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(L-R) Israeli Ambassador Mark Regev, London Mayor Sadiq Khan, Holocaust survivor and Olympian Ben Helfgott and Chief Rabbi Ephraim Mirvis of the United Congregations of the Commonwealth attend the Yom HaShoah Commemoration, the British Jewish community's Holocaust remembrance ceremony, in Barnet, north London, on May 8, 2016. (AFP PHOTO/LEON NEAL)
June 30, 2018, 2:14 pm
Holocaust survivor who went on to become two-time Olympian receives knighthood
New biography showcases Ben Helfgott, a 5-foot-4 athlete who, after enduring Buchenwald and Theresienstadt, captained UK weightlifters -- and lifted his fellow survivors
By Rich Tenorio
Escape artist Harry Houdini is shown before being lowered in a packing crate into the ice-covered Detroit River in 1907. (AP Photo)
June 22, 2018, 2:07 am
How Harry Houdini stayed chained to his roots as a rabbi’s son
A Maryland exhibit opening June 24 highlights the life and mysterious death of the world famous escape artist, born in Hungary as Erik Weisz
By Rich Tenorio
'Jewish New York' author, Deborah Dash Moore. (Jean Paul Jann)
June 17, 2018, 2:14 am
From seedling colony to Big Apple: How Jews helped shape NYC’s 350-year history
New book includes highlights and dark periods of NY Jewry, from anarchist Emma Goldman, crime syndicate Murder, Inc. and Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg
By Rich Tenorio
Josef Ganz in the 1960s. (Courtesy Paul Schilperoord)
May 19, 2018, 2:14 pm
The unknown Jewish engineer behind Hitler’s vaunted Volkswagen Beetle
A Nashville exhibit highlights the contributions of Josef Ganz and others that were swept under the rug when they were blacklisted by the Reich
By Rich Tenorio
Chef Alon Shaya; (Rush Jagoe) Labneh cheesecake with pomegranate caramel and candied nuts. (Penguin Random House)
May 18, 2018, 9:03 am
An Israeli-American chef uses his influences from Bulgaria to the Big Easy
Alon Shaya's new cookbook is a culinary journey from his childhood through Italy and New Orleans, and features this Shavuot labneh cheesecake recipe with pomegranate caramel
By Rich Tenorio
Forged papers of Zivia Lubetkin. (Courtesy Agnes Grunwald-Spier)
April 21, 2018, 4:49 am
Women’s experience in Holocaust is focus of new book by survivor turned scholar
On the 75th anniversary of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising, British Agnes Grunwald-Spier calls attention to the women who fought to help the Jewish people survive
By Rich Tenorio
A Rube Goldberg postage stamp. (Courtesy Contemporary Jewish Museum)
April 20, 2018, 8:13 pm
Though he was no inventor, Rube Goldberg’s ‘machines’ made him a household name
A Technion contest for international students pays tribute to the Jewish cartoonist in honor of Israel's 70th, but few know of the darker cloud of anti-Semitism that hung over him
By Rich Tenorio
Bonnie Frumkin Morales, owner and chef at Kachka in Portland, Oregon, and author of 'Kachka: A Return to Russian Cooking.' (Courtesy/Olga Mazurenko)
April 5, 2018, 3:03 am
Chef tears down culinary Iron Curtain to make Jewish-Russian food great again
Though initially embarrassed by her family's immigrant fare, today James Beard-nominated Bonnie Frumkin Morales sells a surprising amount of herring at her restaurant Kachka
By Rich Tenorio
Arati Devi, also known as Rachel Sofare, in the Bollywood classic, 'Life Devine.' (Courtesy Menemsha Films)
April 4, 2018, 10:20 pm
When Jews ran… Bollywood?
In the early days of India's over-the-top film industry, Jewish women took advantage of a prohibition against female Muslim and Hindu actors -- and became national icons
By Rich Tenorio
Chaplain Paul Hurley, Army Chief of Chaplains, places 'sand of Iwo Jima' on a newly dedicated interfaith memorial at the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific, also known as Punchbowl Cemetery, in Honolulu, during a dedication ceremony on December 13, 2017. The memorial honors chaplains of different faiths who served in the US Armed Forces. (Honolulu Creative Media)
March 27, 2018, 2:50 am
Deep in the crater of a volcano sits a new memorial to Pacific Theater chaplains
At the 'Punchbowl Cemetery,' a 1,600-pound black granite stone commemorates those who put their lives on the line to bring God into the lives of others
By Rich Tenorio
The 1804 painting, 'Der Voller,' or, 'The Full One,' by George Emmanuel Opitz. (Public domain)
February 28, 2018, 2:31 pm
How the Talmud helped inspire one scholar’s case for eating ethically this Purim
Jonathan K. Crane of Emory University draws upon sacred and secular sources -- including midrashic wisdom -- to remind us that enough is as good as a feast
By Rich Tenorio
Humphrey Bogart and Ingrid Bergman star in the 1942 classic film 'Casablanca' (Courtesy Warner Bros. Films)
February 23, 2018, 1:31 am
Real-life ‘Casablanca’ story is even more dramatic than the Hollywood classic
It didn’t have a Bogie or Bergman, but as a new book explains, the Moroccan port city had actual heroes who worked to save its predominantly Jewish refugees from the Holocaust
By Rich Tenorio
Sammy Davis Jr. shortly before his death in 1989. (Alan Light)
February 22, 2018, 2:18 am
Sammy Davis Jr. charms the world again in new documentary, ‘I Gotta Be Me’
The success of a film on the most famous one-eyed, African-American Jewish singer ever to have lived, surprises even its director, Sam Pollard
By Rich Tenorio
Rabbi Osher Litzman with then-South Korean prime minister, Han Seung-soo. (Courtesy)
February 9, 2018, 2:44 pm
As Winter Olympics open in PyeongChang, Seoul Chabad vies for international Jews
Anticipating thousands of Jewish visitors, the outreach group seeks to overcome logistical challenges and provide kosher food, prayer services, Torah classes for guests
By Rich Tenorio
Jewish Olympian and author of 'The Champion Mindset,' Joanna Zeiger. (Courtesy)
December 30, 2017, 3:23 am
This Jewish Sports Hall of Fame athlete wrote the book on thinking like a champ
Joanna Zeiger doesn't let her many injuries prevent her from competing in one of the world's toughest sports -- and she says this mental toughness can be achieved by anyone
By Rich Tenorio
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