Moe Berg’s surprising double life
The Spy Behind Home Plate, a documentary on the life of Moe Berg by Aviva Kempner, opening June 28 at the Landmark Ken Theater, 4061 Adams Avenue, San Diego.
In baseball, an all-around player is one...
Israeli fencer makes history with European championship win
Israeli fencer Yuval Freilich, 24, took the gold medal in the European Fencing Championships in Dusseldorf, Germany on Tuesday.
Yuval Freilich, ranked 40th in the world, beat out Italy’s Andrea Santarelli, rank 13, to take...
Ukrainian city plans to build residences atop mass Jewish grave
A mass grave of Jews murdered in the Holocaust has been sold by a Ukrainian city to a residential building developer who is planning to establish real estate projects on the site.
Some 5,000 Jews...
Toronto becomes first city in new Jewish service initiative
Rabbi Benji Levy, CEO of Mosaic United, a partnership between the State of Israel and the global Jewish community, recently met with leaders at UJA Federation of Greater Toronto to formalize the Jewish community’s commitment...
Martin Feldstein, noted Harvard economist and political steward, dies at 79
Martin Feldstein ’61, a towering figure in economics who advised presidents across political boundaries and helped develop public economics as an empirical science, died Tuesday at age 79. He taught at Harvard for five...
Forget about the ‘Jewish home-run record’
The story is designed to appeal to baseball fans, as well as that curious subset of people who obsess about the role of Jews in America’s national pastime. Last week, Milwaukee Brewers outfielder Ryan...
Toronto Raptors Jewish co-owner: Team will visit Israel if it wins NBA championship
The Toronto Raptors are one game away from winning its first NBA championship on Thursday, in addition to gaining a complimentary trip to the ultimate Promised Land.
The team’s Jewish billionaire co-owner, Larry Tanenbaum, told...
Jewish overnight camps prep for summer with Israel-oriented resources
The immersive environment of Jewish summer camp—where the day is full of diverse activities, staff members are accessible role models and friendships with others help shape young lives—offers a unique opportunity for Israel learning...
Lodz, Poland hosts its first-ever Jewish festival
The Polish city of Lodz hosted its first-ever Jewish celebratory event, “The Festival of Tranquility,” over the Jewish holiday of Shavuot.
Organized by the Foundation for the Preservation of Jewish Heritage in Poland, in collaboration...
Israeli Jewish divorces up by 5% in 2018, with an 86% increase in one...
According to statistics issued by Israel’s Chief Rabbinate, the divorce rate among Israeli Jews rose by five percent in 2018, while soaring by 86 percent in one city.
In Gedera, 52 couples untied the knot...