“I was lucky to find a teacher, a guide — Rabbi Joseph Singer, 62, born in Poland to a family of rabbis, the 10th-generation descendent of Gershon Kitover, who was the brother-in-law of Baal Shem Tov, founder of the hasidic movement.”
Originally published April 24, 1978
“The battle in Kanawha is a cultural revolution, in the strictest sense of the term: an effort by the rural working class to wrest schools — the means of production of their children — away from the permissive technocrats who now control them.”
Originally published December 4, 1974
In this '60s quiz, what was so vivid then seems faded now — but see if you're part of the problem or part of the solution
Originally published March 8, 1988
“Most members of the American left have become revolutionaries because they see no other alternative — they still want to save the country, not to destroy it”
Originally published September 5, 1968
“By 3 a.m. Tuesday the liberals had been routed at the convention, the kids had been repulsed on the street ... Almost every noise was martial: fire sirens, the squawking of radios, cop cars racing, the idle chatter of police on duty”
Originally published August 28, 1968
“Tom, who now lives in the Bronx, was raised on a plantation in the Delta. Emmett Till was one of his best friends. Indeed, he was with Till until about 7 p.m. on the horrible, legendary 1955 night when Till was murdered allegedly for whistling at a white woman”
Originally published October 8, 1980
"The excruciating cry of a man who is tormented by his own freedom."
February 13, 2020
“Despite the presence of some modern stores on Mott Street — banks, insurance companies, gift shops, a pinball parlor — it still seems to exist outside of New York City.”
Originally published October 28, 1965