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Denverite heroes return to Normandy
Gerald MellmanJul 02, 2009
HAROLD Heshie Steinberg and Homer Goodman had the rare experience of returning to the shores of Normandy, France, June 6, 2009, to celebrate the 65th anniversary of...
The seven laws of Noah
Ben Harris, JTAJun 26, 2009
CLEVELAND, Tenn. When Jack Saunders began questioning the core religious claims of Christianity in the mid-1980s, it set him on a journey that eventually led to his...
Can Britain’s ‘chief’ sell in America?
Ben Harris, JTAMay 28, 2009
NEW YORK Most of what you need to know about Jonathan Sacks, the chief rabbi of the British commonwealth, is apparent from the story he tells of how his […]
Great-great-great-grandfather
Shana GoldbergMay 28, 2009
Immediately after Shabbat ended on May 23, Rabbi Yosef Shalom Elyashiv, the worlds leading halachic authority, was informed that he has become a great-great-great...
Jewish woman is Arabic-language poet
JTAMay 28, 2009
BERLIN Using a pseudonym, a Jewish woman won an Arab poetry contest in Holland. Tuvit Shlomi, 28, who works at the Center for Information and Documentation on Israel...
So you think you’re a crypto-Jew? Expert answers FAQ about crypto-Jews
JTAMay 21, 2009
EL PASO Stanley Hordes is one of the foremost experts on the Crypto-Jews, with his recent book To the End of the Earth: A History of the Crypto-Jews of […]
One of the 550,000 Jews who fought the Nazis
Stacy FarbMay 21, 2009
WHEN the topic of WW II comes up among a group of Jews, many immediately think of the concentration camps, of Jews as victims, as survivors, but not fighters. In...
New book, and new type of rabbinical career
Ben Harris, JTAMay 14, 2009
NEW YORK The tale Jill Jacobs tells of the first steps in her journey to becoming one of the most recognizable names in Jewish social justice work has something of...
World of silence
Andrea JacobsMay 14, 2009
Alerted by the doorbell, Samuel Landman, 29, appears at the entrance to his parents modest home on the West Side. Welcome, he says, his warm tone matching the...
Arab-Jewish singing duo defy stereotypes
Dina Kraft, JTAMay 07, 2009
TEL AVIV Singers Achinoam Nini and Mira Awad look out at the crowd cheering them on at a packed Tel Aviv bar and beam delighted, almost surprised smiles as […]
