Jackie Hajdenberg

Morton Sher's fighter plane was shot down in 1943. (Department of Defense/Courtesy)

82 years after his plane was shot down in China, Jewish WWII pilot Morton Sher is laid to rest at home

December 29, 2025 at 2:05 p.m.

Sher was a member of the pilot group known as the “Flying Tigers” — formed to protect China from Japanese invasion following the assault on Pearl Harbor in 1941.

Muhammad Gazawi as Khaled in 'The Sea,' premiered at the Other Israel Film Festival on Nov. 6, 2025. (JCC Manhattan/Courtesy)

Controversial Israeli film ‘The Sea’ made its North American premiere in NYC

November 11, 2025 at 10:49 a.m.

The Arabic-language drama was released in Israel in July; in September, it won five Ophir Awards — Israel’s version of the Oscars — including for best picture, which means “The...

Rabbi Moshe Tauber and wife Chaya Tauber drive up the West Side Highway while checking the Manhattan eruv, a boundary that permits observant Jews to carry items on Shabbat and Jewish festivals. (Jackie Hajdenberg/Courtesy)

This NY rabbi’s job is so specialized, he hasn’t vacationed in 26 years. But now, technology can help.

November 3, 2025 at 10:00 a.m.

Maintaining the eruv, which must be unbroken to be considered kosher, has been Tauber’s job since 1999. Installed in August, a new sensor system magnetically snaps onto multiple locations of...

Yoni Kretzmer (standing) teaches the children at the Greenpoint Shul's newly incorporated Hebrew school. (Greenpoint Shul/Courtesy)

As Greenpoint’s Jewish community grows, so does this shul’s Hebrew school

October 21, 2025 at 10:49 a.m.

The Greenpoint Shul — North Brooklyn’s only non-Haredi, brick-and-mortar synagogue — is today home to some 100 member families. That’s twice as many members as just 16 months ago.

Gary Shteyngart's original New Yorker article about his circumcision appeared in the Oct. 11, 2021 issue. (Jewish Week/Courtesy)

Gary Shteyngart reflects on his botched bris in a new short film

October 6, 2025 at 3:28 p.m.

In the film, over a montage of photos depicting his New York City childhood — including one of him at a typewriter — Shteyngart narrates how his botched circumcision came...

A new, temporary exhibit at the Museum of Jewish Heritage explores antisemitism in America, with the 2018 shooting at Tree of Life Synagogue in Pittsburgh at its center. (Jackie Hajdenberg/Courtesy)

The deadliest act of antisemitism on American soil is remembered in a new exhibit

October 6, 2025 at 11:56 a.m.

Other items on view include notes written on miniature ribbon scrolls, penned by members of Temple Beth Orr in Coral Gables, a synagogue whose community was deeply affected by the...

Wesley LePatner at the DiMenna Children's History Museum Family Benefit in 2019. (Sean Zanni via Getty Images/Courtesy)

Wesley LePatner, killed in Midtown Manhattan shooting, is mourned as a ‘uniquely brilliant’ Jewish leader

August 4, 2025 at 10:55 a.m.

LePatner had deep ties in New York’s Jewish community, where she grew and returned after college to make a mark on religious, educational and charitable organizations.

A Box of Grossinger's Rye Cracker Boards, produced by Streit's Matzos. (Harris Salomon/Courtesy)

Grossinger’s iconic rye bread rises again — and won’t require a Catskills trip to obtain

August 1, 2025 at 10:34 a.m.

Producer Harris Salomon and Newtown, Pennsylvania-based Borscht Belt Delicatessen president Mike Dalewitz, whose extended family ran various Catskills resorts, are launching a new product: Grossinger’s Rye Cracker Board.

Ishay Ribo in concert. (Davidi Crombie/Courtesy)

Woodstock, but make it Orthodox: A Jewish music festival comes to the Catskills

July 21, 2025 at 2:44 p.m.

Called Yamim Ba’im, or “The Coming Days,” the four-act, family-friendly outdoor concert will occur at the Bethel Woods Center for the Arts on Thursday, August 7.

'The Reservoir,' written by Jake Brasch and directed by Shelley Butler, which had its world premiere at the Alliance Theatre in Atlanta, won the Jewish Plays Project's annual contest. (Jerry Mooney/Courtesy)

These New York Jewish arts organizations have been defunded by the Trump administration

May 8, 2025 at 9:27 a.m.

The rescissions are leaving Jewish groups and others with uncertainty about how they will cover their expenses. Some have already budgeted for or even spent the latest grants, anticipating receiving...

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