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Dear Officer Garelik
Shiva Stars
Each week, we select the most interesting Jewish obituary. This week, it’s that of Sanford Garelik, who died Saturday at 93. Garelik “was a Jewish cop, so nothing human was alien to him,” says a friend. He was the New York Police Department’s first Jewish chief inspector; once, he ran for mayor. As president of the City Council, he suggested the New York Yankees play their home games at the much newer New York Mets homefield Shea Stadium as a cost-cutting measure: something that took real balls for a kid from the Bronx.
Jewish Centurions vs. Rome
Street performers who pose for tourists by the Colosseum battle city authorities
When Berlin Meant Business
Berlin was once home to 50,000 Jewish-owned businesses. A historian is now obsessively reconstructing their demise.
In Praise of Dairy Restaurants
A visit to B&H Restaurant on Second Avenue brings back memories of milchig establishments of yore
Curse of the Survivor
Singer Vera Gran was haunted by allegations of Nazi collaboration. A new book asks if survival made her guilty.
