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Yuri Foreman gets ‘close to G-d’ in boxing ring
JTANov 26, 2009
By Marc Brodsky & Gil Shefler, JTA NEW YORK — Yuri Foreman used his time wisely between rounds of his super welterweight world championship bout against...
Despite predictions of their demise, Holocaust films keep coming
Tom Tugend, JTASep 17, 2009
LOS ANGELES At least once a year over the last quarter century, a respected critic will prove conclusively that films about the Holocaust and the Nazi era have...
No baloney in this man’s mission to save the Jewish deli
Sue Fishkoff, JTASep 03, 2009
SAN FRANCISCO Chicago and Cleveland have the best corned beef. Detroit is tops for rye bread. The best smoked meat is in Montreal, and for pastrami, you cant touch...
Marquis’ Bar Mitzvah promise
Gerald MellmanAug 21, 2009
RECENTLY I had the golden opportunity to interview pitcher Jason Marquis in the Colorado Rockies dugout. I had received a call from Denver community leader Warren Toltz...
Hollywood finds fertile ground in Israel
JTAAug 06, 2009
By Dina Kraft, JTA TEL AVIV — In the dim light of an art house movie theater, Darren Star, creator Beverly Hills 90210, pauses during a talk to Israeli and...
Tarantino enters race: Jewish hero flicks
IJN StaffJul 24, 2009
By Simcha Weinstein NEW YORK — Add acclaimed director Quentin Tarantino to the long list of filmmakers who cant resist making their own WW II fantasy action flick....
Maccabiah is more than sports
JTAJul 16, 2009
By Dina Kraft, JTA TEL AVIV — Singing Shalom Aleichem, the group of Maccabiah athletes usher in Shabbat together at a brightly lit hotel dining hall, their...
Sephardic culture goes mainstream
JTAJul 16, 2009
By Amy Klein, JTA HOBOKEN, NJ — Daniel Saks crazy black curls bounce on stage with him to the wiry, deafening sound of guitars, horns and drums as the front man...
Boulder playwright Ami Dayan
Stacy FarbJun 18, 2009
The journey from Israel to Boulder, kibbutz to family garden, secular to spiritual Jew has been more of a process than a direct route for playwright Ami Dayan.? I was...
Star will coach Team USA at Maccabiah
Jacob Berkman, JTAApr 30, 2009
NEW YORK — It’s not unheard of to find Bruce Pearl, the mens basketball coach at the University of Tennessee, somewhere in public screaming with his shirt...
