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In a peek behind the props, concert producers share a bit of what it takes to keep the music playing

Gal won’t be furthering his basketball career to Argentina this year.   Gal is a teenager who was one of Israel’s best basketball players in his age

Excitement is in the air for the final shiur of tour with Reb Eli Stefansky. Thousands have attended the previous shiurim where there was a siyum at every

Rabbi Fishel Schachter encases vital messages in pathos, charm, and wit

A queer, heretical Yiddish play too edgy for 1906 lives again on Zoom In spite of months of tsuris over production challenges, the Yiddish Theatre Ensemble soon will stream an adapted, videotaped performance of “God of Vengeance,” a groundbreaking and controversial play written by Sholem Asch in 1906. “Sometimes the internet or the green screen wouldn’t work,” the play’s director, Bruce Bierman, said of the technical difficulties. “We held conference calls that the actors couldn�...

On his 13th yahrtzeit this 17 Adar, a tribute to the indefatigable Reb Eli Teitelbaum Photos: Family archives It was the 1960s, and Eli Teitelbaum was just a bochur when his star began to rise. The son of a rabbi from Kew Gardens, Queens, Eli was short, focused, a powerhouse of energy, and determined to channel his talents, charisma, and easy rapport with children into Klal Yisrael’s future: the youth. “It’s no exaggeration to say that he was one of the Founding Fathers of American Yiddis...

Ask Naomi Newman what it’s like to hit the big 9-0, and she gives a straight answer. “It feels similar to 89,” she says dryly. “The experience is quite ordinary.” “Ordinary” is not a term normally associated with Naomi Newman. As an actor, director, playwright and especially as a co-founder of the pioneering Traveling Jewish Theater, she secured a spot in the Bay Area pantheon of performance art. So when her 90th birthday loomed last Dec. 24, her family, friends and colleagues cou...