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In rugby, USA top of the pile at Maccabiah
Chris LeppekSep 14, 2017
ROSH HASHANAH EDITION 5778 SECTION A PAGE 12 When he first heard from a teammate that there was an international rugby team composed exclusively of Jewish players, Zach...
Jewish Giant
Gabe Friedman, JTASep 14, 2017
ROSH HASHANAH EDITION 5778SECTION D PAGE 6 NEW YORK — As a rookie in the National Football League, New York Giants offensive lineman Adam Bisnowaty was splitting most...
King Solomon’s Table: Global flavors
Shana GoldbergSep 07, 2017
In the world of Jewish cookbooks, there are a few writers who have become pillars. Not only do they have an encyclopedic knowledge of Jewish cuisine and history, they...
Portuguese museum to crypto-Jews reopened
JTAAug 31, 2017
LISBON — The Portuguese town of Belmonte has reopened its Jewish museum — the largest in the world about crypto-Jews — following a $350,000 renovation project....
Beards and mustaches do battle
JNSAug 24, 2017
Visitors to the Otto Weidt Workshop for the Blind Museum in Berlin would need to be blind themselves not to notice Haim Hoffmann — or rather, his weird beard — as he...
‘Menashe’ explores chasidic world through one man’s story
JTAAug 24, 2017
BOSTON — With more than a decade’s worth of experience in the film industry, mostly in documentaries, director Joshua Weinstein has released his first feature-length...
An adventure worthy of Curious George
Gabe Friedman, JTAAug 17, 2017
Curious George is beloved by millions of readers around the world. His adventures with the Man With the Yellow Hat impart important life lessons amidst silliness and...
Returning to the Italian cave
Gabe Friedman, JTAJul 27, 2017
ROME — Renting a house in the Italian countryside and eating loads of pasta is about as blissful a vacation as they come. For the three Anati brothers, however, such a...
Maccabiah is good for Israel
Adam Abrams, JNSJul 20, 2017
Maccabiah is world’s third largest sporting event Some 7,000 Jewish athletes from 80 countries prepared to head back to their home countries this week following the...
World’s best Jewish tennis player
Gabe Friedman, JTAJul 06, 2017
LONDON — At Wimbledon, currently underway through July 16, no other Jewish tennis player will be seeded higher than Diego Schwartzman. The scrappy 24-year-old from...
