Jewish food

Sweetening the new year: How Jewish food becomes family tradition - opinion

Jewish food is more than what Jews eat. It is what becomes woven into family life, memory, tradition, and the freedom to change what came before.

EMMER & CANE baked goods. Yum!
Stein Stein, owner of Steve Stein's Famous Deli in Northeast Philadelphia, the day after his last day in business, Aug. 24, 2026.

Northeast Philadelphia's last Jewish deli shuts down after over 60 years, most Jews in area left

My Life with Arthur Szyk  (see Tuesday).

Jerusalem highlights: May 29-June 4

Pastel con carne.

The original Jewish brunch: The meal that connects communities, flavors, and memories


We should all be eating more blintzes this year

How to go about making a blintz that’s mostly a memory?

Pancake tower

Book review: A feast in Jewish food ethics

Practical ideas that can produce a healthier, more compassionate, just, peaceful and environmentally sustainable world.

Killing of animals.

Did Austrians invent bagels 3,000 years ago?

Parts of 3,000-year-old ring-shaped bread have been uncovered in a Bronze Age site near the border with Slovakia. But beware, no lox or cream cheese.

A HOMEMADE bagel with fresh gravlax from ‘Modern Jewish Baker.’