An unlikely mastermind is behind several beloved Hanukkah songs: folk music icon Woody Guthrie.
An unlikely mastermind is behind several beloved Hanukkah songs: folk music icon Woody Guthrie.
Relax this Thanksgiving with the “Gilmore Girls” revival, Michael Chabon’s new novel, and more.
Summer may be a distant memory but we still have Coney Island on our mind. Ezra Glinter takes a look at the iconic destination’s penchant for exhibition with, what else, several amazing must-see exhibits.
The Jewish Community Council of Greater Coney Island was awarded almost $500,000 in federal funding to repair damages that occurred during Superstorm Sandy.
Ilise S. Carter, known as ‘Lady Aye,’ has a very particular skill. As the only Jewish female sword swallower in America, she’s a minority within a minority.
“For me a lot of the skill is not so much in shocking the audience - it’s in building the suspense,” explained Ilise S. Carter - a professional part-time sword swallower in New York who performs under the name the Lady Aye.
New York beachgoers were stunned over the weekend when a plane flew overhead trailing a banner bearing a swastika.
Brooklyn’s Sea Gate community is more vulnerable to Sandy-style devastation than ever. So why did the neighborhood turn down a chance to protect itself?
Mike Greenstein is the son of the legendary strongman Joe Greenstein, aka ‘The Mighty Atom.’ At 92, he can still pull a truck with a chain clenched between his teeth.