Raphael Gellar
By Raphael Gellar
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The Schmooze LeBron James and His New Israeli Coach
Rookie Cleveland Cavaliers Coach David Blatt won a European title with Maccabi Tel Aviv. Now he gets to coach Lebron James. Getty Images One year ago, David Blatt was working with Maccabi Tel Aviv’s management on signing new players for the upcoming season. A year later, Blatt is coaching the best basketball player on the…
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Opinion Lewis Wolff Talks the Jewish Side of Moneyball
Lewis Wolff owns the Oakland Athletics, a team that prides itself on building championship contenders while spending much less money than its competition. After missing out on the playoffs for several years, the A’s returned last year and are off to a great start this year as they are leading their competitive American League West…
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Israel News Jim Calhoun Talks March Madness Basketball in the Holy Land
After struggling for many years to build a successful basketball program, The University of Connecticut basketball program decided to hire Jim Calhoun as its new coach on May 14, 1986. At the time, the university was hoping they made the right choice but little did they know that two and half decades later, Calhoun would…
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Israel News Tom Werner Juggles Roles as Red Sox and Liverpool Boss
What is like being the chairman of two of the biggest sports clubs in the world? Only one man can answer that. Tom Werner, a former television executive turned sports chairman, took control over the Boston Red Sox in 2002 when his Fenway Sports Group Company bought the storied club for an estimated $660 million….
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News Chicago Bears Head Coach Marc Trestman Gave Up Law for Football Sidelines
Midway through the National Football League season, the Chicago Bears are battling for top spot a wild NFC North division. After a disappointing 2012-213 season they are poised to make a playoff appearance. Leading them on the field every Sunday is their head coach Marc Trestman, who also happens to be Jewish. Trestman is the…
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News Dmitry Salita, Orthodox Fighter, Returns to Ring for One Last Shot at Title
After Dmitriy “Star of David” Salita’s fight against Hector Camacho Jr. was cancelled at the beginning of the year, Salita was not sure what would happen next. The 31-year-old welterweight boxer has a career record of 33 wins, one loss and one draw over his 12 year distinguished career. Salita, an Orthodox Jew with roots…
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News ESPN’s Andy Katz Talks College Basketball and Jewish Sports Guys
Chances are, if you are a college basketball fan, you have seen Andy Katz on ESPN. With nearly 300,000 followers on Twitter, Katz, is ESPN’s senior college basketball reporter and is a regular analyst on “College GameNight” and “SportsCenter.” Before making the jump to ESPN in 2000, Katz worked for the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, the…
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