18 notable New York Jews we lost in 2022 – The Forward
Artists and rabbis, war heroes and survivors: These are just some of the New York Jews we lost in the year that was.
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Artists and rabbis, war heroes and survivors: These are just some of the New York Jews we lost in the year that was.
Jewish restauranteur Ed Schoenfeld, who fell in love with Chinese food during his teenage years living in New York City, died on Friday at age 72.
Having grown up on Jewish staples like chicken soup and blintzes, Schoenfeld became an unlikely champion of Chinese cuisine.
Adam Platt remembers Ed Schoenfeld, an icon of the New York food world, and a self-taught expert in cuisine of China. He ran dozens of successful restaurants including, most recently, RedFarm and Decoy in Manhattan’s West Village.
He helped introduce New Yorkers to the breadth of Chinese regional food with a series of top-rated Manhattan restaurants in the 1970s and ’80s.