My East Village neighbors sell their storied clubhouse
Let’s make swastikas look like sassafras
A recent panel at the Sixth Street Community Center highlighted the lives of four activist Jewish women, who have inspired me to stand behind my support for Hillary Clinton
A conversation with the noted garbologist about Bob Dylan, John Lennon, Meir Kahane, being a drug dealer, and what’s wrong with NY today
The iconic, kosher East Village restaurant reopened this morning—and it was a party
B&H Dairy, opened in 1942, has been closed since deadly March 26 explosion
But NYC congregants who opposed designation worry about added red tape
Unlikely arrangement saves ornate ark as NYC temple becomes condominium
Or at least kept Lou Reed from punching me at a dinner party
‘The Brownstone’ temporarily shuttered by Department of Buildings
Children’s book artists donate auction items after school library loses funding
A thrift shop in New York’s East Village holds the story of my kids’ early years, and of a changed neighborhood
Herschel Silverman, a poet and candy store owner from Bayonne, N.J., was immortalized and befriended by Allen Ginsberg. At 85, the beat goes on.
In this week’s “Tell Me,” Tablet Magazine’s illustrated question-and-answer column, we revisit our dovish homeowner—and wait for some eggs to hatch
The old East Village gathers for Kupferberg
A Manhattan couple repairs the world—five kids at a time