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Letters from a Sign
Season 1 · Episode 3

Letters from a Sign

Undiscarded: Stories of New York

March 22, 202332m 13s

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Show Notes

Who’s hungry? In today’s episode of Undiscarded (produced with the collaboration of the New York Historical Society) Tania joins Jack Lebewohl of the famous 2nd Ave Deli to talk about the rise and decline of the delicatessen, the great culinary contribution of one of the immigrant groups that most dramatically shaped New York as we know it: the Yiddish-speaking Jews of Eastern Europe.


Look at photos of this object and more at cityreliquary.org/undiscarded-2ndavedeli.


Learn more about the City Reliquary, its mission, and its collections at cityreliquary.org


In the city or just visiting? Stop by the Reliquary any Saturday or Sunday, noon to 6pm, 370 Metropolitan Avenue, Brooklyn 11211


Plan your visit to the 2nd Ave Deli at https://2ndavedeli.com/

Plan your visit to the New York Historical Society at https://www.nyhistory.org/