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Aretha teamed up with producer Jerry Wexler
JTAAug 23, 2018
DETROIT — Aretha Franklin, the “Queen of Soul,” died Aug. 16 at the age of 76. Her death reverberated so deeply that an incredible array of people from around the...
‘Operation Finale’: Human monster revisited
JTAAug 23, 2018
By Naomi Pfefferman LOS ANGELES — Ask Ben Kingsley about why he was keen to portray Nazi criminal Adolf Eichmann in the new film “Operation Finale” and he...
‘BlacKkKlansman’ is cautionary tale for 21st-century Jews
Charles Dunst, JTAAug 16, 2018
Editor’s Note: This article contains spoilers for “BlacKkKlansman.” NEW YORK — In 1965, two young Jewish men, Andrew Goodman and Michael Schwerner, were murdered...
Comedian Orny Adams talks about his Jewish background
JTAAug 09, 2018
By Steve North MONTREAL — Despite a career of more than two decades kvetching incessantly about life’s absurd little annoyances, comedian and actor Orny Adams...
Tel Aviv native is new CU women’s tennis coach
Evan GrantAug 02, 2018
CU’s women’s tennis team has hired Tel Aviv native Danielle Steinberg as its new head coach. Steinberg made her way to the helm of CU tennis in a career that started...
‘Fidler Afn Dakh’ on stage in New York
Josefin Dolsten, JTAAug 02, 2018
NEW YORK — The National Yiddish Theatre Folksbiene’s new production of “Fiddler on the Roof” enacts a familiar story in an unfamiliar language. The actors sing...
Jewish slugger named All-Star MVP
JTAJul 26, 2018
WASHINGTON — In a baseball All-Star game that set a record for home runs, Alex Bregman had the most important one. Bregman, the Jewish third baseman for the Houston...
’93Queen’ explores female Orthodox EMT group
Curt Schleier, JTAJul 19, 2018
NEW YORK — Like many heavily Orthodox sections of Brooklyn, Borough Park has been served for decades by an all-male volunteer ambulance corps called Hatzalah. The...
Backgammon is social unifier in Jerusalem
JTAJul 12, 2018
By Larry Luxner JERUSALEM — On a balmy evening recently, Arabs and Jews trickled into a leper colony in a leafy neighborhood in Jerusalem, the pulsating rhythms of...
Berg went from catcher to spy
Curt Schleier, JTAJun 28, 2018
NEW YORK — It’s rare enough for a Jewish baseball player to make it to the major leagues. A New York Jew named Moe Berg took it even a step further — he added war...
