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Life Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s “Dumb” Remark About NFL Players’ Protest
Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg has, alas, said something disappointing. She told Yahoo’s Katie Couric that she finds football player Colin Kaepernick and others’ refusal to stand for the national anthem was “really dumb.” Ginsburg added that she believes the protest should be legal, but the criticism of what is, after all, a peaceful…
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News The NFL’s Brothers Schwartz Tackle Their Jewish Upbringing In A New Memoir
The giant, Jewish, professional-football playing brothers Geoff and Mitch Schwartz are publishing a memoir: Eat My Schwartz: Our Story of NFL Football, Food, Family, and Faith. They have been in the NFL at the same time since the 2012 season, and have played against each other a few times. They were raised in a Conservative…
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Opinion Why Jews Should Support Colin Kaepernick’s Brave National Anthem Protest
San Francisco 49er Colin Kaepernick made waves this week by declining to stand during the national anthem at a pre-season game. Kaepernick, who has sat out the national anthem during at least one previous pre-season game, has faced backlash from those who see the refusal to stand as unpatriotic, disrespectful, and worse — specifically, that…
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Fast Forward Sheldon Adelson in Talks To Build Stadium for ‘Vegas Raiders’
Sheldon Adelson met with the owner of the Oakland Raiders team owner to discuss the casino mogul’s plan to build a billion-dollar stadium for the NFL team and move them from Oakland, Calif. to Sin City. On Friday, the same day of the meeting, Mark Davis also toured the site of Adelson’s proposed 65,000-seat stadium…
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Fast Forward Ali Marpet Makes Splash as Tampa Bay Buccaneers Take Jewish Lineman in Second Round
(JTA) — When Alexander “Ali” Marpet and Jake Fuerst went on a camel ride during a Birthright trip to Israel last summer, the animal brayed loudly in displeasure at the 467 pounds of young men perched on its back. Most of the camel’s agony could be blamed on the 6-foot-4, 307-pound Marpet, who was overseas on…
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Fast Forward Pro Football Season Starts — on Rosh Hashanah
(JTA) — On Rosh Hashanah, according to the liturgy, our fate is written in the Book of Life. But Jewish football fans may be spending the holiday thinking about something else: the NFL opening games they are missing. The 2015 NFL schedule was released on Tuesday, and the season kickoff is on Sept. 13, which is…
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Fast Forward Ed Sabol, Football Filmmaker, Dies at 98
Ed Sabol, founder of NFL Films, died Monday at his home in Arizona. He was 98. The NFL made the announcement on the league’s website. Sabol was inducted into the NFL Hall of Fame in 2011 for revolutionizing sports television. His company is owned by the NFL and produces most of the league’s behind-the-scenes video…
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Fast Forward ADL Signs Letter Urging Broadcasters To Avoid Using The Name ‘Redskins’
The Anti-Defamation League signed a letter initiated by Native American groups to broadcasters urging them to avoid pronouncing the name of the Washington NFL franchise, “Redskins.” “Some might argue that objectivity requires broadcasters to continue promoting the racial slur as long as Washington team owner Dan Snyder keeps denigrating Native Americans by using the epithet…
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