The Lower East Side is losing another mainstay of its Jewish heritage.
"The people, they don't come down here anymore," Heidi Yousef says emphatically when asked why Israel Wholesale & Retail Judaica plans to close in the next few weeks. "We don't...
Last week we reported the gourmet coffee shop, Cafe Grumpy, is moving into 13 Essex. There's more news today about this tenement buiding, the onetime home of Judaica store, Zelig Blumenthal.
In the past few months, the apartments above this...
Yesterday we received an email tip from Kevin Walter, asking: "Did anyone notice that Zelig Blumenthal's store at 13 Essex Street has vanished without a trace? Signs are gone? Interior is completely empty. Another bit of the old, Jewish...
