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Canadiens coach hoping to add Maccabiah gold to Stanley Cup, victory over illiteracy
Hillel Kuttler, JTAJul 18, 2013
JERUSALEM Of all the compelling stories of athletic achievement and challenges overcome that could be told by the 9,000 participants gathering in Israel for the 19th...
How a man named Macabi helps bring 21 new countries to the Maccabiah Games
Hillel Kuttler, JTAJul 11, 2013
BALTIMORE The first arrows Roxana and Rafael Gonzalez launch at the upcoming 19th Maccabiah Games will take flight from their fingertips, but also from Jeffrey...
Barocas puts lacrosse on map in Denver, Israel
Hillel Kuttler, JTAJun 27, 2013
DID you know that lacrosse is the oldest sport in North America? Rooted in Native American religion, lacrosse was often played to resolve conflicts, heal the sick and...
‘Jew jokes’ — laughing with or at?
Jessica GellerJun 27, 2013
The goal of a comedian is to either make the audience cry or laugh. And everyone knows that a good joke always warms up the crowd. It gets people in […]
Yael: fictional Israeli undercover agent at UN
Ruth Ellen Gruber, JTAJun 20, 2013
BUDAPEST Theres a new Jewish heroine on the block, a tough but tender Israeli who does undercover work for the UN and stars in a new series of thrillers […]
‘Hannah Arendt’ captures intensity of intellectual combat
Tom Tugend, JTAJun 17, 2013
LOS ANGELES Movie mavens may have to come up with a new genre to classify Hannah Arendt, the biopic of the German-Jewish philosopher. New York Times critic A.O....