When jokers were wild in the Catskills
When Comedy Went to School, featuring comedians Jackie Mason, Jerry Lewis and Jerry Stiller, will open Sept. 27 at the ...
Tag: American Jewish World
Annual conference on mental health celebrates 13 years
By LAURIE KRAMER, MPH You are cordially invited to celebrate an unusual B’nai Mitzva on Sunday, Oct. 13 — the ...
Shoah survivor Henryk Gurman dies at 89
Known as ‘Grandpa Henry’ to the high school students he sometimes taught, Gurman survived a German labor camp and immigrated ...
Colorado flooding wreaks havoc on Yom Kippur
Heavy rains displace families and damage synagogues, but Jewish communities band together By ANDREA JACOBS DENVER (IJN) — Before the ...
Jewish groups aiding Syrian refugees — sort of
Most of money raised so far has gone to groups working with refugees in Jordan By URIEL HEILMAN NEW YORK ...
Azerbaijan and Israel intensify ties
With eyes on neighbors, partnership makes sense from economical point of view By CNAAN LIPHSHIZ BAKU, Azerbaijan (JTA) — With less ...
The writing is on the wall
Adam Heffez, who has written a book about graffiti in Israel and the West Bank, will kick off Culture Blvd ...
Judy Gold is her usual pleasant self
At six-foot-three, she towers above all of the other Jewish lesbian comics By MORDECAI SPECKTOR Perhaps you’ve noticed that there ...
Stands Up for People
By MORDECAI SPECKTOR At Ken Tilsen’s funeral on Sept. 4 at Temple of Aaron Cemetery in Roseville, a large crowd ...
Editorial: A sheltering sukka of peace
In the Ma’ariv service, there is the Hashkiveinu prayer, the second blessing after the Shema. In this prayer, we beseech ...
