Lower East Side

Jewish landlord removes Swedish artist’s giant penis mural from Lower East Side building

The painting, which appears to feature a circumcised member, extended along the height of four out of the five stories of Samy Mahfar's building.

The 1916 Knish War of the Lower East Side

Extra! Extra! Read all about it: Rival restauranteurs battle over knishes! The 1910s were a bustling time for the Lower East Side shtetl-metropolis, where roughly 2 million Ashkenazi Jews were crammed more than 700 people deep per acre. And on one short block of Rivington Street, two knish-makers went to war. In 1916, Max Green, […]

The Baddest Yiddish-Speaking Jews of Warsaw and New York

Eddy Portnoy’s just-released Bad Rabbi and Other Strange but True Stories from the Yiddish Press reminds us that not all Jewish immigrants and migrants did well. Sure, some became doctors, lawyers, and successful business owners. But others became pimps, boxers, and general ne’er-do-wells. Portnoy, Senior Researcher and Director of Exhibitions at YIVO, offers a short […]

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Lower East Side

Jewish landlord removes Swedish artist’s giant penis mural from Lower East Side building

The 1916 Knish War of the Lower East Side

The Baddest Yiddish-Speaking Jews of Warsaw and New York

Board calls for fire-ravaged Lower East Side shul to be demolished

The Jewish Woman Behind Celebrity American Dolls

14-year-old arrested in arson of historic Lower East Side synagogue

Fire seriously damages historic Lower East Side synagogue

NYC’s Bygone Era of Jewish Romanian Steakhouses

New York’s iconic Katz’s Deli to open Brooklyn outpost

Iconic Jewish heritage mural on NY’s Lower East Side painted over

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