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Upper West Side

This is the Forward’s coverage of the Upper West Side neighborhood of Manhattan.

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Absolute Bagels is back — and Jewish New Yorkers are lining up in droves

The beloved bagel shop reopened with new ownership after a year hiatus

By Hannah Feuer Dec 30, 2025 | 3 min read
Yiddish World
Yiddish poetry is coming to Yeshivat Hadar

Basya Schechter and Avi Fox-Rosen will perform Itsik Manger’s ‘Bible Songs’ at the renowned institution in Manhattan

By Rukhl Schaechter Jun 19, 2025 | 2 min read
Fast Forward
Silver Moon Bakery, UWS spot known for its challah, faces eviction after failing to pay rent

The crisis represents a one-two punch for locals still reeling from the abrupt closure of Absolute Bagels

By Jackie Hajdenberg Jan 15, 2025 | 4 min read
Culture
A loss that leaves a bagel-sized hole on the Upper West Side of Manhattan

Why I’m mourning the closing of Absolute Bagels

By Nora Sissenich Dec 16, 2024 | 3 min read
Culture
Jewish New Yorkers sit shiva for Absolute Bagels

Longtime Upper West Side residents came to pay their respects after the store’s unexpected closure

By Samuel Eli Shepherd Dec 13, 2024 | 4 min read
Culture
The shuttering of Absolute Bagels on NYC’s Upper West Side is driving some to anguish — others to poetry

An elegy for the loss of the best bagel in New York — and maybe the universe

By Adam Langer Dec 13, 2024 | 3 min read
Culture
PopUp Bagels’ controversial 3-bagel minimum (unsliced!) hits the Upper West Side

A Q&A with bagel disrupter Adam Goldberg as he opens his 7th shop

By Beth Harpaz May 7, 2024 | 3 min read
News
A Jewish man was charged in a plot against synagogues. His parents want you to know the whole story

Matthew Mahrer, who’s descended from a famous Holocaust survivor, desperately needed help. He’s finally getting it

By Beth Harpaz Sep 14, 2023 | 7 min read

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