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Jewish Tony winner Brandon Uranowitz spoke to our friends at Hey Alma about closing the circle on being cut from the sho...
12/22/2025

Jewish Tony winner Brandon Uranowitz spoke to our friends at Hey Alma about closing the circle on being cut from the show's original production in the '90s and how it feels to tell an immigration story right now.

In 1998, "Ragtime" opened at the Lyric Theatre (then the Ford Center for the Performing Arts) on Broadway in New York, New York. And it seemed for some years thereafter, that all the show's days would be warm and fair. Unless, of course, you're Baby Brandon Uranowitz — how the now 39-year-old Ton

What’s a Jew to do on Christmas Eve and Christmas Day? Sure, you could take advantage of New York City’s empty streets, ...
12/22/2025

What’s a Jew to do on Christmas Eve and Christmas Day?

Sure, you could take advantage of New York City’s empty streets, appreciate a day off from work if you have one, and hang out with your family. You could also partake in a time-honored Jewish Christmas tradition: Chinese food and a movie.

But if you’re looking for something fun and different to do over the holiday — which, of course, celebrates the birthday of the world’s most famous Jewish baby — we’ve put together this list Jewish events across the city that are taking place on Christmas Eve and Christmas Day.

From klezmer concerts to family-friendly events to all-night dance parties, here are nine Jewish events taking place in New York City on Dec. 24 and Dec. 25.

Silent Night? Yeah, right! Check out our list of Jewish events happening in New York on Dec. 24 and Dec. 25.

A federal judge in Brooklyn has denied a bid by New York City and the estate of former Brooklyn District Attorney Charle...
12/21/2025

A federal judge in Brooklyn has denied a bid by New York City and the estate of former Brooklyn District Attorney Charles Hynes to throw out a civil-rights lawsuit brought by Hasidic sex-abuse whistleblower Sam Kellner, clearing the way for a jury to hear claims that top prosecutors helped engineer his arrest to benefit a convicted child molester.

Sam Kellner faced charges, which were later dropped, after breaking the silence about abuse in his Brooklyn community.

Amid the bitter cold on Tuesday evening, 100 or so neighbors — many of them clutching tiny cups of hot chocolate, holdin...
12/20/2025

Amid the bitter cold on Tuesday evening, 100 or so neighbors — many of them clutching tiny cups of hot chocolate, holding dogs on leashes, or chasing after small children — gathered in Harlem’s tiny Montefiore Park to watch the neighborhood’s annual Christmas tree lighting.

But this year, the blue spruce — a landmark at the north end of the triangular park that’s been illuminated for Christmas every year since 1992 — wasn’t the only holiday decoration in the park. For the first time, the Christmas tree lighting was accompanied by the kindling of a large electric menorah, in honor of the third night of Hanukkah.

The first Harlem Festival of Lights took place in Montefiore Park, named for the 19th-century Jewish philanthropist.

New York City Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani’s pick for a crucial City Hall position resigned on Thursday, shortly after her...
12/19/2025

New York City Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani’s pick for a crucial City Hall position resigned on Thursday, shortly after her history of antisemitic posts on X came to light.

Mamdani had announced his appointment of Catherine Almonte Da Costa as director of appointments, responsible for staffing City Hall, on Wednesday. But on Thursday, several posts on X where she peddled age-old antisemitic stereotypes were published by the Judge Street Journal, a Substack about New York City politics.

Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani’s appointee Catherine Almonte Da Costa resigned just a day after she was tapped as director of appointments.

Remembering Rob Reiner, beloved Jewish film director, actor and liberal activist. Reiner was found dead in his Brentwood...
12/17/2025

Remembering Rob Reiner, beloved Jewish film director, actor and liberal activist. Reiner was found dead in his Brentwood, California, home with his wife, the producer and photographer Michele Singer Reiner, late Sunday, both with multiple stab wounds.

The Reiners’ son Nick was arrested in connection to their deaths.

Jewish author, actor and playwright Alice Eve Cohen was a newly minted Princeton University graduate in 1977 when her mo...
12/16/2025

Jewish author, actor and playwright Alice Eve Cohen was a newly minted Princeton University graduate in 1977 when her mother very suddenly died.

“We were just beginning to become close … after having a very stormy relationship for a number of years,” Cohen said. “To lose her in that moment, where everything seemed possible for the first time, was a loss that took a very long time to recover from, and which is still a kind of foundational part of me. It fuels a lot of my writing.”

This loss is at the center of Cohen’s latest work, “Oklahoma Samovar,” which is having its world premiere at LaMama Experimental Theatre Club (66 East 4th St.) through Dec. 21.

Alice Eve Cohen's new play, “Oklahoma Samovar,” unpacks a Jewish family’s generations of secrets.

The guest list at the New York Young Republican Club’s annual gala on Saturday included white nationalists, antisemitic ...
12/16/2025

The guest list at the New York Young Republican Club’s annual gala on Saturday included white nationalists, antisemitic conspiracy theorists and a Jewish City Councilwoman, who ultimately decided not to attend.

A Jewish Republican lawmaker turned down her invitation, despite being touted by the group as an "honored guest."

It’s the winter holiday season and half-Jewish heartthrob Timothée Chalamet, following his 2024 portrayal of legendary f...
12/12/2025

It’s the winter holiday season and half-Jewish heartthrob Timothée Chalamet, following his 2024 portrayal of legendary folk musician Bob Dylan in “A Complete Unknown,” is once again playing a movie role based on a Jewish celebrity.

This time, Chalamet, who is named for his Jewish grandfather, is swapping a guitar for a ping pong paddle for his role in the buzzy “Marty Supreme,” which is out in theaters on Dec. 25. The Josh Safdie-directed film, nominated for three Golden Globes and likely to earn “Best Picture” and “Best Actor” Oscar noms, is loosely based on “The Money Player,” the autobiography of the eccentric, real-life Jewish table tennis champion Marty “The Needle” Reisman — so nicknamed for his tall, slim build and his “quick wit.”

The real-life "bad boy of ping pong" grew up Jewish on the Lower East Side.

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