Culture
Brandon Knaster designs at Jay Feder Jewelers
IJN StaffNov 30, 2011
Jewelry designs by Brandon Knaster are now featured at Jay Feder Jewelers. Knaster, member of a four-generation Denver family, is GIA certified in diamonds and a GIA...
Films to portray book The Prime Ministers
JTANov 24, 2011
LOS ANGELES Two American producer-directors, on opposite coasts, are in the process of turning Yehuda Avners book The Prime Ministers into separate films. In Los...
The ‘West Side,’ Denver’s Jewish neighborhood, a focus of new book
Chris LeppekSep 29, 2011
To begin, a bit of geographical clarification. Phil Goodstein, prolific chronicler of Denver neighborhood history, makes the point early on in his latest tome that the...
Documentary on Sholem Aleichem ‘laughs in darkness’
Andrea JacobsSep 22, 2011
“No matter how bad things get you got to go on living, even if it kills you” Sholem Aleichem I HAVE never read the works of the Yiddish master […]
23rd Kosher BBQ Contest a big hit
JTASep 22, 2011
MEMPHIS If theres anything that can bring the Jews of Tennessee together, it would be barbecue. Last weekend, the 23rd annual Kosher BBQ Contest and Festival drew...
Debbie Foster draws culinary inspiration from grandmothers
IJN StaffSep 15, 2011
Debbie Foster graduated from college with both a degree in history and a passion for cooking and entertaining. I made my first brisket my senior year at the University...
‘Jewish Von Trapp’ offers new spin on penitence
Dvora Meyers, JTASep 08, 2011
NEW YORK Growing up, Galeet Dardashti toured and performed with her father, Farid, a renowned cantor, performing Middle Eastern and Persian music throughout the US...
Moosewood Cookbook and kosher
Sue Fishkoff, JTAMar 31, 2011
BERKELEY Cookbook maven Mollie Katzen is in her Berkeley kitchen whipping up a little dinner for her daughter, who is home visiting from college. Steamed artichoke...
Steinhauser sculptures in Franklin Lakes, NJ
IJN StaffDec 02, 2010
Jan Steinhauser, a Denver sculptor who works in bronze, cast paper and terra cotta, made a bronze sculpture to encapuslate the mission of and welcome people to...
New publication explores spirituality and addiction recovery
IJN StaffDec 02, 2010
By Nachshon Zohari IN his new book, G-d of Our Understanding: Jewish Spirituality and Recovery from Addiction, Rabbi Shais Taub explains in stunning and intricate detail...
