Culture
‘Vegan Boxing Rabbi’
Ben Sales, JTADec 16, 2021
Boxer Yuri Foreman uses his expertise to provide kosher certification to eateries — on a no-charge basis. Unlike most rabbis, however, he’s only going to certify...
In Florida, ‘Penny Lane’ is dedicated to the Beatles
Special to the IJNDec 02, 2021
Bobby Entel didn’t watch the Beatles’ Feb. 9, 1964 performance on the Ed Sullivan Show. He was seven years old at the time and in bed. Nor did he ever see them in...
Strung across the world
Steve MarkNov 25, 2021
CHANUKAH 5782 SECTION D PAGE 12 as long as Michael Brittan can remember, he has been smitten by the violin. “I grew up in a very musical family,” remembers...
A (bent) spoonful of fun
Abigail Klein Leichman, Israel21cNov 18, 2021
Two thousand twisted pieces of cutlery adorn a 1976 Cadillac parked in the new Uri Geller Museum in Jaffa. A Guinness World Record-winning bent spoon, weighing 11 tons,...
Aravrit: At Dubai expo, a new Hebrew-Arabic script
Shira Hanau, JTANov 04, 2021
When Liron Lavi Turkenich designed a writing system combining Hebrew and Arabic characters as a final project in college, she probably could not have imagined that her...