Sam Lin-Sommer is an editorial fellow at the Forward. You can reach him by email at [email protected] or follow him on Twitter at @SamLinSommer.
Sam Lin-Sommer
By Sam Lin-Sommer
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Food Fried sweet potatoes with kasha, toum, and kimchi
The perfect pan-Asian homage to the latke
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Food A Hanukkah with no latkes? 3 tips for the best holiday feast of your life
Start by trying foods from across the diaspora — and getting creative about oil
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Food This Palestinian chef loves Bethlehem’s delicious, seasonal cuisine. He’s afraid it could soon be destroyed
A conversation with Fadi Kattan about his hometown's food, multiculturalism and resilience under Israeli occupation
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Theater ‘What Do I Do With All This Heritage?’ A new play celebrates Asian Jewish America in all its diversity
The salon theater show captures the community's joys and struggles — with songs, prayers, and K-pop
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Culture ‘What’s Kosher?’ An Indian-Jewish poet’s take on memory, belonging, and her people’s delicious history.
Zilka Joseph's new of book of poetry, 'Sweet Malida: Memories of a Bene Israel Woman,' dips into the culture and mythology around the subcontinent's largest Jewish community
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News Queens College has been a model of Muslim-Jewish cooperation. Can it stay that way after Oct. 7?
A student body that is 1/3rd Jewish and 1/6th Muslim struggles for harmony amid war
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News Columbia’s campus is rocked by protests. The surrounding neighborhood? Not so much
Residents of Morningside Heights say it's business as usual in their Upper Manhattan community
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The search for soft matzo
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