In 2021, the Orthodox Union declined to put its kosher certification on Impossible Pork, even though similarly vegan “Impossible” foods — its burger, its chicken nuggets — carried the OU seal of approval. “The Impossible Pork, we didn’t give an ‘OU’ to it, not because it wasn’t kosher per se,” said Rabbi Menachem Genack, the […]
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If Daniel Schloff’s family had been on time to Yom Kippur morning services in 1965, he may have never encountered Sandy Koufax. Schloff, who was 17 years old at the time and a senior in high school, lived around 45 minutes away from Temple of Aaron synagogue in St. Paul, Minnesota, the Conservative congregation his […]
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A second season of “Nobody Wants This” is coming, whether Jews want it or not. The Netflix series, about an interfaith relationship between a rabbi (Adam Brody) and a non-Jewish, agnostic podcaster (Kristen Bell), has proven a massive hit for the streaming platform, even as its depiction of American Jewish life — which includes an […]
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October is well underway, which means that it’s nearly time for Open House New York Weekend, a yearly event that gives New Yorkers access to hundreds of notable, little-known or usually inaccessible locations throughout the five boroughs. This year, during the 22nd annual Open House New York Weekend, more than 270 spots across the city […]
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As the NHL drops the puck on the 2024-2025 hockey season, Jewish fans will have plenty to root for. The season officially began last week with a pair of games in Prague between Jack and Luke Hughes’s New Jersey Devils and Devon Levi and Jason Zucker’s Buffalo Sabres. The main action begins Tuesday, and as […]
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It was, I thought, a Jewish food writer’s dream assignment. Nearly four years ago, during the first autumn of the COVID pandemic, I sat down (virtually) with food superstar Ina Garten to learn about her childhood memories of home, family and food — and the impact those memories had on her career as a widely […]
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Park Avenue Synagogue introduced a new practice during Rosh Hashanah to mark the end of a Jewish year that included the Hamas attacks of Oct. 7 and the war and turmoil that has followed: A cohort of Broadway performers sang “Seasons of Love” from the popular rock musical “Rent” on the bimah. The performance took […]
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This photo essay is part of a series examining how Oct. 7 and its aftermath have changed the Jewish world. You can see the complete project here. On Oct. 7, as news of Hamas’ invasion of Israel plunged Jews everywhere into shock and mourning, two rallies were called for midtown Manhattan for the next day. […]
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This article is part of a series examining how Oct. 7 and its aftermath have changed the Jewish world. You can see the complete project here. We’ve shed endless tears; we’ve hardened our hearts. We’ve stepped back; we’ve leaned in. We’ve silenced ourselves; we’ve spoken louder than ever. We’ve put on kippahs; we’ve taken down mezuzahs. We’ve […]
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((JR)) — In “White Bird,” a long anticipated film about a Jewish girl who is rescued by her classmate in Nazi-occupied France, the Holocaust is fertile ground for teaching children how to be good. The movie is a spinoff of “Wonder” (2017), a modern-day story about a middle schooler seeking to fit in despite his […]
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