Man-O-Manischewitz: Brooklyn’s Wine in a Kosher USA

Roger Horowitz will dip into his just-published book, Kosher USA: How Coke Became Kosher and Other Tales of Modern Food, to talk about the history of Brooklyn-produced Manischewitz wine. Created in the 1930s for a Jewish market, Manischewitz became the first branded kosher product to achieve a predominantly non-Jewish consumer base—and one that was overwhelmingly African American. Endorsed by leading black musicians and actors in the 1950s and 1960s, and a fixture at Jewish Passover Seders, Horowitz will trace Manischewitz’s pathbreaking role in modern kosher food and discuss why its contribution has been forgotten.

Man-O-Manischewitz: Brooklyn’s Wine in a Kosher USA
$5/Free for BHS and G-W Members
Doors open at 6pm. Event begins at 6:30pm.
Please note that seating is first come, first served.