Miscellaneous Features

On the Jewish food scene: “Immersive” research in Jewish deli culture, pt 2

By Bill Simons

The 35 years from the end of World War I to the end of the Korean War marked the heyday of the Jewish deli. New York City, then home to more than half of American’s Jews, was the deli capital, although areas of Jewish settlement across the U.S. had their own establishments.…

Jewish Online Resources 6/16/23

By Reporter staff

A variety of Jewish groups are offering educational and recreational online resources. Below is a sampling of those. The Reporter will publish additional listings as they become available. 

Uri L’Tzedek, Orthodox Social Justice, will hold “Walking towards a more tole…

Spotlight: Soccer memories of Zurich

By Arieh Ullmann

On our recent visit to Zurich for a family celebration, I took advantage of the stay in my hometown to visit an exhibition celebrating the 100th anniversary of the founding of the Hakoah soccer club Zurich (FC Hakoah) where I had played in the 1950s and 1960s, first as a ju…

On the Jewish food scene: “Immersive” research in Jewish deli culture, pt 1

By Bill Simons

Recently, as I was about to undertake “immersive” research in New York City’s Jewish delis, several kibitzers provided food for thought. From cousin Robert came shared memory and experience: “I was at Katz’s a few years ago and could go daily – those latkes, the …

Jewish Online Resources 6/2/23

By Reporter staff

A variety of Jewish groups are offering educational and recreational online resources. Below is a sampling of those. The Reporter will publish additional listings as they become available. 

The Center for Jewish History will hold the virtual lecture “Family History Tod…