'Manhattan icon' Stanley Zabar dies at 94

A version of this piece first ran as part of the New York Jewish Week’s daily newsletter, rounding up the latest on politics, culture, food and what’s new with Jews in the city. Sign up here to get it in your inbox. What you need to know today Tisch talks confronting antisemitism at Jewish award acceptance. NYPD Commissioner Jessica Tisch said that “We should not have to wait until a Jewish New Yorker is attacked before we find the courage to confront the hatred directed at them,” in a speech last night at the World Jewish Congress’ annual Herzl Awards dinner at the Museum of Modern Art. Tisch was one of two people accepting the prize, named after the founder of political Zionism. ‘Manhattan icon’ Stanley Zabar passed away yesterday. Their parents started the business in 1934, and from the 1950s, brothers Stanley and Saul Zabar ran Zabar’s — a Jewish deli and grocery store, and a veritable Upper West Side institution.

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