Event EndedManischewitz Debuts SOUP: A New Art & Photography Exhibition

Manischewitz presents SOUP, a new art and photography exhibition exploring Jewish cuisine, memory, and identity as a living, evolving culture.

In celebration of the launch of its new Homemade Jarred Soup line, the iconic brand steps beyond the table and into the cultural sphere, bringing together contemporary artists whose work reflects the deep connections between food, heritage, and storytelling.

For more than 130 years, Manischewitz has been part of American Jewish life—not just as a food brand, but as a constant presence in everyday and sacred moments alike. From immigrant kitchens to modern homes, from Shabbat dinners to Passover seders, the brand has helped nourish generations through tradition, resilience, and shared experience. SOUP builds on that legacy, using art and photography to explore how food carries history, emotion, humor, ritual, and belonging.

The exhibition will be open to the public from February 6–10, 2026, at 155 Suffolk Street, New York, NY, and is free and open to all. Please note that the exhibition will close early on Friday, February 6, at 2:00 PM.

Public Hours:
Friday, February 6: 10:00 AM – 2:00 PM
Saturday, February 7: 7:00 PM – 10:00 PM
Sunday, February 8: 10:00 AM – 6:00 PM
Monday, February 9: 10:00 AM – 6:00 PM
Tuesday, February 10: 10:00 AM – 6:00 PM

Through contemporary visual art, photography, and narrative storytelling, SOUP examines how soup in particular functions as a powerful cultural connector. Long associated with care, healing, gathering, and intergenerational memory, soup represents nourishment in its most elemental form. It is both practical and symbolic—something passed down, adapted, and reimagined across families and communities.

Rather than leaning into nostalgia alone, the artists featured in SOUP explore how Jewish identity continues to evolve across generations and geographies. Their work considers how meaning is preserved, translated, and reshaped over time, much like cherished recipes handed down through families. Together, their pieces form a visual conversation about continuity, change, and the everyday rituals that sustain culture.

Participating artists include:
Dan Weinstein, a multidisciplinary artist and creative director whose work spans visual art, animation, and narrative storytelling, exploring identity and modern allegory through bold, often humorous imagery.
Rosemarie Gleiser, a Peruvian-Jewish interdisciplinary artist based in New York, whose work examines diaspora, memory, food culture, and migration through deeply personal narrative; her Lexicon series is presented publicly for the first time in this exhibition.
Ohad Romano, one of Israel’s leading photographers, known for cinematic still imagery that captures intimate, human moments suspended between stories.

Art will be available for purchase onsite. In addition, the Manischewitz Deli on Wheels—a traveling deli touring New York—will be parked outside the exhibition, serving soup, knishes, hot dogs, and other traditional Jewish foods, creating a multisensory experience that extends the exhibition beyond the gallery walls.

SOUP also marks a meaningful cultural re-engagement for Manischewitz as the brand evolves in today’s food landscape. That evolution is grounded not in trends, but in returning to its most enduring role: showing up at the table. While the exhibition coincides with the launch of Manischewitz’s new Homemade Jarred Soup line, the project is not about selling products—it is about supporting artists, honoring stories, and sustaining cultural memory.

By presenting SOUP, Manischewitz affirms its place not only as a trusted food brand, but as a steward of Jewish cultural heritage. The exhibition reflects a shared belief that food is more than sustenance—it carries language, history, resilience, and belonging—and that art, like food, plays an essential role in keeping culture alive.