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Jenny Clevstrom

Jenny Clevstrom is a writer who lives in Manhattan.

Family Feud: Will the Real Satmar Please Stand Up?

By Jenny Clevstrom

Here’s a tale—Shakespearian in drama—of feuding Hasidic brothers, sons of a grand rabbi with worldwide spiritual power, fighting over succession in a neighborhood otherwise spared from fraternity bar brawls.

Photograph by Ander Goldfarb

Fort Greene's Poetry Park

By Jenny Clevstrom

As part of a daylong celebration of poetry in Fort Greene Park, the Richard Wright Project will celebrate Wright’s work at the Monument Plaza, starting at 11 a.m.

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