Williamsburg

08 Oct A look at Williamsburg’s kapores (chicken ritual) scene

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Video 2 in my high holiday series...

15 Jun 50 years ago in Williamsburg – Nathan Benn’s photography

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Shot for the National Geographic in 1972 & 1973...

18 May A walk through Williamsburg with Phillip Lopate

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The celebrated writer grew up in Williamsburg...

22 Mar My top picks of Hasidic pastries

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Tasting and recommending - delicious stuff!...

20 Mar Building series: A new interactive map-tour of Brooklyn’s Bais Yaakov history

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An interactive tour of the birth of Bais Yaakov in...

06 Mar Street poster: laws of neighbors

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Is it ever okay to report a Hasidic neighbor to...

02 Feb Interview with Harry Weiss, former Williamsburg resident

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Another video in my conversation series...

12 Jan With Elena Solomon: on shpanyer arbet, a special part of Hasidic garment art

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A look at the art on men's atarah...

07 Jan Williamsburg is stuck in the 1950s, part 2

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Women’s clothing are extremely influenced by mid-century western styles...

05 Jan Looking at old Bais Yaakov Williamsburg yearbooks with Naomi Seidman

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QnIyJzbSehY Today I am sharing a YouTube conversation with Naomi Seidman,...

30 Dec Street poster: Shabbes elevators are forbidden!

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This street poster proclaims that shabbes elevators are forbidden. Seen...

29 Dec The Hasidic local economy

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Filmed in Williamsburg. How Hasidim earn a living; part of...

15 Dec Tour of menorah lighting in Hasidic Williamsburg

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A beautiful cold night with many candles adoring windows...

08 Dec In conversation with Nathaniel Deutsch, co-author of ‘A Fortress in Brooklyn’

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https://youtu.be/Y-7QlD92o6k I had the great pleasure to talk in a zoom...

09 Nov Why it’s hard to analyze city data for Williamsburg Hasidim

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On covid numbers, vaccine data and more...

05 Nov The immodest marathon returns to the enclave of piety

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Runners refer to it as the quiet mile....

03 Nov Building series: Eastern District High School

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Some famous people were educated in this building, including Deborah...

11 Oct Williamsburg is stuck in the 1950s, part 1

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As I've spent years exploring the story of Williamsburg, I’ve...

24 Sep Update on my experience as a Covid-era tour guide

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For 2021, I have been able to operate at 15-20%...

17 Sep Building series: Hasidic architecture and family-size balconies

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EJrEtQxMBFY One of the many interesting things in Hasidic Williamsburg is...

11 Sep Interview with Gerald Friedman

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A conversation with a diner at Gottlieb's deli, former WB...

19 Aug Street Poster: buildings for “gentiles of the lowest sort”

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How Hasidim afford to live in Williamsburg...

21 Apr Building series: Mel Brook’s childhood home on Lee

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An iconic comedian once lived on 111 Lee Avenue...

06 Apr Book review: ‘Worlds Apart’ by Sudy Rosengarten

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Some notes from a small book of memories of early...

26 Aug Building series: the Church that shrank

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The story of one church's transformation...

21 Aug A Williamsburg architecture brush-up

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Finding Treasures in an Online Photo Database from the 1940s...

04 Jun Building series: the odd-looking police booth

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Abandoned police booth an artifact of a different Williamsburg...

07 Sep The bus tours and insensitive tourists

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The NY Post wrote about the hordes of tourists that...

27 May Building series: Satmar’s eyesore on 540 Bedford Avenue

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It's now one of NYC's longest standing incomplete projects...

30 Dec A new podcast and Flaum’s Deli

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A new podcast on Jewish history has a pilot episode...

17 Dec Chanukah 2018 in Hasidic Williamsburg

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This was or first ever food tour on Chanukah and...

03 Aug Non-Hasidic renters in the Neighborhood

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Can you rent a place in the Hasidic neighborhood?...

29 Mar A tour of Hasidic Williamsburg 35 years ago ($6.50!)

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Sociologist George Kranzler did it first....

04 Mar Building series: the House of the Prince of Peace once in Williamsburg

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Site: Site of the Christian Mission / Jews for Jesus Location:...

04 Aug An interview with Philip Fishman; author of ‘A Sukkah is Burning’

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Many Jews remember Williamsburg before its Hasidic transformation; when centrist...

30 Jul The future of the historic Hanover Club/Vien’s School?

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When a friend of mine was in Williamsburg late one...

22 Jul Building series: Clymer Street shul, and the last star of david

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The Clymer Street Synagogue is the site for the last...

27 Jun Building series: It used to be a theater 2: Vien Synagogue

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Site: Vien Synagogue/ formerly Wilson Theater Location: 27 Lee Avenue, Brooklyn,...

24 Jun Assault and impropriety on Lee Avenue

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A very dramatic story went down on a Friday Night...

18 Jun How the streets in Williamsburg got their names…

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Taylor, Wilson, Clymer...

15 Jun Building series: Leonard and Phillip Lopate’s home

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Site: Childhood Home of radio host Leonard Lopate Location: 151 Ross...

12 Jun Kipelach versus rugelach

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I always ask my groups what the above pastries are....

10 Jun A 1992 photo collection of Hasidic Williamsburg

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Photos by Melodie McDaniel photography. I'm not sure what to...

09 Jun Building series: inside the Hanover mansion / Vien’s school

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I wrote about the Hanover Mansion that's now the Vien's...

07 Jun Building series: it used to be a theater 1 – Klausenberg Synagogue

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Site: Klausenburg Synagogue Location: 131 Lee Avenue, Brooklyn, NY 11211 [image: NYC...

03 Jun Dairy pastries in Williamsburg

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As tonight is Shavuos, the Jewish holiday that is celebrated...

01 Jun Building series: anti-zionism and the Klausenberg building

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The case of the disappearing Stars of David...

30 May Artistic illustration of Hasidim and Hipsters

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Photo: Free Williamsburg magazine This is from the Free Williamsburg...

26 May Building series: Vien’s Girls’ school building; the Williamsburg story

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Site: Former Hanover Club / Former Young Israel / girls...

25 May Building series: the Wonder Bread factory—now the Skverer Yeshiva

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Site: Formerly bread factory / now Skver yeshiva Location: 97 Heyward...

23 May How the Williamsburg Bridge changed Williamsburg

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When the Williamsburg Bridge was built in 1903, Jewish immigrants...