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Immigrant recipes

Warm up with a vegan spin on traditional borscht this winter

“I love [Borscht] because it’s inexpensive, fulfilling, and always reminds me of my family,”  says Liudmila, a Russian immigrant and LEAD graduate from our 2017 spring series at the NYPL Mid-Manhattan branch. “Borscht is a traditional Russian-Ukrainian soup which is made of beets, cabbage, and potatoes.” “Usually it is prepared with meat, but I decided to make this recipe vegetarian,” Liudmila adds. “For those who still crave for some meat you can add it in the end of this recipe...

Culture & events

Celebrating International Women’s Day: #ToImmigrantsWithLove

At New Women New Yorkers, we reject the generalizations, negativity, and hateful rhetoric used to disenfranchise immigrants. Instead, we choose empowerment: We combat stereotypes and generalizations with education and inclusivity. We bring people together to learn, to share, and above all else, to love and respect. NWNY knows that people are strongest when they come together in support of one another, and we have worked hard over the last few years to create a diverse cross-community organization that works for...

Culture & events

Immigration & Women Events Calendar, February 2015

Written by Arielle Kandel   February is the shortest month of the year, but there is still plenty to do! We’ve put together selected lectures and talks, festivals, exhibitions, and other events, some related to the immigrant experience in the US and in NY in particular, others to women and feminism. If you come across another amazing event we forgot to mention, feel free to add it in the “Leave a Reply” section at the bottom of the post!   February...

Culture & events

How 9 New Women New Yorkers from 3 continents spent Christmas Eve

        Abbey From Long Island, New York; great-granddaughter of immigrants from Eastern Europe (Germany, Poland and Lithuania) Where I was on Christmas Eve: Astoria, NY What I did: Played hide and seek with my cat… and celebrated the end of Hanukah         Arielle From Paris, France; granddaughter of immigrants from Eastern Europe (Poland and Germany) Where I was on Christmas Eve: Paris, France What I did: Celebrated last day of Hanukah, before having a...