Largest Menorah in Brooklyn
December 8, 2023
The Largest Menorah in Brooklyn has been towering over New York since 1985 and is a must on everyone’s calendar, Jews and non-Jews alike. Every night of
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Grand Army Plaza Menorah Lighting Times 2022 – 5783
December 15, 2022
Grand Army Plaza Menorah. Photo by Julienne Schaer – NYC and Company Menorah Lighting Times 2022 – 5783 Menorah Lighting Times 2022 – 5783 1st Night
Yiddish Musical Theater
June 5, 2022
Oral tradition dies never: Yiddish musical theater, from Eastern Europe to the Lower East Side Like any folk or traditional music, Yiddish music came into
What’s in a name?
June 5, 2022
Sandra Aboulafia, interviewed May 30, 2012, Brooklyn Borough Hall: My family is both Sephardic and Ashkenazi. Aboulafia is a very, very old name. It can be
Remembering Maurice Sendak
June 5, 2022
Brooklyn-born, Maurice Sendak, widely considered the most important children’s book artist of the 20th century, who wrenched the picture book out of the safe, sanitized
Moshiach Oi! Merges Orthodox Judaism and Punk Rock
June 5, 2022
By JOHN LELAND , New York Times Published: March 9, 2013 At age 6, he was a budding yeshiva student, in white shirt and black hat, with little