Your bubbe's favorite documentary — pastrami, pickles, and Jewish history on rye.
A celebration of a great Jewish-American tradition. Beginning as places for Jews from Central and Eastern Europe to eat and meet, they expanded across America and eventually attracted as many non-Jews as Jews. Today, the number of Jewish Delis has shrunk dramatically and many of the survivors have adapted to changing times, sometimes in ways their forebears might not recognize.
Production
Loving close-ups of stacked sandwiches that should be illegal.
Writing
Warm storytelling that treats delis as living museums.
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
US
