Learn about Boro Park’s melting pot of influences from all over the world through its thriving culinary culture. Six food stops give you a taste of the scope of immigrant Jewish experience and the ways in which kosher food at once preserves history but also modernizes.

Try the German shnitzl, the Bucharan bread, the Hungarian sweet kokosh cake, Israeli-style schwarma, the Sephardic import of bourekas, an intense taste of Russia with herring, and an have a bite at an old American-style kosher luncheonette. Our food infused walk will take us down the main Avenues and shopping districts, and will pass some beautiful historic synagogues and storied buildings. A great choice during harsher seasons, with many more options to spend time inside.

All food stops are included in the tour price.

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Experience the weekly Shabbat meal in the form of a weekday walk through town! Our route will begin with the traditional greetings, and each stop will be another course in the ritualized meal. A terrific git Shabbes!

We start in the Hipsterest part of town and dive into South Williamsburg from its newer neighborhood, making our way to the spectacular waterfronts with delicious nibbles along the way. The tour is available on Thursday only, because it is the only afternoon that you’ll find challah, fish, chollent in the shops. The tour comprises a hand-picked ensemble of the best bites and the storied foods.

All food stops are included in the tour price.

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Learn about New York City’s Hasidic community of South Williamsburg, a unique world in gentrified Brooklyn — so close to everything, we can even see the Manhattan skyline!

The tour meets near the Marcy Avenue train station for a meet and greet, and we begin the program with a brief introduction on the neighborhood history. We then walk down busy streets of mom-and-pop bakeries and old-school houseware shops, of Hasidic boys schools, of apartment buildings with staggered porches, of the big synagogue with its shabbes horn on top. I’ll unpack the values, technology, gender roles, economy, and marriage customs and take any question at all.

Two food stops and audio equipment are included in the tour price.

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While I think nothing compares to being a visitor in the Hasidic community, I have found that the tour travels well. I can bring my presentations, rugelach and other materials to your class or community or home for the traveling tour. I’ll be the tourist, for a change!
Please contact me to discuss.