Marc Gafni Scraps Appearance at New Age Retreat Amid Outcry
Marc Gafni, the onetime Jewish spiritual leader against whom allegations of sexual improprieties have resurfaced in recent weeks, has pulled out of teaching a long-planned workshop in February at Esalen Institute, the influential New Age retreat center in California.
How Baseball Saved a City
As the summer of 1977 drew mercifully to a close, Pete Hamill, a champion of his city, offered a painfully grim assessment of what awaited its new mayor, Ed Koch. New York, he wrote, was now “the ruined city and broken city.” Only a fool would have differed with him.In the months leading up to Koch’s unlikely election —