<![CDATA[Jon Kalish: Jews]]>https://www.kalish.nyc/s/jewshttps://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!Z_JB!,w_256,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F28b577f2-68aa-47f9-a1d8-e74d289f7a31_434x434.pngJon Kalish: Jewshttps://www.kalish.nyc/s/jewsSubstackSun, 14 Jun 2026 07:44:00 GMT<![CDATA[Jews at West Point]]>https://www.kalish.nyc/p/jews-at-west-pointhttps://www.kalish.nyc/p/jews-at-west-pointMon, 08 Jun 2026 16:37:48 GMT

Pictured above is 18 year-old Yoni Mowery of Las Vegas, who arrives at West Point on June 29th. Thirty Jewish cadets graduated on May 23rd, according to a Jewish officer at the U.S. Military Academy. Read all about it in The Forward.

]]><![CDATA[R.I.P. Lisa Fliegel]]>https://www.kalish.nyc/p/rip-lisa-fliegelhttps://www.kalish.nyc/p/rip-lisa-fliegelFri, 29 May 2026 21:56:02 GMT

Fliegel’s work as a trauma therapist included stints counseling the victims of the Boston Marathon bombing, combatants in Northern Ireland and most recently, the survivors of the massacre in Israel on Oct. 7. Read an appreciation in The Forward.

]]><![CDATA[Minzer's Optical]]>https://www.kalish.nyc/p/minzers-opticalhttps://www.kalish.nyc/p/minzers-opticalFri, 15 May 2026 22:23:17 GMT

Read about the store worth the schlep in The Forward.

]]><![CDATA[The Jazz Rabbi of Connecticut]]>https://www.kalish.nyc/p/the-jazz-rabbi-of-connecticuthttps://www.kalish.nyc/p/the-jazz-rabbi-of-connecticutMon, 09 Mar 2026 20:19:57 GMTRead about his efforts in The Forward

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]]><![CDATA[Ronnie Eldridge]]>https://www.kalish.nyc/p/ronnie-eldridgehttps://www.kalish.nyc/p/ronnie-eldridgeSat, 07 Mar 2026 04:41:18 GMTRead an appreciation of Eldridge, who passed away this week at the age of 95 in The Forward

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]]><![CDATA[The Lampshade]]>https://www.kalish.nyc/p/the-lampshadehttps://www.kalish.nyc/p/the-lampshadeFri, 13 Feb 2026 17:25:22 GMTListen to a story produced for NPR in 2010.

Read a print version of the story in The Forward.

A conversation with author Mark Jacobson is streaming from the podcast section of this web site

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]]><![CDATA[Romeo & Juliet in Yiddish]]>https://www.kalish.nyc/p/romeo-and-juliet-in-yiddishhttps://www.kalish.nyc/p/romeo-and-juliet-in-yiddishFri, 13 Feb 2026 16:47:05 GMTRead a story for the New York Daily News

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]]><![CDATA[JetLAG Music Festival]]>https://www.kalish.nyc/p/jetlag-music-festivalhttps://www.kalish.nyc/p/jetlag-music-festivalMon, 09 Feb 2026 00:52:34 GMTListen to a story produced for NPR in 2022. Read a story in The Forward about exiled Russian musicians in America.

]]><![CDATA[Mazel Tov, Mis Amigos]]>https://www.kalish.nyc/p/mazel-tov-mis-amigoshttps://www.kalish.nyc/p/mazel-tov-mis-amigosSun, 08 Feb 2026 22:09:50 GMTListen to a radio story produced for NPR in 2009

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]]><![CDATA[Perlman & Helfgot]]>https://www.kalish.nyc/p/perlman-and-helfgothttps://www.kalish.nyc/p/perlman-and-helfgotSun, 08 Feb 2026 22:03:38 GMTListen to a radio story produced for NPR in 2012. Read the print version published in The Forward.

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]]><![CDATA[The Triangle Shirtwaist Fire]]>https://www.kalish.nyc/p/the-triangle-shirtwaist-firehttps://www.kalish.nyc/p/the-triangle-shirtwaist-fireSun, 08 Feb 2026 18:27:23 GMTListen to a radio story produced for NPR in 2011

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]]><![CDATA[Judaica Artist Flees NYC]]>https://www.kalish.nyc/p/judaica-artist-flees-nychttps://www.kalish.nyc/p/judaica-artist-flees-nycSun, 08 Feb 2026 18:14:30 GMTRead the story published in 2022 by the Jewish Telegraphic Agency

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]]><![CDATA[Pete Sokolow]]>https://www.kalish.nyc/p/pete-sokolowhttps://www.kalish.nyc/p/pete-sokolowSat, 07 Feb 2026 18:35:05 GMTListen to a radio story produced for NPR in 2015.

Read about a memorial service for Sokolow in 2023

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]]><![CDATA[The Carnegie Hall of Brooklyn]]>https://www.kalish.nyc/p/the-carnegie-hall-of-brooklynhttps://www.kalish.nyc/p/the-carnegie-hall-of-brooklynFri, 06 Feb 2026 15:50:04 GMTListen to a radio story that aired on The World from PRX in 2025

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]]><![CDATA[David Krakauer]]>https://www.kalish.nyc/p/david-krakauerhttps://www.kalish.nyc/p/david-krakauerFri, 06 Feb 2026 04:51:02 GMTListen to a story produced for NPR in 2022 about Krakauer’s album based on folk dances.

Listen to a story produced for NPR in 2010 about Krakauer’s klezmer/funk/hiphop band Abraham, Inc.

Read a 2014 story in The Forward about Krakauer’s The Big Picture project re-interpreting movies that have Jewish themes.

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]]><![CDATA[Jeremiah Lockwood and the Cantorial Revival]]>https://www.kalish.nyc/p/jeremiah-lockwood-and-the-cantorialhttps://www.kalish.nyc/p/jeremiah-lockwood-and-the-cantorialFri, 06 Feb 2026 04:47:46 GMTListen to a story produced for NPR in 2022.

]]><![CDATA[Ger Mandolin Orchestra]]>https://www.kalish.nyc/p/ger-mandolin-orchestrahttps://www.kalish.nyc/p/ger-mandolin-orchestraFri, 06 Feb 2026 04:40:17 GMTListen to a radio story about the orchestra produced for KALW.

Listen to a radio story on WBGO about the orchestra’s musical director, Mike Marshall.

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]]><![CDATA[Porch Music]]>https://www.kalish.nyc/p/porch-musichttps://www.kalish.nyc/p/porch-musicThu, 05 Feb 2026 22:50:02 GMTRead about it in The Forward

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]]><![CDATA[Poet Jerome Rothenberg]]>https://www.kalish.nyc/p/poet-jerome-rothenberghttps://www.kalish.nyc/p/poet-jerome-rothenbergMon, 02 Feb 2026 03:29:56 GMTRead an appreciate for the late poet. Rothenberg was a longtime collaborator with the composer Charlie Morrow. Read about the two Jewish artists and their deep connection to indigenous peoples

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]]><![CDATA[Lionel Ziprin and Harry Smith]]>https://www.kalish.nyc/p/lionel-ziprin-and-harry-smithhttps://www.kalish.nyc/p/lionel-ziprin-and-harry-smithMon, 02 Feb 2026 03:23:38 GMTRead about Smith’s connection to the Lower East Side mystic Ziprin.

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