For lots of Jews under 30, gefilte fish can be summed up thusly: funny, sure. Edible, not so much. We have taunted it with songs, jokes and kitschy T-shirts that sport images of Manischewitz jars and ...

If anything betrays my Ashkenazi Jewish heritage—besides the Casper-the-friendly-ghost-like skin tone—it’s my love of fishy fish. Heaven is a bowl of creamed herring and onions. Ditto whitefish salad.

1. In a large bowl, combine gefilte fish with peppers, onions, celery, 1/2 cup mayonnaise, dill, salt, pepper, egg and matzo, then stir well to combine. Scoop 1/4 cup and form into patties. Place on a ...

It’s one of those snapshot memories, a stop-motion image from childhood that I sometimes take out this time of year. In it, several women are standing around a white Formica dining room table.

When is a fish not a fish? When it’s the emotionally charged cultural totem at the center of Gefilte, a short documentary that debuts online this week. Compressing both family and food history into 12 ...

On Thursday, the day before the annual ritual of our Seder, I celebrate what has become another annual ritual: our “gefilte fish-in.” A group of five friends arrives at my doorstep at my home, bearing ...