpEd
from
@RabbiWolpe
:
#MondayMotivation
from
@RabbiWolpe
:
"Modeh ani, how grateful I am for the sacrifices of those before me, the goodness of those around me and the God who makes possible the astounding richness of our world..."
Happy birthday Jonathan Safran Foer, born on this day in 1977. Famous for his debut novel “Everything is Illuminated," he also wrote the post-9/11 novel “Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close,” which has become one of the most banned books in America during the last decade.
Do you love baseball and iconic NY Jewish deli food? Jewish Yankee Harrison Bader visits the last Jewish deli in the Bronx to discuss food, heritage, and sports (of course!) Read the full story -->
Happy birthday, Amanda Peet! The Jewish actress who recently co-created the Netflix dramedy “The Chair” was born in New York City on this day in 1972. She is the great-granddaughter of both Manhattan Borough President Samuel Levy and theatrical impresario Samuel Roxy Rothafel.