Neighborhoods

Neighborhood: Upper East Side

10/23/2012 | Neighborhoods

From time to time, various neighborhoods are featured in The Jewish Week. This week we are covering the Upper East Side. Future neighborhood sections will be Forest Hills on November 2 and Flushing on November 30

LOWER MANHATTAN

05/22/2012 | Neighborhoods

Old/New Shabbaton

The first ever, Old/New Shabbaton, hosted by high profile NYC real estate developer Michael Bolla, in cooperation with the Lower East Side Jewish Conservancy and the Jewish International Council, NY will take place on June 8 - 9 at various venues on the Lower East Side.

Continuity In Queens

11/02/2010 | Hilary Larson | Special To The Jewish Week | Neighborhoods

The stately brick buildings with their white-mantled entryways, elegant blocks of Tudor houses and tidy tree-lined sidewalks of Forest Hills connote solid American values. They speak of community, continuity, middle-class stability.

Kosher Dining Scene Moving East

09/21/2010 | Hilary Larson | Special To The Jewish Week | Neighborhoods

The vitality of Jewish life on the Upper East Side of Manhattan can be measured in many ways — in the myriad prestigious day schools, for instance, or the many grand temples filled to capacity with Shabbat congregants.

But perhaps the most telling sign of how vibrant Jewish life has become is the fact that the storied Second Avenue Deli, a downtown non-glatt kosher fixture for most of the last half century, chose First Avenue and 75th Street for its eagerly awaited second location.

Teaneck’s Youth Movement

08/24/2010 | Hilary Larson | Special To The Jewish Week | Neighborhoods

The Bergen County suburbs of Teaneck, Englewood and Paramus, N.J., have lured generations of Jewish families with a wealth of attractions — great schools, pretty tree-lined streets, terrific shopping and an unbeatable location, just over the George Washington Bridge from Manhattan.

Diversity On The Hudson

08/03/2010 | Hilary Larson | Special To The Jewish Week | Neighborhoods

There are plenty of Jewish neighborhoods around New York where the community tends toward a certain religious outlook, a predominant level of observance or a majority ethnic leaning.

And then there is Riverdale. Leafy and elegant, its stately Tudors and postwar high-rises perched along the banks of the Hudson, this corner of the northwest Bronx is cherished by residents for its religious and ethnic diversity — both within and outside of the Jewish community.