Electric bikes have become a common sight on New York City’s streets, especially among the city’s estimated 65,000 food app delivery workers — a significant portion of whom are immigrants. And while e-bikes can be a fun and efficient way to get around, New York has also been “flooded with uncertified batteries and e-bikes and […]
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Kelly Chervin’s book club doesn’t usually discuss what it means to be Jewish. But over a candlelit dinner last week in the basement of Balaboosta, an Israeli restaurant in the West Village, a dozen Lit Club attendees explored themes of Jewish identity, memory, diaspora and history. The conversation was wide-ranging and highly personal, even though […]
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Looking for a fun way to celebrate the unofficial beginning of summer? A howlingly funny film about a Jewish family opens in New York City on Friday. Directed by Daniel Robbins, “Bad Shabbos” takes place entirely over the course of one Friday evening, as a Jewish family gathers for a Shabbat meal at their parents’ […]
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Since its founding, StandStrong — a Chicago-based non-profit that wants Jews to have the confidence and skills to defend themselves — has hosted self-defense classes at Jewish community centers, synagogues and Jewish summer camps across the country. But earlier this month, they brought their self-defense training, which draws from martial arts like Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu and […]
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Before there was Joan Rivers and Susie Essman, and long before showrunner Amy Sherman-Palladino dreamed up “The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel,” one Jewish comedian helped blaze a trail for the generations of hilarious women who followed her. Her name is Jean Carroll, and she’s considered the first Jewish woman stand-up comedian. And if you’ve never heard […]
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On the surface, New York-based filmmaker Yael Melamede’s latest documentary is an intimate story about her mother, award-winning Israeli architect Ada Karmi-Melamede. Ada, 88, who was born Mandatory Palestine and comes from a family of architects, is renowned for creating some of Israel’s best-known public buildings, including Ben-Gurion Airport, the Ramat HaNadiv Nature Park Visitor’s […]
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This article was produced as part of the New York Jewish Week’s Teen Journalism Fellowship, a program that works with Jewish teens around New York City to report on issues that affect their lives. “We’re not just a Jewish team but we are playing for the Jewish people.” So says Zevi Samet, a junior guard for […]
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Between showers on a rainy Sunday afternoon, an Upper West Side intersection played host to a lively outdoor salsa concert by a 13-piece band that included three trumpet players and three trombonists. The street party, which drew a mix of dancing celebrants and confused passersby, was in honor of the Jewish New Yorker who left […]
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A new abstract bronze sculpture that celebrates motherhood and caregiving was unveiled in Brooklyn’s Prospect Park last week. Created by Jewish artist and activist Molly Gochman, the sculpture, part of her “Monuments to Motherhood” series, is 15 feet tall and resembles a loosely tied knot. It stands just opposite Grand Army Plaza, whose most notable […]
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D’yan Forest is, in the truest sense of the phrase, one of a kind. That’s because at the age of 90, she is the oldest female stand-up comedian in the world, per Guinness World Records. And on Thursday and Sunday, as part of the New York City Fringe Festival, she is performing the last of […]
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