Leisure
Ever wish you could go back to Jewish summer camp?
Ben Sales, JTAApr 14, 2017
NEW YORK — The campers wake up in their cabins on Friday morning, dress and go to breakfast. Next comes a range of activities — arts and crafts, archery, kickball....
From Havana to coaching Israeli baseball
Hillel Kuttler, JTAApr 06, 2017
PASSOVER EDITION 5777SECTION C PAGE 12 TEL AVIV — Unlike the dangerous maritime escapes attempted by some of his fellow Cuban baseball players, the worst Alejandro...
‘In Search of Israeli Cuisine:’ Not just about falafel
JTAMar 30, 2017
By Lucy Cohn Blatter JERUSALEM — “I thought it was just going to be about falafel and hummus.” That was the perception of Israeli cuisine that filmmaker Roger...
Bialik’s life story places his poetry in new light
Rabbi Jack RiemerMar 23, 2017
I have questions about some of the subjects that have been chosen for the Jewish Lives book series from Yale University Press. I wonder what Sarah Bernhardt or Benjamin...
Jessica Chastain stars as ‘Zookeeper’s Wife’
Curt Schleier, JTAMar 23, 2017
NEW YORK — Strong women are right in actor Jessica Chastain’s wheelhouse. There’s Maya, the fictional CIA agent in “Zero Dark Thirty,” whose work led Seal Team...
Team Israel baseball gear a home run with kvelling fans
Andrew Tobin, JTAMar 16, 2017
TEL AVIV — A couple weeks ago, Adam Atkins didn’t know Israel had a baseball team. But since the squad started winning games last week in the World Baseball Classic,...
Jamaican bobsledders…Israeli baseball players
Special to the IJNMar 09, 2017
Team Israel is steaming ahead in the World Baseball Classic. The team defeated Korea in the first game of the World Baseball Classic, 2-1, in the 10th inning on Monday,...
‘Keep Quiet’
Rocky Mountain JewMar 08, 2017
The story of Csanad Szegedi is as unlikely as it is fascinating. And what’s really surprising is how little coverage it has received. That has all changed now with the...
Marlee Matin in conversation
Gabe Friedman, JTAMar 02, 2017
NEW YORK — Thirty years ago, Marlee Matlin became the only deaf actor to win an Academy Award. In 1986, at age 21, she starred in the drama, “Children of […]
Team Israel prepares for World Baseball
Chris LeppekFeb 23, 2017
Team Israel heads to South Korea to compete in the World Baseball Classic next week, they’ll be taking a bit of Colorado with them. Quite a bit, actually. The...
