Leisure
Local Holocaust survivors gather for concert
Andrea JacobsApr 25, 2019
People queue outside the Mizel Museum Wednesday evening, April 17, for “Survivors Sing,” Denver’s first Holocaust survivors concert. Solemnity and cordiality mix...
Meet Max the Matzah
Cnaan Liphshiz, JTAApr 18, 2019
PASSOVER 5779 SECTION A PAGE 2 Note: Max the Matzah appears on the front page of the IJN Passover 5779 edition, published April 19, 2019. AMSTERDAM — Anywhere else in...
Anne Frank adaptation told through cat’s eyes
Shana GoldbergApr 18, 2019
PASSOVER 5779 SECTION C PAGE 13 of the oldest pieces of Holocaust literature, and perhaps one of the most powerful and enduring, is a diary written by a teenage girl....
Jewish coach heads to Final Four
JTAApr 04, 2019
By Marc Brodsky AUBURN, Ala. — Bruce Pearl has won plenty of accolades and championships in a basketball coaching career spanning nearly three decades, including...
In Jerusalem, a photographic history of Temple Mount
JNSApr 04, 2019
By Judy Lash Balint A few years ago, The New York Times called Temple Mount “the world’s most contested piece of real estate.” This week, a new exhibit of...
Sorkin revives ‘To Kill a Mockingbird’
Curt Schleier, JTAMar 28, 2019
NEW YORK — Aaron Sorkin gets that the question is a joke and, no, he responds, he didn’t tackle a stage version of “To Kill A Mockingbird” because “Gone With...
‘Proud Jewish sled dogs’ cross the finish line
JTAMar 21, 2019
By Emily Burack NOME, Alaska — Writer and adventurer Blair Braverman raced in — and completed — the historic Iditarod sled dog race, finishing the grueling...
South African exhibit highlights Operation Moses
JTAMar 21, 2019
By Moira Schneider CAPE TOWN — In 1983, when Danny Abebe was nine years old, his Jewish family decided one Rosh Hashanah night to leave their remote village in...
New documentary explores the man behind the Pulitzer Prize
Tom Tugend, JTAMar 07, 2019
LOS ANGELES — It’s a story that would not sound too out of place in 2019: New York’s leading newspaper accuses the president of the US of corruption and the latter...
Millennials discover, reinvent matjes herring
JNSFeb 28, 2019
By Elizabeth Kratz You never know when something many Jews may associate with old-fashioned Jewish fare, like herring and crackers, will somehow turn high-end and...
