Elliot Olshansky
By Elliot Olshansky
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Fast Forward Longtime Jewish wrestling promoter Paul Heyman to be inducted into WWE Hall of Fame
The son of a Holocaust survivor, Heyman began taking photographs at wrestling events as a teenager, using equipment he bought with his bar mitzvah money
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News Maxwell Jacob Friedman — the latest pro wrestler in the National Jewish Sports Hall of Fame — is glad to be seen as a strong Jew
The pro wrestler known as MJF emphasizes his Jewish heritage in his presentation, using social media to share photos from his bar mitzvah and talking openly about antisemitic taunts he’s faced
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News 5 Jewish Players To Watch as Hockey Season Starts
Five Jewish hockey players are preparing to hit the ice with the rest of the National Hockey League as the puck finally drops on the season after a 120-day lockout of players. The NHL opens a whirlwind 99-day regular season on January 19, after a lockout-shortened training camp that started right after owners and the…
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Breaking News Kevin Youkilis Joins the Yankees
Back before the popcorn with Cameron Diaz, the revelations about performance-enhancing drugs, and the attempt to pick up a female fan’s phone number during this year’s playoffs, Alex Rodriguez made news in 2008 when he studied kabbalah alongside then-girlfriend Madonna. Rodriguez is expected to miss the start of the season due to a hip injury,…
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News Israeli Hoops Star Finds Relief on Court
When Naama Shafir takes the court for the University of Toledo, there’s an unquestionable sense of relief. It helps that her team is on a winning and that Shafir is averaging 10.2 points, 4.4 rebounds and 5.6 assists per contest. And for Shafir, a native of Hoshaya, Israel, being back on the court at all…
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The Schmooze Israel’s New Soccer Star on Rise
A new Israeli soccer star is on the rise. Tomer Hemed turned Israel’s recent World Cup qualifying games against Luxembourg into his own personal coming out party. The 25-year-old striker scored a hat trick in Israel’s 6-0 win in Luxembourg City last Friday, and then followed it up with two more goals in a 3-0…
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The Schmooze Other ‘Hebrew Hammer’ Scores TKO
Ryan Braun may be sitting at home and watching as the Major League Baseball playoffs continue but a different “Hebrew Hammer” was in action Saturday night, and certainly lived up to his billing. Undefeated welterweight boxer Cletus “The Hebrew Hammer” Seldin improved his pro record to 9-0 on Saturday night, when he defeated Carl “The…
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The Schmooze No Iverson, But Israeli Hoops Galore
When rumors linked Maccabi Haifa with former Philadelphia 76ers star Allen Iverson last week ahead of the Israeli Super League club’s preseason U.S. tour, it made a certain amount of sense. As it turns out, the 2001 NBA MVP won’t be suiting up for Haifa when the club faces the NBA’s Golden State Warriors on…
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