Special Sections
Trapeze artist Kaely Michels-Gualtieri is flying high
Evan GrantJun 30, 2016
many people, it would be hard to set aside one’s life and choose a life of travel and adrenaline that the circus has to offer. For an 18-year-old girl from Washington,...
What the Kaddish means to me
Andrea JacobsJun 09, 2016
first heard the mourner’s Kaddish as I stood next to the open ground at my Grandpa Wasserkrug’s graveside service. I was nine — too young to understand so many...
Tiny house movement — downsizing with a passion
Larry HankinMay 27, 2016
HAVE YOU ever been in a house with a walk-in closet so large that you jokingly remarked, “I could live in this closet?” For a growing number of people, that huge...
Joining the IDF as a lone soldier
Chris LeppekMay 05, 2016
Hillary Marcus has always had strong ties to Israel, both personal and familial, but it wasn’t until 2009 — when Israel went to war in Gaza — that those ties...
Noy takes Christian Zionists to Israel
Andrea JacobsMay 05, 2016
In 1979, the Association for the Welfare of the Israeli Soldiers sent sabra Elisha Noy to Denver to check out Faith Bible Chapel, which had invited AWIS’ chairman to...
Investors find ‘unpolished’ diamond in Akko
JNSMay 05, 2016
By Orit Arfa, JNA MUHAMMAD ABU Marwan takes me through the artsy living room of Arabesque: An Arts and Residency Center in the Old City of Akko, Israel, with the...
‘What keeping kosher means to me’
Larry HankinApr 07, 2016
Kerry Berman, President & COO, real estate investing firm, 3 children Keeping kosher means raising my consciousness about what I am eating, something that is an...
Reaching very troubled teens in Utah
Shana GoldbergApr 07, 2016
Benny Zippel of Salt Lake City meets with students at residential treatment centers, he poses a question: “Do you know how many people walk this planet Earth on a...
Why a local company goes kosher
Chris LeppekApr 07, 2016
in the day — the late 1960s, specifically, remembered by some as an Aquarian era of peace and love — a few long-haired, bell-bottomed, back-to-nature hippies started...
The story of Shabbos
Hillel GoldbergApr 07, 2016
Shabbos is a peak experience. But what if you’re in jail — because you are a Jew, no other reason? Shabbos is a culinary delight — but what if you have multiple...
