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For Chinese-speaking Jews in New York, ‘Mazel Tofu’ offers a new kind of community

Mazel Tofu has grown to 53 members since 2024, creating a unique space for Jewish Mandarin speakers to practice language and share cultural experiences.

A YouTuber, a theater consultant and an accordionist walk into a kosher Chinese restaurant. It’s not the setup to a Borscht Belt joke — it’s half of the party that grabbed a table recently at Buddha Bodai in New York City’s Chinatown for a lively debate over dim sum and tea. The men were part of Mazel Tofu, a collective of Jewish Mandarin speakers that formed two years ago through an only-in-New York tale of serendipity and Jewish geography. A C…

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Cleveland Jewish News broke the news in on Wednesday, March 11, 2026.
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