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No More Sour Grapes: Israeli Wine Comes of Age

JERUSALEM -- During the traditional Seder meal, which marks the Passover holiday, Jews all over the world drink four cups of wine as they retell the story of the exodus from Egypt. In the U.S. -- and, of course, Jerusalem -- much of this wine will be kosher and from Israel. For many years, kosher wine from Israel was more...

Why Are These Nicknames Different From All Other Nicknames?

As I've discussed elsewhere, the Bible is a great place to grab nicknames from. It's also the source of possibly the most durable of sports writing cliches -- "the Promised Land" -- but that's a story for another day. Today, Omri Caspi and several million other Jews are on their third day of Passover, an eight-day...