Leisure
Jerusalem museum explores global coffee culture
JNSJul 29, 2021
By Judy Lash Balint Coffee culture in Israel is as varied as the population. Bedouin hospitality dictates finely ground dark coffee served in tiny cups. Arabs will serve...
How about vegan brisket for Rosh Hashanah?
Shira Hanau, JTAJul 22, 2021
ROCHESTER, NY — Rob Nipe and Nora Rubel hadn’t anticipated selling out of pastrami on their opening day. But when you have a vegan butcher shop certified kosher and...
Sportswriter, Holocaust biographer
JTAJul 15, 2021
By Alan Zeitlin DALLAS — As NFL beat writers go, Jori Epstein is likely among the more unusual: Start with being a woman, she doesn’t work on Shabbat, and she...
Fogel’s baseball treasure trove on display for All Star Game
Chris LeppekJul 08, 2021
Tomorrow morning, on July 10, an armored truck is scheduled to travel from an undisclosed bank vault to the Rally Hotel at McGregor Square, just across the street from...
Jewish athletes in Tokyo, and when they compete
JTAJul 08, 2021
By Emily Burack TOKYO — The 2020 Tokyo Olympics are finally happening, a full year after they were planned. They’re still being called the 2020 Olympics, even though...
Fleischmanns rose to the challenge
JTAJul 08, 2021
By Joel Haber, The Nosher via JTA Many home cooks this past year, in an Instagram-inspired spirit, upped their challah-baking game with new braiding patterns,...
Anguished father of the Netanyahus
JTAJul 01, 2021
By Emily Burack, Alma via JTA NEW YORK — Joshua Cohen’s novel, The Netanyahus: An Account of a Minor and Ultimately Even Negligible Episode in the History of a Very...
Israel’s women softball in Colorado — for a championship
Andrea JacobsJul 01, 2021
“I’m good,” enthuses Sydney Silverstein before scrimmaging with a competing female softball team preparing for the Triple Crown International Challenge, June...
Official: Elvis had Jewish ancestry
JTAJul 01, 2021
By Dan Fellner MEMPHIS — The large crate sat unopened in a 20,000-square-foot warehouse here for more than four decades, concealing a little-known fact about one of...
Israeli flag on Everest
Abigail Klein Leichman, Israel21cJun 24, 2021
Oxygen balloon and chutzpah Israeli flag on Everest Danielle Wolfson’s oxygen tank was almost empty as she neared the peak of Mt. Everest on May 23. At such a high...
