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‘Labyrinth of Peace’ challenges Swiss neutrality
JTAApr 20, 2023
It’s Switzerland in 1945 and the war has just ended. A group of deeply traumatized, ragged-looking Jewish teenagers recently liberated from Buchenwald have been sent...
The story behind ‘Transatlantic’
JTAApr 13, 2023
The rescue mission of Varian Fry, which went largely unrecognized during his life, is the subject of Netflix’s new drama “Transatlantic,” launched last week from...
Hyman part of small NHL club of #18
Steve MarkMar 30, 2023
Only five Jewish NHL players have had their names inscribed on the actual Stanley Cup. Zach Hyman of the Edmonton Oilers hopes he can become the sixth.
Can baseball be a catalyst for world peace?
JTAMar 23, 2023
“If I had the opportunity to go to the USA game or go to the Israel game, I have to go to the Israel game because it’s my heritage,” Stu Moss said of attending the...
Deep dive into Rocky
JTAMar 23, 2023
Paul Farber was shocked when he first watched “Rocky” and saw a Star of David on the grave of Rocky Balboa’s coach, Mickey Goldmill.
Talking to Tevye . . . or at least the man playing him
Steve MarkMar 16, 2023
Jonathan Hashmonay, 29, plays the lead character Tevye in the Broadway stage tour of “Fiddler on the Roof” in Denver at the Buell Theatre, March 14-19.
Team Israel faces tough competition at World Baseball Classic
JTAMar 09, 2023
Team Israel is back for the 2023 World Baseball Classic, with more current MLB talent on its roster than ever. It will also face its toughest competition yet.
Concert in memory of Shira Pransky grows from 25 to 1,400
Chaim GoldbergFeb 23, 2023
From 25 people to 1,400? From a humble Shira Pransky Project benefit concert to a much larger Yad l’Olim concert, in memory of the daughter of Nate and Amy Davidovich,...
Schlossberg memoir recounts six decades in show biz
JTAFeb 23, 2023
On a couple of occasions in Julian Schlossberg’s early life, he found himself in parts of the US where some people he talked to had never met a Jewish person. The...
Abraham Lincoln, a New York Cantor and the Union Army
Andrew Silow-Carroll, JTAFeb 16, 2023
In Jewish Soldiers in the Civil War: The Union Army, historian Adam D. Mendelsohn recalls the story of how Cantor Arnold Fischel persuaded President Abraham Lincoln to...
