Jonathan Paul Katz
By Jonathan Paul Katz
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Opinion Inside the Western Hemisphere’s Only Romaniote Synagogue — and Its Greek Jewish Festival
Most of the year, the stretch of Broome Street between Allen and Eldridge Streets, on the Lower East Side in New York City, is fairly quiet. The majestic Kehila Kedosha Janina overlooks Chinese restaurants and repair shops as cars and motorbikes speed by on Allen Street’s southbound branch. But this Sunday, the block was crowded…
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Opinion Get Tested for STDs This Month — It’s a Mitzvah
April is . Throughout the month, there will be events held, lessons given, and materials distributed to encourage people across the United States — straight, gay, married, cis, trans, rich or poor — to practice safe sex. All will be encouraged to get tested for STDs. At a time when the practice of safe sex,…
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Recipes The Secret Jewish History of Arugula
Arugula was recommended as an ideal vegetable to act as karpas – the bitter green – at the Passover Seder by Amram Ga’on, the ninth-century rabbi and Talmudic genius. There was a point in time when arugula was a code: a vegetable that said “here is the great white bobo-latte-liberal!” All the way back in…
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Recipes Chickpea Arugula Salad With Caramelized Onions
Though this salad is a modern creation, it uses several ingredients that were common in ancient and medieval Jewish cuisine. Related Arugula, chickpeas and onions are all mentioned in both the Tanakh and the Talmud, and appeared in many Jewish cuisines throughout history. This simple salad serves as a light meal or a protein- and…
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Opinion Have Jews Become Obsessed With Bro Masculinity?
After I weighed in on at the University of Chicago, I arrived on campus at my alma mater expecting to discuss with my friends who are still in Hyde Park the intricacies of the matter. Instead, we seemed to discuss “bros.” Frequently. In a few weeks, registration for the Birthright trips will begin. Our Facebook…
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Opinion What New York’s Subway Lines Taught Me About Jewish Identity
I confess that I was taken aback by the popularity of my last piece for the Forward, In that article, I used some seat-of-the-pants social science and mapping to figure out which line of the New York City Subway served the greatest number of Jews — which turned out to be the “F.” I had…
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Opinion What Is the Most Jewish Subway Line?
In a coffee shop in Manhattan’s Washington Heights, I overheard two young men in kippot arguing over which New York City Subway line was “the most Jewish of all.” One young man argued for the A — it goes through Washington Heights, the Village and the Lubavitch heartland of Crown Heights. The other argued for…
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Opinion Is Israeli Children’s Book About Gaza Kittens Guilty of ‘Paw-Washing’?
My Facebook newsfeed is always alive with kittens, but last week it was alive with political kittens. Israeli author Nurit Sternberg has written a children’s book called “,” about two kittens “rescued” from last summer’s fighting zone in Gaza and brought to Israel by the IDF soldier Matan Meshi. Both the kittens and Meshi happen…
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