Mass Bar Mitzvah ceremony proves Maccabiah is about more than sports
Hillel Kuttler, JTAJul 25, 2013
NEVE ILAN, Israel Luke Rosener removed his orange T-shirt, changed into a white dress shirt and alighted from a chartered bus. The garb was a far cry from the...
Canadiens coach hoping to add Maccabiah gold to Stanley Cup, victory over illiteracy
Hillel Kuttler, JTAJul 18, 2013
JERUSALEM Of all the compelling stories of athletic achievement and challenges overcome that could be told by the 9,000 participants gathering in Israel for the 19th...
How a man named Macabi helps bring 21 new countries to the Maccabiah Games
Hillel Kuttler, JTAJul 11, 2013
BALTIMORE The first arrows Roxana and Rafael Gonzalez launch at the upcoming 19th Maccabiah Games will take flight from their fingertips, but also from Jeffrey...
Barocas puts lacrosse on map in Denver, Israel
Hillel Kuttler, JTAJun 27, 2013
DID you know that lacrosse is the oldest sport in North America? Rooted in Native American religion, lacrosse was often played to resolve conflicts, heal the sick and...
A family reconnects, from Denver to Brooklyn
Hillel Kuttler, JTAFeb 21, 2013
BALTIMORE It pained Don Jacobson to consider the relatives hes never met, whose names he didnt know and the family celebrations they could have been sharing all...
A Tel Aviv student’s 1963 notebook sets a stranger on a search
Hillel Kuttler, JTAOct 11, 2012
BALTIMORE Four plain, brown notebooks among an array of colorful cards, games and pictures began Penny Barsimantovs quest into the past. The researcher for a...
From homelessness to Paralympian
Hillel Kuttler, JTAAug 23, 2012
BALTIMORE Tahl Leibovitz spent much of his adolescence riding New York Citys subways not for transportation or because of the trains allure. The subways were...
30 years later, IDF trio forgotten
Hillel Kuttler, JTAJun 21, 2012
BALTIMORE Soon after the Lebanon War began in June, 1982, Avigdor Chens tank unit fell into a trap. Artillery rained from high ground occupied by the Syrians near...
WW II partisans gather in New York, including two Denverites
Hillel Kuttler, JTANov 17, 2011
NEW YORK Allen Small, 83, and Leon Bakst, 86, hugged each other so tight, Small said, I couldnt let go. Their embrace at a synagogue on Manhattans Upper East...
Testing for 19 genetic diseases
Hillel Kuttler, JTASep 01, 2011
WASHINGTON Susan and Brad Stillman grew concerned following their son Benjamins birth in September, 1998. He was fussy and congested, had difficulty breastfeeding...
