Inspired by Alaska

By Lisa Niver Rajna
Published on May 10, 2013

Palin on Israel visit to meet with Netanyahu

Published on March 21, 2011

Potential 2012 presidential contender Sarah Palin is scheduled to have dinner with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on her second and last day in Israel. Palin will dine with Netanyahu and his wife, Sara, on Monday before returning to the United States. "As the world confronts sweeping changes and new realities, I look forward to meeting with Prime Minister Netanyahu to discuss the key issues facing his country, our ally Israel," Palin said in a statement on her official SarahPAC website.

Palin heading to Israel

Published on March 17, 2011

Sarah Palin, who is believed to be considering a presidential run in 2012, will visit Israel. The former Alaska governor and Republican vice presidential nominee in 2008 will stop in Israel for two days next week on her way back to the United States from a speech she is giving a business group in India.

VIDEO: Palin Pastor: ‘Israelites’ run the economy

Published on October 1, 2008

A pastor who blessed Sarah Palin's run for Alaska governor said Christians should emulate "Israelites" and run the economy

VIDEO: Israeli documentary director Elan Frank shoots Sarah Palin

Published on September 24, 2008

Israel documentary director talks about his shoot with Gov. Sarah Palin

Sarah Palin kosher sausage?

By The Web Guy
Published on September 22, 2008

Allies and foes scrape through Palin bio for Jewish material

By Ron Kampeas
Published on September 2, 2008

Palin is likeable enough that she got props from Ethan Berkowitz, the Jewish former minority leader in the Alaska House of Representatives who appears poised to become the first Democrat to represent Alaska in the U.S. House of Representatives since Nick Begich disappeared in a snowstorm in 1972.

In Spring a reader’s fancy turns to thoughts of ... books

By Sandee Brawarsky
Published on March 15, 2007

In Spring a reader's fancy turns to thoughts of ... books.

Mud’s a dirty business but entrepreneur digs it

By Keren Engelberg
Published on February 15, 2007

"My goal is to be able to support the community I live in and support the organizations that are working to protect the Copper River.... It supports wildlife and a human food resource, and it's something that I want to see preserved for generations into the future," Padawer said.

Trio of films offers eclectic choices: sea, spies, punk

Published on September 28, 2006

Trio of films offers eclectic choices.

Keep Kosher, Cool on Alaska Cruise

By Lisa Alcalay Klug
Published on April 20, 2006

Witnessing glaciers calving into crystal blue waters, humpback whales fluking their magnificent tails and clouds weaving cottony billows around the tips of waterfront spruce forests are all in a day's work for the average Alaskan cruise-goer.

Jewish Getaways

By Nancy Sokoler Steiner
Published on February 17, 2005

Looking for a getaway with a Jewish twist? With Passover approaching and summer down the road, there are many opportunities for such travel.

Two Women Rabbis Will Fill Pulpits

By Andrea Adelson
Published on July 1, 2004

Apart from the 175 member families she served at Anchorage's Congregation Beth Sholom, Rabbi Johanna Hershenson found little other Jewish life. As the only non-Orthodox rabbi in Alaska, she became a long-distance consultant to lay synagogue leaders in even more isolated areas, such as Homer and Fairbanks.

The Frozen Chosen

By Rabbi Sheryl Nosan-Blank
Published on May 22, 2003

Through many years of rabbinic traveling and teaching, I've been blessed to serve congregations from Long Island to Maui and from Canada to Australia. I've prayed in shuls from Transylvania to Argentina, and I've discovered that in all the world Juneau's community is unique. The fusion of Alaskan life and Jewish tradition never ceases to amaze me.

Fuzz

By Marlene Adler Marks
Published on September 6, 2001

A day before I left for a vacation cruise to Alaska, I looked in the mirror and spied, atop my clean, bald head -- Hair! There wasn't much of it, standing less than one-sixteenth of an inch tall. But when I ran my hand over my crown, I felt the delicious tickle of stubble.

"It's back!" I cried to my friend Susan, who was lending me a gown for the cruise's formal night. We jumped up and down the way we did in high school when the latest "he" called. I've been a cue ball since Day 12 of my first round of chemo. All my hair is gone, including eyebrows and lashes. The only really bad part, aside from looking like a Conehead, is the way drafts of cold air make my forehead feel glacial. In Alaska, I spent time looking for bald eagles, seeking to join their minyan.