(JTA) — On Day 1 of the state-mandated shutdown in Pennsylvania, Amy Krulik tried to strike an upbeat tone. To stop the spread of the coronavirus, the Kaiserman Jewish Community Center outside Philadelphia had been shuttered starting March 13. Its 178 employees were sent home for at least two weeks. Krulik, the center’s CEO, acknowledged…
(JTA) — A man shouted anti-Semitic comments inside a kosher supermarket in northeast Philadelphia. The man had parked a tractor-trailer in the parking lot of House of Kosher for an extended period of time, eventually entering the market and shouting anti-Semitic epithets, the local Fox affiliate, Fox 29 Philadelphia reported Thursday. It is not clear…
(JTA) — Fliers described by local media as anti-Semitic and racist were placed on cars in parts of South Philadelphia. The page-long flier makes several false claims about the Jewish community and African Americans, the local CBS affiliate reported. “In general it profiles a really negative light on people of the Jewish faith, and their…
Philadelphia District Attorney Larry Krasner said he’s “very close” to enacting a policy that would end the criminalization of drug possession. Krasner, one of the country’s most progressive district attorneys, talked to “Axios on HBO” about his views on the war on drugs. “Possession is different than dealing,” he said. “We are talking about people…
At K’Far, Mike Solomonov’s newest Philadelphia-based restaurant venture, 2018 James Beard Award winner Camille Cogswell will be making feta-stuffed burekas and other signature Israeli pastries for this all-day restaurant. “We’re going to be showing another facet of Israeli cuisine,” Solomonov told Eater Philadelphia. Instead of the same tired spread of hummus, falafel and schwarma, K’Far,…
Not every bearded drag queen can play the ukulele in a towering purple wig and a dress made of balloons. But Eric Jaffe has turned that schtick into a burgeoning career in Philadelphia, where he’s become a nightlife staple. And the mold-breaking performer says that his Holocaust-survivor grandparents are partly to thank for his success….
Two-and-half-weeks ago, the Philadelphia community came together to formally open the Horwitz-Wasserman Holocaust Plaza at the first public Holocaust memorial in downtown Philadelphia. Just five days later, a gunman killed 11 people in a Pittsburgh synagogue, and it became tragically clear that our concern about history repeating itself was warranted. November 9th marks the 80th…
The bad news: Steve Cook and Michael Solomonov have closed one of their restaurants. The good news: The Philadelphia super-restaurateurs have already reopened it – as their first Jewish deli. The best news: The Rooster deli will have the same mission as the restaurant it replaced, with all proceeds benefiting a local non-profit. “The Rooster…
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