Culture
National Library of Israel set to open
JNSSep 21, 2023
After years of meticulous planning and construction, the much-anticipated National Library of Israel is finally set to open its doors. The transformation of a triangular...
Peer tries to build black-Jewish bridges through music
Chris LeppekSep 14, 2023
Leah Peer — the founder and music director of Kol Nashim, a sister choir of the Colorado Hebrew Chorale, and director of HEA’s High Holidays choir — Peer believes...
‘Upheaval’ in Aspen
Steve MarkAug 31, 2023
“Upheaval” is the brainchild of Denver’s Rob Schwartz, who had toured the Menachem Begin Heritage Center. In 2016 Schwartz was in a conversation with its CEO,...
‘Bella!’ aims to restore legacy
JTAAug 24, 2023
Bella Abzug, the feminist who burst into Congress battling for equal rights in 1970, was often caricatured in the media of her time. She was labeled “belligerent”...
‘Golda’ opens in Denver, Boulder
Chris LeppekAug 17, 2023
The story of the 1973 Yom Kippur war is disturbingly recreated in “Golda,” a biopic on Golda Meir’s role in the war that will open in US theaters next week, Aug....
Picking the brain of ‘Golda’ director Guy Nattiv
Chris LeppekAug 17, 2023
In "Golda," Israeli-born Nattiv, working on a script by Nicholas Martin, does a masterful job recreating the tension, anxiety, terror and tragedy that Israel endured...
Pickleball craze heats up — big time
JTAAug 03, 2023
Widely considered the fastest-growing sport in America, pickleball is a sort of condensed court tennis and pingpong hybrid that has attracted millions of new fanatics...
New bridge links Jerusalem tourist sites
TPSAug 03, 2023
Jerusalem is due to unveil Israel’s longest suspension bridge on Sunday night, August 6, connecting Mount Zion with the Hinnom Valley to the south. The bridge will...
Cricket’s long Jewish history
JNSAug 03, 2023
Crickets are not kosher, but the sport played with a bat and ball certainly is . . . and has a long Jewish history.
Who was Mr. Atom Bomb?
JTAJul 27, 2023
July 21 was not just “Barbie” release day — moviegoers were also planning to fill theaters across the US to see Christopher Nolan’s “Oppenheimer” biopic.
