Jon Kalish is a Manhattan-based writer and radio journalist.
Jon Kalish
By Jon Kalish
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Fast Forward Nathan Chavin, Jewish ad exec who wrote a raunchy country western hit, dies at 78
“Chinga” Chavin wrote ad copy for Trump properties, palled around with Robert Durst and counted Kinky Friedman as a frat brother
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Forverts in English The digitized ‘Yosl and Chana Mlotek Yiddish Song Collection’ is now live
The site provides lyrics, translation, songsheets and historical context for songs on many themes, including love, holidays and the labor struggle.
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Fast Forward A fake reality show trailer shines light on the real issue of child marriage
Founded by a Jewish activist, Unchained At Last is pushing for legislation that bans marriage for those under 18
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Theater In savaging the Israeli military, has a legendary puppet theater finally gone too far?
For even some longtime supporters, the politics at Bread and Puppet Theater have gotten too strident
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Culture On stage and in the classroom, Mikhl Yashinsky is stoking the flame of the Yiddish revival
The 32-year-old Chelsea resident is a Yiddish actor and playwright when he isn’t teaching the language at YIVO and The Workers Circle
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Culture ‘Married to the Mob,’ but under a chuppah: A new memoir details a Jewish family’s crime ties
Alan Geik chronicles the hitmen, gangsters and dirty cops who were part of his Bronx extended family in the heyday of the Jewish mob
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Film & TV His father directed ‘Casablanca,’ but he felt like a Jew without a home
Michael Forster fled Europe as a child, but never escaped the feeling of displacement and alienation
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Fast Forward Remembering Larry Josephson, a NY radio pioneer with a late love for all things Jewish
Josephson’s 50-year career as a producer included two series focused specifically on the Jewish community: “Only in America: The Story of American Jews,” and “What Is Judaism?”
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Theater Hidden in this picture, the murder of 1.1 million Jews
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News The great tent conspiracy theory: Are ‘outside agitators’ supplying protesters’ tents?
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Opinion Yes, antisemitism is rising. But pro-Palestinian protests aren’t the real threat to our campuses
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Opinion Edward Said tried to erase Jews. So do the pro-Palestinian Columbia protesters citing his legacy
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Fast Forward Two more hostages, including an American Israeli, are seen in video released by Hamas
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Opinion This Passover, college campuses like mine are caught in a very narrow place
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News ADL chief backs campus crackdowns. As a student, he stood up for free speech — even by antisemites
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Opinion I was arrested protesting at Columbia in ’68. Today’s student encampments carry on a proud, brave tradition