John Kalish

The Lillian Booth Home in Englewood, N.J., is run by the Actors Fund as both a nursing facility and assisted living. Like the residents, many of the staff come from the entertainment industry.

New York, NY —

In the 1920’s and 30’s almost a third of all professional boxers in America were Jewish. This included The Ghetto Wizard-- Benny Leonard and The Pride of the Ghetto-- Barney Ross. They were world champions between 1910 and 1940. The last Jewish world champ was ...

New York, NY —

Jamaica Bay, the 13,000-acre body of water off the south shore of Brooklyn and Queens, is considered one of the city's ecological gems. The bay has a new citizen caretaker who's now patrolling its waters in a new boat. Jon Kalish reports.