Jon Kalish is a Manhattan-based writer and radio journalist.
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Film & TV In a blockbuster film about the Ukrainian Robin Hood, the Baal Shem Tov makes his debut
Actor Luzer Twersky portrays the founder of Hasidic Judaism in the movie 'Dovbush'
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Art It was one of the strangest Jewish records ever made — good luck finding a way to listen to it
Avant-garde stalwart Lionel Ziprin once said his grandfather, Rabbi Nuftali Zvi Margolies, could sing better than Enrico Caruso
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Culture Her father documented the devastation at Nagasaki and Hiroshima — now she’s considered an honorary second-generation survivor
For Leslie Sussan, a 'New York Quaker Jew,' telling her dad's story is one way of trying to repair the world
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Music Klezmer techno music? This 22 year-old is making it a thing
With Kleztronica, Kaia Berman-Peters blends klezmer elements with electronic dance music
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Culture Is New York’s most ubiquitous Jew leaving New York behind?
For the past half-century, Larry 'Ratso' Sloman has been everywhere in the city — now in his 70s, he may have had enough
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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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Yiddish World 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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