<![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/jewsSubstackThu, 30 Apr 2026 02:06:53 GMT<![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.

]]><![CDATA[You Don’t Need A Weberman]]>https://www.kalish.nyc/p/you-dont-need-a-webermanhttps://www.kalish.nyc/p/you-dont-need-a-webermanMon, 02 Feb 2026 03:14:08 GMTRead about your loyal correspondent attending a screening of the Dylan biopic with the obsessed Dylanologist

Read a story about the dark side of A.J.’s family, which includes the convicted sex predator Nechemya Weberman, a convicted pederast.

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]]><![CDATA[Crime on the Lower East Side]]>https://www.kalish.nyc/p/crime-on-the-lower-east-sidehttps://www.kalish.nyc/p/crime-on-the-lower-east-sideMon, 02 Feb 2026 03:07:35 GMTRead about a biography of of Fredericka Mandelbaum, who spent several years as an impoverished street peddler before becoming a fence (buyer and seller of stolen goods) and mastermind of bank burglaries. Another story focuses on a book titled The Incorruptibles by Dan Slater, which details the immense scale of crime on the Jewish Lower East Sid

e, and how well-to-do German Jews uptown tried to turn things around.

]]><![CDATA[Car Writers Hold Seder At Katz’s Deli]]>https://www.kalish.nyc/p/car-writers-hold-seder-at-katzs-delihttps://www.kalish.nyc/p/car-writers-hold-seder-at-katzs-deliMon, 02 Feb 2026 01:55:28 GMTRead a story about the seder published by the Jewish Telegraphic Agency. A radio version aired on WBGO

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