Jon Kalish
[Copyright 2024 NPR]
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A new website, Shtetl.org, aims to provide an inside view and a critical look at the insular world of ultra-Orthodox Jews. -
A new website says it offers transparent news about the ultra-Orthodox Jewish community with an insiders' perspective
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One of the more daunting tasks facing Ukrainian refugees who come to New York is finding a place to live. A Manhattan real estate executive has been helping to find them apartments at reduced rents. -
Over the years, documentaries about celebrities have proven to be the most popular films of the genre. But some filmmakers are facing unfamiliar territory when their families are involved. -
There are more than a thousand community bands in big cities and small towns throughout the country. -
Musician Jeremiah Lockwood hopes to introduce the world to a new music scene bubbling in Brooklyn. -
JetLAG bills itself as the largest festival of Russian, Slavic and East European musicians in the U.S. But its organizers almost canceled it this summer because of the war in Ukraine. -
The former Sesame Street writer is working with the NYPD to create a small pilot program on gun violence at an elementary school in East Harlem. -
Finding a thriving dance culture in the Adirondacks Mountains inspired the band to take its sound in an unexpected direction. -
Reverend Billy, the flamboyant "altar-ego" of New York performance artist William Talen, celebrates 20 years of crusading with his Stop Shopping Choir.
