Alawite town, ‘forbidden city,’ attracts
Hillel Kuttler, JTAFeb 02, 2023
Ghajar (pronounced RA-zhar) for decades was unusually cut off from the rest of Israel. Residents could come and go, but outsiders could visit only through prior...
Hispanic MLBers visit Israel to promote Christian-Jewish relations
Hillel Kuttler, JTADec 08, 2022
MLB players Nelson Cruz, Cesar Hernandez and Jeimer Candelario were brought to Israel for a week by the Philos Project, a US-based nonprofit organization that promotes...
Winning Alex Bregman looks forward to Astros’ season
Hillel Kuttler, JTAApr 05, 2018
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. — Sitting on a couch near his locker at the Houston Astros’ spring training facility here in mid-March, Alex Bregman is reflecting about an...
NFL Hall of Famers in Israel
Hillel Kuttler, JTAJun 22, 2017
RAMAT HASHARON, Israel — An Israeli soldier clapped football great and Vietnam War veteran Roger Staubach on the shoulder at a soccer field here, telling the 1963...
From Havana to coaching Israeli baseball
Hillel Kuttler, JTAApr 06, 2017
PASSOVER EDITION 5777SECTION C PAGE 12 TEL AVIV — Unlike the dangerous maritime escapes attempted by some of his fellow Cuban baseball players, the worst Alejandro...
Vikings’ owner: Not your average philanthropist
Hillel Kuttler, JTASep 08, 2016
MINNEAPOLIS — Minnesota Vikings head coach Mike Zimmer stepped up to an 800-pound gjallarhorn and exhaled with all he had to launch the festivities that officially...
Three Auschwitz survivors find each other
Hillel Kuttler, JTAJun 16, 2016
BALTIMORE — For over six decades, Chaim Schwimmer has thrown a kiddush every Simchat Torah, but it’s not only to celebrate the joyful holiday. The food and the...
Jewish players in MLB starting line-ups
Hillel Kuttler, JTAApr 07, 2016
BALTIMORE Will Joc Pederson rebound from his second-half struggle last season? Can Kevin Pillar build on his strong 2015 campaign? Will injuries derail one-time MVP...
‘Glass House’ saved 40,000 Hungarian Jews
Hillel Kuttler, JTAMar 24, 2016
NIR GALIM, Israel — On a recent afternoon in a museum in this moshav community near the port city of Ashdod, Hodaya Gadba held up a black-and-white photograph of a...
Cavaliers fire David Blatt, former Israeli coach
Hillel Kuttler, JTAJan 28, 2016
CLEVELAND The Cleveland Cavaliers fired Israeli-American head coach David Blatt, who led the team to the NBA finals last season and to the best record in the Eastern...
