Jewish food

Winter in Jerusalem: Cozy soups, simple treats to warm your heart and home

Warm up this winter with cozy soups, hearty chicken, and sweet baked apples, simple recipes full of flavor and comfort for chilly days.

Chicken soup.
Henny Shor.

On board for Hanukkah: Fresh, delicious twist for the holiday

Kosher cookbook author and philanthropist Helen Nash died at 89.

Helen Nash, kosher cookbook author and NYC philanthropist, dies at 89

Edible dreidels.

Edible dreidels and pull-apart sufganiyot: Must try recipes for the Hanukkah season


Ukrainian-style Passover Stuffed Cabbage Rolls

Make some in solidarity with the Jews who were forced to flee their homes during this year’s Russia-Ukraine war.

 Stuffed cabbage is popular in Ukraine and is known as holubtsi, which literally translates as "little pigeons".

To help Ukraine, these Jewish bakers are making Hamantaschen

Bakers across the American and European diaspora – from Portland to Warsaw – have taken to making Ukraine-themed Hamantashen this Purim in solidarity and support of Ukrainian victims.

 Hamantashen for Ukraine for sale.

Petah Tikva man chokes on falafel, saved by EMTs passing by

When United Hatzalah volunteer EMT Neria Cohen left a Petah Tikvah store, he heard a commotion – along with cries for help – coming from the shop next door, where a man was choking on falafel.

Three falafel and salad-filled pitas.

University of Chicago Hillel hosts 75th Latke-Hamantash Debate

Since 1946, UChicago has hosted a debate on whether latkes or hamantaschen are the superior Jewish holiday food.

 BAKED POTATO latkes.

Just in time for Hanukkah, New York’s leading artisanal doughnut chain is now kosher

Open since 2010, Dough shuttered all but one storefront during the height of the pandemic, operating only out of its West 19th Street location.

Nechama's doughnuts

Impossible Pork shouldn't be kosher - opinion

"We should be glad that technology has created a meaningful difference between veggie beef and veggie pork — but if the distinction is there, the ban on the pork must be, too."

The Reubecca is a pork-heavy take on a Reuben sandwich.

Kreplach, anyone? A fable of a New York childhood

I especially like “Jewish” food, which, quite peculiarly, starts more often than not with a K: Kugel, knish, kichel, kuchen, knaidlach, and my personal favorite – kreplach.

 Kreplach

We tried these American hummus flavors so you don’t have to

Americans haven’t just embraced hummus, they have found truly appalling ways to make it their own. Here are the most horrifying flavors we could find.

Hummus 465

Why Russian Jews are obsessed with this health salad

While the exact origin of health and vitamin salads is unknown, they have been popular among Ashkenazi Jews for decades.

Claremont salad.

6 Jewish delis run by women that you need to know about

THE 2ND AVE DELI has been operating a kosher kitchen since 1954.