19 Sep Update on this blog
I have been active on Youtube, and my blog is...
I have been active on Youtube, and my blog is...
Video 2 in my high holiday series...
Register now for this special event...
After 2 years of covid closures, a fantastic spring!...
Shot for the National Geographic in 1972 & 1973...
'Tours give a window into the closed world of the...
In the media....
The celebrated writer grew up in Williamsburg...
Tasting and recommending - delicious stuff!...
An interactive tour of the birth of Bais Yaakov in...
Is it ever okay to report a Hasidic neighbor to...
Reflections on a second round at licensing...
Another video in my conversation series...
A look at the art on men's atarah...
Women’s clothing are extremely influenced by mid-century western styles...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QnIyJzbSehY Today I am sharing a YouTube conversation with Naomi Seidman,...
Filmed in Williamsburg. How Hasidim earn a living; part of...
A beautiful cold night with many candles adoring windows...
https://youtu.be/Y-7QlD92o6k I had the great pleasure to talk in a zoom...
On covid numbers, vaccine data and more...
Runners refer to it as the quiet mile....
Some famous people were educated in this building, including Deborah...
As I've spent years exploring the story of Williamsburg, I’ve...
For 2021, I have been able to operate at 15-20%...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EJrEtQxMBFY One of the many interesting things in Hasidic Williamsburg is...
A conversation with a diner at Gottlieb's deli, former WB...
How Hasidim afford to live in Williamsburg...
Flip phones get fancier yet....
Analysis of how faiths link tragedy to what people wear...
An iconic comedian once lived on 111 Lee Avenue...
Some notes from a small book of memories of early...
*STICKY* Announcing limited tour schedule for 2021...
A walk in Boro Park ...
A video post...
The story of one church's transformation...
Finding Treasures in an Online Photo Database from the 1940s...
I am hoping to run tours again, starting July 14...
Abandoned police booth an artifact of a different Williamsburg...
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How tours will be affected by New York's state of...
The NY Post wrote about the hordes of tourists that...
What and why I write here....
Not everyone is welcoming....
It's now one of NYC's longest standing incomplete projects...
A summary of resources on Hasidic life...
An Inauguration of a Torah Ceremony on the street after...
A new podcast on Jewish history has a pilot episode...
This was or first ever food tour on Chanukah and...
A very nice Hasidic gentleman who works at one of...
As a tour guide, I’ve learned about some of the...
Can you rent a place in the Hasidic neighborhood?...
A reader asked: What's it like for Jews to work...
I gave a tour of Hasidic Williamsburg to a group...
A reader asked: Is it wrong of me to feel...
Sociologist George Kranzler did it first....
There is an interesting conversation on the frum internet forum...
Site: Site of the Christian Mission / Jews for Jesus Location:...
h/t Williamsburg News on Twitter...
Many Jews remember Williamsburg before its Hasidic transformation; when centrist...
When a friend of mine was in Williamsburg late one...
The Clymer Street Synagogue is the site for the last...
I’m always interested in the communication between the self-isolated Hasidic...
Site: Vien Synagogue/ formerly Wilson Theater Location: 27 Lee Avenue, Brooklyn,...
A very dramatic story went down on a Friday Night...
Taylor, Wilson, Clymer...
Site: Childhood Home of radio host Leonard Lopate Location: 151 Ross...
I always ask my groups what the above pastries are....
Photos by Melodie McDaniel photography. I'm not sure what to...
I wrote about the Hanover Mansion that's now the Vien's...
Psychologist Marty Klein and visiting tourist of Williamsburg (he did...
Site: Klausenburg Synagogue Location: 131 Lee Avenue, Brooklyn, NY 11211 [image: NYC...
As tonight is Shavuos, the Jewish holiday that is celebrated...
The case of the disappearing Stars of David...
Photo: Free Williamsburg magazine This is from the Free Williamsburg...
Site: Former Hanover Club / Former Young Israel / girls...
Site: Formerly bread factory / now Skver yeshiva Location: 97 Heyward...
A visitor in Williamsburg told me this great story: I once...
When the Williamsburg Bridge was built in 1903, Jewish immigrants...
A century ago a Christian Mission to the Jews stood...
A shirt I made in photoshop. It says "When...