Fifty years ago this month, a Jewish youth group issued a remarkable ‘concert service in jazz’ album featuring Herbie Hancock and other greats titled ‘Hear, O Israel’—but the composer hated it
One hundred years ago this month, religious leaders took sides. In this corner: ‘women’s rights are human rights.’ In the far corner: ‘the only natural roles for women are as homemaker and educator of children.’
When I was ordained as a rabbi, I felt ignored and misunderstood as a gay man in the midst of the AIDS crisis. It took me 25 years to come home.
Actors stage a tribute to Roth with a reading
The former mayor, who had a deep relationship with Catholicism, will be memorialized in a Mass at St. Patrick’s
The Fan Who Knew Too Much collects Anthony Heilbut’s essays on politics, culture, and gospel music
Flamboyant Las Vegas Mayor Oscar B. Goodman, facing the end of his term-limited reign, is waging a final battle, campaigning for his wife, Carolyn, a nice Jewish girl from New York, to succeed him
Public ownership kills New York’s weekly broadcast
May no longer be a New York tradition
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