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The New York Jewish Week is the premier news site for North America’s largest, most diverse Jewish community.
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Announcing this year's 36 to Watch, our annual list spotlighting remarkable New Yorkers for their contributions to our city and its Jewish community:
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Getting ‘Sloppy’ on the Coney Island boardwalk with Rax King —.Over chili dogs, the Jewish writer chatted with our friends at Hey Alma about her new essay collection, old Jewish dads and a personal plea for the Wolf of Wall Street.
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I'm running late to meet Rax King. Like, really late. It's a sloppy move, to be a writer tardy to the interview you requested, at the Coney Island boardwalk, no less. But I don't have the time to...
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The Jewish producer of Broadway hits like ‘Hamilton’ and ‘Rent’ shares the secrets of his success. In his new memoir, “Theater Kid,” award-winning producer Jeffery Seller explores his unlikely journey from the Great Lakes State to the Great White Way.
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In his new memoir, “Theater Kid,” award-winning producer Jeffery Seller — a self-described "poor, adopted Jewish gay kid" — explores his unlikely journey from the Great Lakes State to the Great White...
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Julia Hyman, 27-year-old Midtown Manhattan shooting victim, mourned at Central Synagogue. Hyman, a Manhattan native who graduated from Cornell in 2020, was “so full of promise and so deeply loved,” her uncle said during the memorial service.
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Hyman, a Manhattan native who graduated from Cornell in 2020, was "so full of promise and so deeply loved," her uncle said during the memorial service.
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The goal of this NYC Shabbat dinner? Break a world record. Slated for Nov. 21 at The Javits Center, The Big Shabbat aims to put New York’s Jewish community in the Guinness Book of World Records.
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Slated for Nov. 21 at The Javits Center, The Big Shabbat aims to put New York's Jewish community in the Guinness Book of World Records.
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Wesley LePatner, killed in Midtown Manhattan shooting, is mourned as a ‘uniquely brilliant’ Jewish leader. “She was very practical, down to earth, very much wanted to make a difference,” said Park East Cantor Benny Rogosnitzky about the 43-year-old mom.
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“She was very practical, down to earth, very much wanted to make a difference,” said Park East Synagogue Cantor Benny Rogosnitzky about the 43-year-old mom of two.
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Kvell or kvetch? Two Brooklyn musicians are among the producers of a collection of Yiddish songs protesting the war in Gaza. via @JTAnews.
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“Lider mit Palestine” draws on Jewish music traditions to express solidarity with the Palestinians and opposition to the war.
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Jewish communal leader among victims in Manhattan mass shooting —.Wesley LePatner was killed along with four other people in a shooting at an office building in NYC.
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Wesley LePatner was killed along with four other people in a shooting at an office building in NYC.
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Tom Lehrer, satirist who sang about ‘Hanukkah in Santa Monica,’ dies at 97.The song, commissioned by Garrison Keillor in 1990, was one of the first popular tunes about a Jewish holiday.
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The song, commissioned by Garrison Keillor in 1990, was one of the first popular tunes about a Jewish holiday.
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Silver Moon Bakery, an UWS spot known for its challah, reopens on Broadway. “There’s been a whole big gap in good bread and community,” said one patron at the not-officially-named shop.
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“There's been a whole big gap in good bread and community,” said one patron at the not-officially-named shop.
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Explore the Jewish Bronx: A NY Jewish Week Walking Tour —.An in-person stroll down memory lane in what used to be NYC's most Jewish borough.
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Theater news alert! Jewish actor Andrew Barth Feldman is making his return to Broadway this fall, taking over the lead role in Tony Award-winning musical “Maybe Happy Ending.” This means he’ll be starring opposite his real-life girlfriend, Helen J. Shen.
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Theater news alert! Jewish actor Andrew Barth Feldman is making his return to Broadway this fall, taking over the lead role in Tony Award-winning musical "Maybe Happy Ending." This means he'll be...
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Grossinger’s iconic rye bread rises again — and won’t require a Catskills trip to obtain. Streit’s is making a cracker version of the bread served at the legendary Borscht Belt resort, in conjunction with a forthcoming TV show about it.
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Streit's is making a cracker version of the bread served at the legendary Borscht Belt resort, in conjunction with a forthcoming TV show about it.
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Billy Porter sparks controversy while promoting his ‘Cabaret’ cast: ‘Black people have replaced the Jews’
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NYC Restaurant Week Summer 2025: 7 Jewish and Jew-ish spots to try —.You’ll find blintzes, beef shanks, babka and more on these limited-time prix fixe menus that are as low as $30.
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You’ll find blintzes, beef shanks, babka and more on these limited-time prix fixe menus that are as low as $30.
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Liev Schreiber and Carol Kane play Orthodox Jews in upcoming Darren Aronofsky film. The highlight of the "Caught Stealing" trailer involves some homemade matzah ball soup.
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11 fascinating facts about Emma Lazarus, the Jewish writer who gave voice to the Statue of Liberty. Yes, the poet and author penned “The New Colossus.” But she also did so much more.
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Yes, the poet and author penned “The New Colossus." But she also did so much more.
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A decades-long collaboration among Brooklyn-born Jews that included “The Way We Were,” “You Don’t Bring Me Flowers,” and the songs for "Yentl." via @JTAnews.
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Bergman and his wife Marilyn wrote the words for "The Way We Were," "You Don't Bring Me Flowers" and the songs in the movie "Yentl."
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Meet the Jewish architects who designed NYC’s iconic art deco buildings. The art deco movement is celebrating its 100th anniversary this year.
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He kicked off the 1970s klezmer revival. Now, he’s paying tribute to New York’s vast global music scene. Walter Zev Feldman’s new book is part ethnomusicological treatise and part memoir.
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Walter Zev Feldman’s “From the Bronx to the Bosphorus: Klezmer and Other Displaced Musics of New York” is part ethnomusicological treatise and part memoir.
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Woodstock, but make it Orthodox: A Jewish music festival comes to the Catskills. Yamim Ba’im, starring Orthodox Israeli superstar Ishay Ribo, will take place Aug. 7 at Bethel Woods Center for the Arts — the same site as the 1969 Woodstock Festival.
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