A fond farewell to Bob Fass, rabbi of a radical radio congregation
I’ve been a member of two unconventional congregations in New York.
Up for sale: Letters from Lenny Bruce and Charles Manson, a Disneyland orgy and the story of a generation
The archives of the late Yippie co-founder and satirist Paul Krassner, who died in 2019 at the age of 87, are available for acquisition.
For the real-life Alice of ‘Alice’s Restaurant,’ a new reason to be thankful
When fans of ‘Alice’s Restaurant’ learned the real-life Alice was in dire straits, they all chipped in to lend a hand.
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.