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Fast Forward Cleveland Indians’ ‘Hebrew Hammer’ Al Rosen Dies at 91
Former Cleveland Indians’ third baseman Al Rosen, nicknamed the “Hebrew Hammer,” has died. Rosen died on Friday night at the age of 91. Rosen played on the Indians from 1947 through 1956, including on the 1948 Indians, which won the World Series, the last time the team has won the title. He won the 1953…
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Culture How Marvin Miller Led Players Union and Changed Baseball Forever
Marvin Miller, Baseball Revolutionary By Robert F. Burk University of Illinois Press, 352 pages, $35 This stately, well-researched study raises the question of which is more enduring, anti-Semitic hatred or the loathing — even after death — felt by plutocrats forced against their will to treat their workers fairly. Robert F. Burk, an emeritus professor…
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News How Israel’s Curlers Hope To Reach the Olympics
Relaxing after a game at the East York Curling Club in Toronto last winter, Yuval Grinspun made a joke that would change his life. He kibitzed that if he ever wanted to compete in the Olympics, all he needed to do was start an Israeli curling team. “My wife looked at me and said: ‘You…
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Fast Forward Day Schools Build Stadiums as Sports Allure Grows
(JTA) — Persistent rain didn’t stop fans from packing the stands and sidelines at Scheck Hillel Community Day School for the homecoming football game. They gathered Wednesday at the South Florida school not only to cheer on the Lions, but also welcome a new star beneath the bright lights above the field: the stadium itself. For…
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Fast Forward Liverpool Soccer Club Yanks Rosh Hashanah Tweet
The Liverpool FC soccer team deleted a tweet wishing its Jewish supporters a happy Rosh Hashanah after the message elicited dozens of anti-Semitic responses. The message — “Liverpool FC would like to wish all our Jewish supporters around the world a happy new year. #RoshHashanah” — was posted Friday and removed several hours later, the…
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Opinion Meet the Female Coach of Y.U. Men’s Volleyball Team
Jacqui Dauphinais / JTA (JTA) — Having been a standout player in high school and college, and an assistant coach, new Yeshiva University men’s volleyball coach Jacqui Dauphinais has plenty of knowledge about the sport. And in her one season as an assistant for the Maccabees, she showed she wasn’t afraid to speak up. The real…
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Opinion Judging Ray Rice Instead of Ourselves
Ray Rice / Getty Images “Justice, justice, shall you pursue,” we are taught — and what could be more just than punishing a man shown, on video, punching and knocking out his wife in what seems like a brutal, cruel attack? Thus have we seen, in the last 72 hours, a cascade of condemnations of…
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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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