Souvlaki And Security
by Steve Lipman Staff Writer To open a kosher restaurant, you have to lease the space, order food, buy pots and pans, train chefs in the laws of kashrut and hire a mashgiach. In Athens on the eve of...
View ArticleThe Forgotten Olympians
by Steve Lipman Staff Writer In Olympic years, some People of the Book become people of the backstroke, the clean-and-jerk, and the high hurdles. The Games, Summer and Winter, serve as a showcase for...
View ArticleProfiling The Players
by Steve Lipman Staff Writer Many profiles of prominent athletes feature their “p.r.” That stands for personal record, the competitor’s best-ever performance in his or her sport, not for personal...
View ArticleSailing Into History
by Steve Lipman Staff Writer They finally played “Hatikvah” at the Olympics. Israel, which spent 40 years in the athletic desert, winning no medals from the country’s first appearance in the Summer...
View ArticlePortrait Of An Accused Jewish Terrorist As A Young Man
Elli Fischer Special to the Jewish Week American-born settler Jack Tytell is charged with multiple murders and hate crimes. A look into his upbringing in the U.S. reveals some surprises.His fellow...
View ArticleOnly The Memories Are Golden
Steve Lipman Staff Writer Israel is still in the bronze age. A largely unsuccessful week and a half for Israel’s athletes in the Beijing Olympics, marked by several near-medal performances, improved...
View ArticleFrom Overseas, With Dreams
Steve Lipman Staff Writer Israel, which has won only six Olympic medals ever — its first gold, in sailing, came at Athens in 2004 — is sending 41 athletes to the Beijing Games, which open Aug. 8....
View ArticleFrom Overseas, With Dreams
Steve Lipman Staff Writer Israel, which has won only six Olympic medals ever — its first gold, in sailing, came at Athens in 2004 — is sending 41 athletes to the Beijing Games, which open Aug. 8....
View ArticleFrom Overseas, With Dreams
by Steve Lipman Staff Writer Israel, which has won only six Olympic medals ever — its first gold, in sailing, came at Athens in 2004 — is sending 41 athletes to the Beijing Games, which open Aug. 8....
View ArticleApril 11, 1944 and April 11, 2010
Sixty-five years after the Holocaust, and Yom Hashoah -- April 11 -- remains, appropriately, a day that the Jewish community can't figure out how to observe. And rightly so. Most holy days are actually...
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