Burial society organization suggests new rituals; Brooklyn funeral home overwhelmed
“More and more people are dying, people of all kinds: Sephardim, religious, traditional, Litvishe. There are bodies on top of bodies.”
Klezmer virtuoso Andy Statman recovering from coronavirus
“I feel very fortunate that I only have a mild case and God willing it’ll stay like this,” Statman said.
Coronavirus scuttles China tour for Yiddish ‘Fiddler on the Roof’
The Yiddish production of ‘Fiddler’ was scheduled to tour three cities in China this spring.
Should We Mourn WBAI? Or Did That Time Pass Long Ago?
In its heyday, WBAI was a champion of free speech and a thorn in the side of the establishment.
A Holocaust Museum Tells The Untellable Story — Through Orthodox Eyes
The small museum also has a particular focus: telling the story of the Shoah through the eyes of Orthodox Jews.
KlezKamp Lives On With 'Yiddish New York'
When the announcement was made that KlezKamp was ending, movers and shakers in the klezmer scene resolved to organize a replacement.
Michigan Opera Director Turns His Hand to Yiddish Theater
“You can’t dance at two weddings with one tukhes,” goes the old Yiddish saying. Tell that to Michael Yashinsky, a 26-year-old Detroit area Yiddishist who divides his time between a Jewish day school and Michigan Opera Theatre.
Judith Malina, Edgy Theatrical Rebel for the Ages, Dies at 88
Judith Malina was nothing if not a rebel. Jon Kalish recalls how the Living Theater founder lived her edgy life on the stage — right up till the end.
Judith Malina, Theater Rebel, Dies at 88
Judith Malina, an iconoclastic actor and theater world activist who founded the Living Theater on the Lower East Side, has reportedly died at 88.
Danny Schechter Was an Observant Jew, Even if he Rarely Set Foot in Shul
Danny Schechter, the self-descibed father of ‘participatory journalism, succumbed to pancreatic cancer at age 72. Jon Kalish remembers the Boston radio legend with a healthy dose of Bronx-based chutzpah.