Jon Kalish

Jon Kalish

The Jazz Rabbi of Connecticut

Rabbi Greg Wall, a professional saxophone player, has created a jazz club at a VFW hall in Westport, CT.
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Ronnie Eldridge
The Upper West Side activist and elected official was a political institution.
Mar 7 • Jon Kalish
42:28
Garry Trudeau Interview
An interview with the creator of Doonesbury.
Feb 27 • Jon Kalish
Carecube
The Carecube portable isolation unitpromises to transform patient care. After FDA approval, the Carecube is now in hospitals around the country…
Feb 16 • Jon Kalish
Modern Unorthodox
In 1997 the public radio series Soundprint commissioned a half-hour radio documentary about my life in Midwood, an Orthodox neighborhood in Brooklyn.
Feb 15 • Jon Kalish
Stories About Public Media
Links to stories written for the journal Current, which covers public media
Feb 14 • Jon Kalish
11:49
The Mighty Atom
Joseph Greenstein fled antisemitism in Poland and settled in Texas. He re-invented himself as a strongman known as The Mighty Atom.
Feb 14 • Jon Kalish
17:11
Shelf Life
The 1993 movie Shelf Life was the final feature film by the late Paul Bartel, the indy director best known for Eating Raoul.
Feb 14 • Jon Kalish
2:50
Food Warehouse
Chowhound Jim Leff goes shopping at Food Warehouse in New Jersey.
Feb 14 • Jon Kalish
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Bluegrass Singer Jerry Wicentowski
An Orthodox Jew from Milwaukee Sings Bluegrass Tunes
Feb 14 • Jon Kalish
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Manhattan-based print and radio journalist.
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