On New Year’s Eve in 1972, a group of Ukrainians set out to carol — a seemingly innocent holiday tradition. But for the KGB, the Soviet Union’s security services, this was no ordinary celebration. As ...
Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A Church in Clifton has apologized after its Christmas pageant sparked an outcry for depicting an ultra-Orthodox Jewish character ...
St. Mary Protectress Ukrainian Orthodox Church’s pageant, known as a vertep, featured an antagonist named Moshko who danced with the devil while wearing faux Hasidic garb. A New Jersey church says it ...
The Christmas pageant, performed on Sunday in New Jersey, also included a Hasidic Jewish caricature, carrying a sack of coins and dancing with the devil. It had all the trappings of a conventional ...
It had all the trappings of a conventional Christmas pageant: the three wise men, Christmas carols, and children dressed as angels. But there was a twist: This pageant, performed on Sunday in New ...
Lev Golinkin is the author of the memoir “A Backpack, a Bear, and Eight Crates of Vodka.” The pageant isn’t short on spectacle: The Holy Family, richly robed wise men, armored Roman soldiers and ...
The Museum's Vertep, a traditional Ukrainian Christmas puppet theater, was designed by artist Slava Gerulak, who also created the puppets' ceramic heads. Yurii Kostiw built the theater structure, ...
A Church in Clifton has apologized after its Christmas pageant sparked an outcry for depicting an ultra-Orthodox Jewish character who danced with the devil and carried a money bag. The Jan. 11 event ...
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