Tuesday night I found myself noshing on a piece of rye bread with cream cheese and thinly sliced smoked salmon from Russ & Daughters while gazing up at four giants of New York’s Jewish food world. I was at at the 92nd Street Y, where the all-star panel consisted of Mark Federman of Russ &…
The talk will include a slideshow of images, including this one, from Aaron Rezny’s book “Eating Delancey.” Image courtesy of 92nd Street Y For New Yorkers, the Lower East Side has long been the go-to neighborhood for classic Jewish food. In recent years, though, the area has lost some of its kosher cred, with the…
Sol Adler, the disgraced former executive director of Manhattan’s 92nd Street Y, has hanged himself in his Brooklyn home, the New York Post reported Sunday. His wife discovered his body on Friday morning, according to police. Adler, 60, had been fired from his position at the Y in 2012 after serving as director for two…
(JTA) — When the 92nd Street Y announced last week that it had hired a new executive director, Crain’s New York Business went with an eye-catching headline. “It’s a goy! 92nd St. Y picks first non-Jewish chief.” The announcement that Henry Timms would lead the famed Upper East Side cultural center represented the culmination of…
The 92nd Street Y announced today two new appointments: Henry Timms will be the new Executive Director, and Rabbi Peter J. Rubinstein the Director of Jewish Community. Timms has served as the interim Executive Director since July 2013, when Executive Director Sol Adler was fired over an affair with his assistant Cathy Marto, who was…
Jewish philosopher Baruch Spinoza has been disinvited by the 92nd St Y. from giving his talk “Why I am a Heretic and Abjure Traditional Judaism.” According to event organizers the lecture has been cancelled because he has, in the past, failed to disown the BDS movement. This isn’t the first time Spinoza has courted controversy….
Well, I certainly never had that happen before. In years of moderating sometimes heated public conversations, never has a panelist just walked off the stage. But that’s what Commentary editor John Podhoretz did Monday night. And I’m still trying to figure out why. Of course, I expected a feisty evening when the venerable 92nd Street…
One Jewish charity CEO hid allegedly stolen cash in his apartment closet. Another had an affair with his assistant while the assistant’s son-in-law stole from the CEO’s organization. A third covered up sex abuse charges for decades. Scandal after scandal has hit New York’s top Jewish charities this year. Experts blame lax oversight, saying that…
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