Jackie Mason was a Jewish American comedy icon. These videos show why.
BY PHILISSA CRAMER (JTA) — Jackie Mason, who died Saturday at 93, didn’t always set out to be a comedian. In fact, it wasn’t until he…
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These 3 hockey-playing Jewish brothers just made NHL history
by Evelyn Frick (JTA) — Talk about goals: Luke Hughes has become the third brother in his hockey-playing Jewish family to be drafted in the…
19-year-old taekwondo fighter wins Israel’s first Olympic medal in Tokyo
by Gabe Friedman (JTA) — Avishag Semberg, a 19-year-old taekwondo fighter, won bronze in the women’s under 49 kg category on Saturday, giving Israel its…
Schmaltz is the secret ingredient you need for your salad
by Stephanie Ganz (The Nosher via JTA) – If you, like me, are a regular chicken roaster, you’re halfway to one of the best salad…
How Israel became a judo powerhouse
by Cnaan Liphshiz TEL AVIV (JTA) — When he immigrated to Israel from his native Ukraine in the early 1990s, judo master Igor Romanitsky was…