Leisure
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.
Mirren channels Meir
JTAJul 20, 2023
Helen Mirren will soon become linked with Golda Meir when she plays the late Israeli prime minister in a new film. But the award winning actress has another, real-life...
MLB: Bumper crop of Jewish draftees
JTAJul 20, 2023
A total of 614 players were drafted in the Major League Baseball draft this year. According to Jewish Baseball News, six of them are Jewish.
Moroccan Jewish teens at JCC Maccabi Games in Haifa
JNSJul 13, 2023
Jewish teenagers from Morocco are participating in the JCC Maccabi Games now underway in Haifa, the first delegation from the North African country to take part in the...
Steamboat’s Rochelle ‘Rocke’ Weinberg named to US snowboard team
Steve MarkJul 06, 2023
In some cases, Rochelle Weinberg is a typical Colorado kid. The 14-year-old swims, backpacks, fishes, plays hockey and even does some mutton bustin’. By the way, she...
Roast of anti-Semitism
JTAJun 29, 2023
The White House recently released a detailed strategy for combating anti-Semitism, complete with more than 100 action items. One thing not on the list? Comedy. That’s...
Noah Gardenswartz on life after ‘Maisel’
Steve MarkJun 22, 2023
In the wake of his five-year association with Amazon Studios’ recently-concluded, marvelously successful “The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel,” Denver native Noah...
