Jon Kalish
Stories
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National
A new website reports on the ultra-Orthodox Jewish community
A new website, Shtetl.org, aims to provide an inside view and a critical look at the insular world of ultra-Orthodox Jews.
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National
When murals depict traumatic history, schools must decide what stays on the wall
Students of color at a high school, a law school and two universities have objected to the way historical murals have portrayed Native Americans and African Americans.
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National
How the arts can help children think about gun violence
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.
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Arts & Life
Veteran anti-consumerist crusader Reverend Billy takes aim at climate change
Reverend Billy, the flamboyant "altar-ego" of New York performance artist William Talen, celebrates 20 years of crusading with his Stop Shopping Choir.
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Politics
What Residents Of NYC's Little Haiti Think About The Killing Of Haiti's President
People in Little Haiti in New York City weigh in on the assassination of Haitian President Jovenel Moïse.
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Arts & Life
Online Miniature Puppet Parade Will Replace New York City's Annual Halloween Parade
New Yorkers look forward to the Greenwich Village Halloween parade every year. This year, some of the city's best out-of-work artists will create a miniature virtual parade, which will stream online.
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Music
Irving Burgie, Songwriter Who Helped Bring Calypso To America, Dies At 95
The Brooklyn-born Burgie studied at Juilliard and co-wrote many of the songs on Harry Belafonte's breakthrough album Calypso, including his genre-defining hit, "Day-O (The Banana Boat Song)."
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Paul Krassner, Comedian Who Captured The Zeitgeist Of The 60s, Dies At 87
Paul Krassner coined the term Yippie and co-founded one of the most influential magazines of the 1960s counterculture, The Realist. Krassner died Sunday at the age of 87.
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Izzy Young, Center To The Folk Music Revival, Dies At 90
Bob Dylan has called Izzy Young's Folklore Center, "the citadel of Americana folk music." It was at center of the folk music revival in New York City in the 1950s and '60s. Young died Feb. 4 at 90.
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National
1968: After Dozens Of Acquittals, Police Forced To End Raids On Gay Haven
When nearly two dozen gay men were arrested, put on trial, and eventually acquitted of sodomy in 1968, it demonstrated to the larger gay community that they could organize against police harassment.