Held at Scribner’s Catskill Lodge, the weekend—which featured a Shabbat dinner, a hamin brunch, and a latkes and martinis ...

The Tel Aviv dinner in 2014 lacked live music, public transportation and lasagna, an organizer recalls. We bootstrapped everything. Zeev Isaac, owner of Hangar 11, Israel’s largest venue, gave us his ...

What is the correct title for this coming Shabbat, the Shabbat which takes place between Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur? Some people call it Shabbat Shuva, others call it Shabbat Teshuvah. Now actually ...

This year, it's New York's turn to show what community looks like. Picture a sweeping family-style, kosher vegetarian spread, curated by heavyweights like Adeena Sussman, Joan Nathan, Beejhy Barhany ...

Gathering for Shabbat or any of the many Jewish holidays brings smiles to the attendees of these Shabbat Club celebrations. Looking to find your people on a Friday night? Join the club. Literally, as ...

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It is quite uncomfortable to explain Shabbat observance to an outsider. To tell a complete stranger that you cannot so much as press an elevator button will, for the most part, elicit vacant stares.

The “Cry Me a Liver.” The “Newton Ave.” The “Double Trouble.” And, as a recent holiday treat, the “Pastrami Donut.” These word combinations are not random. In fact, that last item is not even a ...

Hold the Manishevitz. This is not your bubbe’s Shabbat. Gen Z and Millennial New Yorkers are eschewing the traditional Friday night Jewish dinners for buzzy Shabbat-themed parties at trendy bars and ...

The Shabbat meal contains significant items, including zemirot, which are medieval songs and ancient biblical psalms. They are a powerful means of preserving and showcasing Jewish culture’s rich and ...

On a recent Saturday morning at The Brotherhood Synagogue in downtown Manhattan, four Shabbat activities are going on simultaneously. Downstairs in the sanctuary, Rabbi Daniel Alder leads a ...

The dinner menu last Friday, (Jan. 26), at Ayat, a restaurant in Ditmas Park, Brooklyn, included a dish that might be called a special for the Palestinian eatery: challah, the voluminous woven bread ...