Reading for readings on 18th Street. Photo: Hazel Feldman Looking to the Future Double bagging - Like it or not, there’s a 5-cent charge for paper bags these days which beats having to walk the streets... Voices 12 Sep 2020 | 04:14
Rabbi Ben Tzion Krasnianski (fourth from right) with four generations of family, including his mother (first on the right). Photo courtesy of Rabbi Ben Tzion Krasianski The Gift of a Global Shabbat This year Rosh Hashanah begins on Shabbat which is a day of rest, a day of delight and a day of pleasure which sets the tone... Voices 09 Sep 2020 | 05:37
The author preparing for Rosh Hashanah. Photo courtesy of Ben Krull Finding Jewish Connection in a Holiday Season of Separation I will shortly be chanting prayers during the High Holy Days, glorifying the era of the destroyed ancient Temples, and expressing... Voices 08 Sep 2020 | 10:56
Manhattan Reality Check leaders during a day of action visit at the Capitol Building in Albany. Left to right: Charity Asante, Athena Kotsopriftis, Daniel Jeon and Isabella Hynes. Photo: Ayo Alli, Youth Engagement Manager, NYC Smoke-Free How Tobacco Companies Shape-Shift to Addict Teens Shape-shifting is often associated with mythical characters. But the Big Tobacco companies have been shape-shifting for years... Voices 01 Sep 2020 | 04:45
Rabbi Yisroel Stone and his son Menachem. Photo courtesy of Rabbi Yisroel Stone Taking to the Streets Have shofar, will travel - There it was, old time religion making claim to its place on NYC’s street. And why not, everything’s... Voices 30 Aug 2020 | 03:22
Playing “Settlers of Catan” (left to right): Gali, Matan and the author. Photo: Gali Gordon The Quarantine Games of Apartment 605 In early March, a crisis was only getting started. Emotions were running high, people’s characters were getting tested and... Voices 26 Aug 2020 | 06:12
Chef Hakan Akbag (left) and Mirso of Tudor City Steakhouse. Photo courtesy of Tudor City Steakhouse The Best of all Worlds: Good Food, No Noise Noiseless in NY ... No noise, NY? - Sounds like an oxymoron. Where to eat/dine in Manhattan where there’s no noise from street... Voices 16 Aug 2020 | 06:29
Sidewalk tables at Tal Bagels on East 86th Street. (Photo: Nancy Ploeger) Redefining Street Food Mixed-up messaging - Kind of weird to see that Whole Foods’s rotisserie chicken comes wrapped in packaging that promotes... Voices 02 Aug 2020 | 06:12
Photo: Harmon Rangell Incident on 23rd Street The brownstone buildings that lined Chelsea’s 23rd street were all about the same. They were five story buildings. Elevators... Voices 22 Jul 2020 | 03:26
Harmony Grits was rescued from under a warehouse. ( Photo: Monica Sinforosa, Crossed Paws Rescue) A City’s Travails, A Cat’s Tale Pandemania - No matter what you call the scourge (COVID, covid, CV, cv, pandemic), it’s here, we’ve got it. For how long?... Voices 19 Jul 2020 | 04:41
Alicia Silverstone (right) as Cher Horowitz in “Clueless,” with Stacey Dash as Dionne Davenport. ( Photo: Paramount Pictures) ‘Clueless’ About Fashion Twenty-five years ago this month (July 19th to be exact), director Amy Heckerling’s “Clueless,” a modern take on Jane Austen’s... Voices 08 Jul 2020 | 01:43
The author, in a less distant New York one year ago, says “Who would’ve thought I’d miss Times Square!” ( Photo courtesy of Oscar Kim Bauman.) Suburb Envy Being from New York City, Manhattan in particular, has always been an integral part of my identity. I was born in the now-gone... Voices 30 Jun 2020 | 12:26
Zoom meeting of BreakALeg Productions theater company. ( Photo courtesy of Susan Richard) In the Whirl of Zoomtown SLAM dunk - Play time is what’s needed more than ever these days - from sitting down in a restaurant indoors to seeing a... Voices 21 Jun 2020 | 06:09
A Jewish Response to the Tragic Death of George Floyd The Jewish people have an answer to the chaos and confusion that has gripped the nation and it is high time that we share... Voices 12 Jun 2020 | 02:41
Chef Chris Fischer and comedian Amy Schumer. ( Photo courtesy of the Food Network) Here’s to Men With Kitchen Skills “Don’t do it, Amy,” was all I could think as I began watching “Amy Schumer Learns To Cook” on the Food Network, where the... Voices 11 Jun 2020 | 02:13
