A Taste of Jewish New York

( Tablet Mag ) On a Sunday afternoon last March, a group of people wearing comfortable shoes and toting water bottles congregated outside a Judaica shop in Brooklyn. Before long they were joined by Myra Alperson, the high-energy founder of Noshwalks , an organization that leads culinary walking tours around New York City. The itinerary highlight that day was shmurah matzo ; the group was scheduled to get a behind-the-scenes look at a bakery that specializes in the hand-rolled Passover matzo. But first, they would nibble their way around the neighborhood, stopping at a Jewish-Yemenite food market, a Jewish bakery, and an appetizing shop that sells dips and smoked fish. A picnic of appetizers in Williamsburg. (Photo: Myra Alperson) Noshwalks is one of several New York-based companies that of