Leisure
Sistine Chapel up close — a traveling exhibition
Chris LeppekJun 13, 2019
who’s coming to Colorado on the Fourth of July. How about Adam and Eve, Noah, Esther and Haman, a wide assortment of prophets — not to mention the Entity who created...
Women’s World Cup Jewish fun facts
JTAJun 13, 2019
By Emily Burack PARIS — There aren’t any Jewish players that we know of at this year’s FIFA Women’s World Cup, which runs from June 7 to July 7 in France. The...
Jerusalem East and West Orchestra blends voices
Abigail Klein Leichman, Israel21cJun 13, 2019
When we think of orchestra music, the usual suspects spring to mind: Beethoven, Vivaldi, Schumann and the like. But are their symphonies the only ones that deserve the...
Coming soon…a Torah emoji?
Marcy Oster, JTAJun 06, 2019
JERUSALEM — Designing a new emoji is not simple. Sefaria, the online free Jewish library, has found this out in recent months. The organization wanted to reach more...
New photography book depicts women in IDF combat units
Josefin Dolsten, JTAMay 30, 2019
JERUSALEM — Women served as combat soldiers during Israel’s War of Independence, when the fledgling country needed all the fighters it could get. But following the...
International soccer match fights hate
IJN StaffMay 30, 2019
FOXBOROUGH, Mass. — When the New England Revolution and England’s Chelsea Football Club took the field on a chilly evening in mid-May at Gillette Stadium, home of...
L’Chaim! Israeli scientists brew beer with 5,000-year-old Egyptian yeast
IJN StaffMay 23, 2019
JERUSALEM — What kind of beer did Pharaoh drink? In ancient times, beer was an important ingredient in people’s daily diet. Great powers were attributed to beer in...
‘Gooooooaaaal!’ — then, off to visit Israel
JTAMay 23, 2019
By Emily Burack MIAMI — Viewers of soccer on Telemundo are likely familiar with the “gooooooooaaaal” call that their announcers helped make famous. Those who’ve...
Did Maimonides invent pizza?
JTAMay 16, 2019
By Henry Abramson FERRARA, Italy — In 1983, the Italian-Israeli professor Sandra Debenedetti Stow stunned the scholarly world with an explosive article that proposed...
Peggy Guggenheim in Israel
JTAMay 09, 2019
By Karen Chernick TEL AVIV — In 1952, Israel had its third showing at the Venice Biennale, one of the world’s most prestigious art shows, with an exhibition of three...
