Joanne OppenheimMay 27, 20182 minBookmarks, Knishes and My Book Expo SigningLast year, just before The Knish War on Rivington Street went to press, I re-learned the lesson about being careful of what you wish for....
Joanne OppenheimMar 19, 20181 minThank you, Guides Association of New York City! The Knish War on Rivington Street wins the 2018 ApplAt their 4th annual award ceremony, hosted by Brian Stokes Mitchell, we were delighted to win the GANYC Apple Award for Outstanding...
Joanne OppenheimJan 27, 20181 minA Nominee for the GANYC Apple Award!As a New Yorker, I am thrilled to receive this news! The Awards Committee voted for its top four choices in each category and The Knish...
Joanne OppenheimJan 14, 20181 minThe 102nd Anniversary of the Knish War January 28th at a National Landmark Site!I'm not sure I realized that the Eldridge Street Synagogue is a National Landmark Site!What an honor it is to be doing a family story...
Joanne OppenheimJan 8, 20181 minHold the Date - We'll Celebrate! January 28th, 11 AMYes! January 28th is the anniversary of the Knish War of 1916! That's the date the story was reported in the New York Times...and that's...
Joanne OppenheimOct 28, 20172 minWhen a postage stamp was 2 cents, a knish was a nickel, and women did not have the vote!I came across this picture recently of Margaret Foley, a leading suffragette leader and speaker who was cheered by crowds in Sullivan...
Joanne OppenheimOct 3, 20171 minA Bookmark for Knishes!Hot off the press! Bookmarks with recipes for making knishes. I made these for the family story time at the New York Historical...
Joanne OppenheimSep 23, 20171 minKnishes Found at the Tenement Museum!It's true! We stopped at the Tenement Museum Bookstore on Orchard Street yesterday and had a happy surprise! Smack dab center on the long...
Joanne OppenheimAug 20, 20172 minWhen Knishes Were 5 Cents or When a Penny was Worth Something!In 1916 when the knish war heated up, when Benny and Solly’s fathers were cutting the knish prices one cent at a time, the penny was...
Joanne OppenheimAug 15, 20171 minWhat's a knish? Part III thought I had exhausted all the stories about the historic knish war until yesterday, when I turned up yet another publication, the...
Joanne OppenheimAug 12, 20172 minWhat’s the Plural of Knish?Back in the day, when the New York Times wrote about the Knish War down on Rivington Street (Jan. 1916) the writer (not identified by...
Joanne OppenheimAug 12, 20171 minSo, What Exactly is a Knish?Every once in a while I run into someone who has yet to taste a knish...sad, but true. "What is a knish?" they ask. Are there really...
Joanne OppenheimAug 7, 20171 minSay it isn't so...Molly had not heard yet about The Knish War on Rivington Street
Joanne OppenheimAug 2, 20171 minThe Boy Mayor of New YorkI searched everywhere for facts on how the knish war of 1916 ended, but I found no answer. But a picture book needs an ending...enter...
Joanne OppenheimJul 27, 20171 minSave the Date!Join author Joanne Oppenheim for a reading and Q&A session on her new book, The Knish War on Rivington Street at the New York Historical...
Joanne OppenheimJul 20, 20171 minAnother poster...for the movie versionOrder your copy before they run out of knishes at amazon
Joanne OppenheimJul 10, 20172 minDigging in at 150 Rivington Street ...Site of the 1916 Knish WarThis weekend, I decided to go down to the Lower East Side to take photos of the buildings at 150 and 155 Rivington Street—the sites of...
