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Pederson breaks record
JTANov 09, 2017
LOS ANGELES — Joc Pederson of the Los Angeles Dodgers last week set a new home run record for Jewish players in one World Series. Pederson, a lefty-swinging...
Rob Reiner’s ‘LBJ’ biopic
Curt Schleier, JTANov 02, 2017
LOS ANGELES — By his own admission, Rob Reiner was not the right person to direct “LBJ,” a film biography of Lyndon Baines Johnson, the 36th president of the US....
Zubin Mehta to retire in 2018
Gabe Friedman, JTANov 02, 2017
NEW YORK — When Zubin Mehta kicks off a tour of North American cities at New York’s Carnegie Hall this week, it won’t be his last performances with the Israel...
Film critic Maltin speaks ahead of JAAMM appearance
Andrea JacobsOct 26, 2017
When film critic-historian Leonard Maltin was in junior high school, he would set his alarm to catch a rare movie on television as the rest of New Jersey slumbered. Now...
Filming the truth about post-Holocaust Hungary
Cnaan Liphshiz, JTAOct 26, 2017
BUDAPEST — The time is just after the defeat of Nazi Germany. Two Orthodox Jews disembark from a train at a rural station in Soviet-occupied Hungary and, after...
A summer travelogue through Southwest Colorado
Uriel Heilman, JTAOct 19, 2017
With soaring mountains, rushing rivers and stunningly beautiful landscapes, Colorado is a summer traveler’s dream. If you’ve got little kids, however, those same...
Film explores the story of Thurgood Marshall
Curt Schleier, JTAOct 12, 2017
LOS ANGELES — Actor Josh Gad may be best known for voicing Olaf in the animated Disney hit “Frozen” and originating the role of Elder Arnold Cunningham in the Tony...
‘9JKL’: New Jewish sitcom
JTAOct 05, 2017
By Cindy Sher, JUF News via JTA CHICAGO — A grown man moves into a New York apartment sandwiched between his meddlesome, boundary-less parents on one side and his...
New Yorker revives Milwaukee
Gabe Friedman, JTAOct 05, 2017
MILWAUKEE — When Peter Feigin took over as president of the Milwaukee Bucks in 2014, he pledged that the long-beleaguered NBA team would become one of the most...
First ‘Grand Tour’ cycling race in Israel
Special to the IJNSep 21, 2017
JERUSALEM — In May, 2018, the Giro d’Italia, a major event in the global sporting calendar, will begin in Jerusalem. This will be the first time in history that a...
