All posts tagged as: restaurant review
Jewish Sign Language and Blind-Deaf theater in Israel
For some reason, deaf Jewish themes have been coming up in conversation recently. Last Shabbat dinner, I met a guy a bit older than me who was scheduled to have a cochlear implant this week. That reminded me of a powerful documentary about “deaf culture” I once saw on PBS called Sound and Fury, which explores the tension between technology and tradition. In a separate conversation, I was reminded of a blind-deaf theater & restaurant in Tel Aviv/Yafo, Israel, called Nalagaat. If you find yourself on that side of the Atlantic, it’s a profoundly beautiful performance. If you brush up on your Hebrew sign language video, maybe you won’t be tongue-tied while trying to order a drink from the deaf bartenders at the café.
The Conflicted Jew
A new restaurant in the East Village, Joe Doe, is attracting a ton of press for its menu that is heavily influenced by Ashkenazi food and the chef isn’t Jewish (he is Italian), his girlfriend is! One of the funniest menu items is the Conflicted Jew, a sandwich of chicken livers wrapped in bacon on toasted challah.