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 ye-an-overstuffed-history-of-the-jewish-deli-ted-merwin-ph-d/
SUMMARY:Coalition SPEAKER SERIES: "Pastrami on Rye: An Overstuffed History 
 of the Jewish Deli\," Ted Merwin Ph.D.
DESCRIPTION:"Pastrami on Rye" is the first full-length history of the New Y
 ork Jewish deli. &nbsp\;The deli\, argues Ted Merwin\, reached its full fl
 owering not in the immigrant period as some might assume\, but in the inte
 rwar era\, when the children of Jewish immigrants celebrated the first flu
 sh of their success in American by downing sandwiches and cheesecake in th
 eater district delis. &nbsp\;Richly research and compelling tole\, "Pastra
 mi on Rye" gives us the surprising story of a quintessential New York Inst
 itution.\n\nTed Merwin is a journalist\, scholar\, author of numerous book
 s and public speaker. His book "Pastrami on Rye" won the National Jewish B
 ook Award\, Jewish education and identity. He attended Amherst College and
  Williams College at Oxford University.\n\nJoin us for what is sure to be 
 another amazing speaker session!\n\nWith gratitude to our generous sponsor
 s Gloria and Marty Greenstein and the Rene Bloch Foundation.\n\n&nbsp\;\n\
 n\n\n\nFROM THE DESK OF TED\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nA curated section where I sha
 re my thoughts on Jewish culture\, life\, pop culture\, memorabilia\, and 
 everything in between. Join me as I dive deep into the vibrant tapestry of
  Jewish identity\, exploring its timeless traditions and their connection 
 to contemporary society.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nHow Katz’s Del
 icatessen became a New York icon\n\nWhen I was growing up on Long Island i
 n the 1970s\, school field trips meant being schlepped on a bus to the McG
 raw-Hill building on Sixth Avenue\, to a multimedia film called the “New
  York Experience\,” in which a kaleidoscopic montage of New Yorkers of d
 ifferent stripes celebrated both past and present life in Gotham. Nowadays
 \, all one needs to do to get a sense of the real New York is to pay a vis
 it to Katz’s Deli on Houston Street\, where a prickly\, pickle-y\, briny
  Yiddish gestalt holds imperious sway in a churning sea of multi-racial\, 
 multi-ethnic customers and counter people.\n\n\nRead More →\n\nJul 11\, 
 2023\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nI’ll have what she’s having\n\nMy maternal grand
 parents\, Jean and Lou Kaplan\, did not keep kosher. That was their ancest
 ors’ way\, the path of slavish adherence to the stringencies of Jewish l
 aw. But old habits die hard\, and they never ate the foods they had not co
 nsumed as children. They would sooner have taken off all their clothes and
  danced naked in front of their neighbors in Flushing\, Queens\, than down
  ham\, clams\, or even a cheeseburger.\n\n\nRead More →\n\nJul 11\, 2023
 \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nMy favorite deli/delis of my youth\n\nWhen I give talks 
 on the history of the Jewish deli\, I’m inevitably asked what my favorit
 e deli is. I often sidestep the question for a number of reasons: 1) I’m
  an historian\, so the delis that matter the most to me are the legendary 
 ones from the past\, the ones I’ve only heard stories about\, like Grabs
 tein’s and the Hy Tulip in Brooklyn\, Reuben’s and Lindy’s in Manhat
 tan\, and Schweller’s in the Bronx. 2) I interviewed a lot of deli owner
 s for my book\, and for those who are still around\, I wouldn’t want to 
 play favorites and offend them if I don’t say they’re the best\; and 3
 ) I’ve tried to keep kosher for my entire adult life after college--alth
 ough I’m a bit more flexible these days--so my experience of eating in n
 on-kosher delis is much more limited than of eating in kosher ones.\nI did
  grow up going to a few delis that I’m nostalgic about…\n\n\nRead More
  →\n\nJul 11\, 2023\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nWith gratitude to our generous sp
 onsors Gloria and Marty Greenstein and the Rene Bloch Foundation.\n\n[grav
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