Leisure
1913: Jews, Christians, Muslims coexisted
Tom Tugend, JTAJun 25, 2015
A one-hour PBS special airing June 30 traces the relationship between Jews and Arabs in Palestine in the late Ottoman Empire. 1913: Seeds of Conflict, starts out one...
Book review: ‘Holocaust in Crete’
Chris LeppekJun 18, 2015
does one mourn a double tragedy, an irony-laden incident from more than seven decades ago in which a group of people bound for almost certain death — Jews aboard a...
Tampa Bay Lightning’s Jewish owner speaks
Hillel Kuttler, JTAJun 11, 2015
BALTIMORE Jeffrey Vinik, the owner of the National Hockey Leagues Tampa Bay Lightning, is experiencing a first: his team playing in the Stanley Cup Finals, which...
Are the NBA finals lose-lose for Blatt?
Gabe Friedman, JTAJun 04, 2015
NEW YORK After the last game of an impressive series sweep of the Atlanta Hawks, Cleveland Cavaliers coach David Blatt talked with broadcaster Ernie Johnson in front...
After decades of IOC silence, slain Israeli athletes get recognition
Maayan Jaffe-Hoffman, JNSMay 28, 2015
WE HAVE given the best years of our lives to remember to remember the tragedy of what happened . . . Now we are starting to see some light […]
Bronco start date Rosh Hashanah
Gabe Friedman, JTAMay 01, 2015
NEW YORK On Rosh Hashanah, according to the liturgy, our fate is written in the Book of Life. But Jewish football fans may be missing something else: the NFL...
Sabbath-observing baseball exec says record contract makes sense for Marlins
Hillel Kuttler, JTAApr 16, 2015
MIAMI For Joel Mael, the Shabbat-observing vice chairman of the Miami Marlins, the teams free spending in the offseason was wise from a financial perspective....