Leisure
Colorado Ski Country: The guide
IJN StaffNov 11, 2010
Although Colorado resorts are known for unbeatable on-snow adventures, they also offer a world of off-the-slope fun. Day and night, resorts and the towns near them make...
Pete Seeger to participate in on-line peace rally
Sue Fishkoff, JTAOct 28, 2010
SAN FRANCISCO No one tells Pete Seeger what to do. At 91, the iconic folk singer has penned hundreds of protest songs, railing against everything from the Vietnam War...
‘The Chosen’ chosen for theater debut
IJN StaffAug 26, 2010
THEATRE Or, in association with the Mizel Arts and Culture Center, presents its Colorado debut production, The Chosen, based on the novel by Chaim Potok, opening...
Israel museum completes major renewal
IJN StaffJul 29, 2010
This week, after five years of renewed construction and an expenditure of $100 million, the Israel Museum in Jerusalem welcomed its first visitors to the newly enlarged...
Jewish songwriter behind ‘Take me out to the ballgame’
Edmon J. Rodman, JTAJul 08, 2010
LOS ANGELES At the ballpark this summer, when you rise for the seventh-inning stretch to sing Take Me Out to the Ball Game, stretch a bit taller one […]
Foreman gains respect even as he loses title to Cotto
JTAJun 10, 2010
By Marc Brodsky, JTA NEW YORK — Yuri Foreman may have lost his first title defense, but the Orthodox Jewish boxer apparently gained plenty of respect on a balmy...
Clampitt exec manager at Mt. Vernon for 22 years
IJN StaffMay 20, 2010
Peter Clampitt has been executive manager of the 85-year-old Mt. Vernon Country Club in Genesee for 22 years. Originally hired as executive chef, Clampitt was quickly...
PBS sheds light on the Holocaust with timely specials
Tom Tugend, JTAApr 08, 2010
LOS ANGELES The Public Broadcasting Service will offer US television viewers a concentrated history lesson during Holocaust Remembrance Week, with seven films and...
Israel’s demanding athletic standards exact toll on one of its own
JTAFeb 04, 2010
By Marcy Oster, JTA JERUSALEM — Two weeks before the European Figure Skating Championships in Tallinn, Estonia, in mid-January, Israeli skater Tamar Katz was sick in...
Who was the woman behind Little Women?
Andrea JacobsDec 24, 2009
LOUISA May Alcott, celebrated author of Little Women, wrote shady thrillers unfit for the ladies, suffered wild mood swings and might be a descendant of Portuguese Jews...
