Our Story

Oy Pizza.

(Jewish + Global Food = This)

One rule. One Jewish word + one global food. Every time. No exceptions. Built in New York City. Est. 2026.

The Idea

One Rule. Everything Follows.

Every dish at Oy Pizza starts with one Jewish or Yiddish word. Then one global food. Together they become something new.

Pastrami + Origami = Pastrami Origami.
Sababa (Hebrew for "all good") + street combo = Sababa Combo.
Mensh (Yiddish for integrity) + honest food = Mensh Order.

Some words are obvious — Challah, Mazal Tov, L'Chaim. Some will surprise you. Glitch. Nosh. Schmooze. Spiel. Words everyone uses — with Yiddish roots nobody knows.

That's the game. That's the restaurant. Every dish teaches you something without trying to.

The Person Behind It

Walter. Known as RIGLI.

Born in Derbent, USSR. Grew up between cultures, languages, and musical traditions. Moved to Israel. Then New York City.

As the artist RIGLI, Walter has spent seven years creating Jewish songs in Russian with vocalist Elechka (Moscow) and poet Olga Anikina (St. Petersburg). Over 20 million streams. Hava Nagila — 1.37 million views.

Oy Pizza is the physical home of that world. The restaurant where the characters from JEWISH: The Musical eat, argue, fall in love, and perform.

"I didn't open a restaurant. I opened a stage."

Part of Something Bigger

JEWISH: The Musical.

Oy Pizza is the Central Perk of JEWISH: The Musical — a growing franchise of stories, music, film, and live performance.

Open Mike Kol Yom — every evening, the mic is open. You sing. We listen. Best performances win free food.

Oy Pizza Got Talent — monthly contest. Perform "Oy Pizza" or an original song. Win 10 days of free eating.

One dish, one word, one night at a time.

The Numbers

What we have built so far.

18 Menu Categories Each named after a Jewish or Yiddish word.
20M+ Music Streams Jewish songs in Russian. The soundtrack of Oy Pizza.
1 Rule One Jewish word + one global food. Every time.
NYC Home Base The only city where this could exist.
2026 Est. The year the world needed this most.
Jewish Words Left We are just getting started.
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