By Eddie Small | June 3, 2015 1:45pm www.dnainfo.com CONCOURSE — Famed comedian Robert Klein and four other mensches made history on Tuesday night as the inaugural class of the Bronx Jewish Hall of Fame. The ceremony took place at…
KulturfestNYC is the first-ever international festival of Jewish performing arts, celebrating the global impact of Jewish culture. Presented by National Yiddish Theatre Folksbiene at MJH, now celebrating its centennial season, in collaboration with UJA-Federation of New York and Capital One Bank, the weeklong festivities will…
It was an exciting day — The Bronx Jewish Historical Initiative’s tour of the Jewish Grand Concourse featured narration by co-leaders author Avery Corman (The Old Neighborhood) and Bronx Historian Lloyd Ultan. The mix of nostalgia and joy at “coming…
On November 20, 1980, Eli Wohlgelernter interviewed Cal Abrams and his wife, May. Now housed in the Jewish Division of the New York Public Library, the record of this interview goes beyond statistics, to which British Prime Minister, Benjamin Disraeli…
Prominent New York Judicial Officer and Government Attorney Receives Rabbinical Ordination, Balances Pulpit & Public Service Longtime government attorney David Evan Markus is accustomed to competing demands in New York’s judicial and legislative branches of government. After six years of…
Interview with Rabbi Zalman Schachter-Shalomi by Rabbi Yonassan Gershom Over the years, I have met many Jews who bought a B’nai Or tallis simply because it is beautiful, without realizing that there is a ‘legend in the making” behind this…
