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Pin It Sorry to already have a similar theme, something I should have been able to avoid with this site being so new, but I simply had to share my experience at today’s US Open Tennis matches. I left...
View ArticleWhat Makes Someone a Role Model?
Pin It I would like to start this column by saying that I am an avid sports fan. Growing up in the D.C. metropolitan area, I have always held close ties to all of the major sports teams in the area....
View ArticleMy first post!
Pin It After urging Dave to restart this site back in August, I have been looking forward to posting my own thoughts. So far, as a reader, I have been impressed with the site. I look forward to a...
View ArticleBaseball on Shabbos
Pin It It’s been a dilemma in my household for years now. There is an exciting sporting event on Friday night or Saturday afternoon, and I want to watch it, but shabbos gets in the way. What to do?...
View ArticleThe Greatest Jewish Ballplayer Ever
Pin It Imagine this – it’s Game One of the World Series. The most dominating left-handed pitcher of the last 50 years is getting ready to take the mound for your team. He just came off of a season...
View ArticleThe Super Bowl Commute: A Lesson Learned
Pin It As the morning of the Super Bowl has arrived, two distinct groups have made themselves known. No, I am not talking about the Giants and the Patriots. These two colossal titans are “The Sports...
View ArticleWill they have to forfeit?
Pin It The Herzl/Rocky Mountain Hebrew Academy from Denver, CO might be in danger of losing a tournament championship game before they ever set foot on the court. In the midst of a championship...
View ArticleSuperman Retires, Supermensch Remains
Pin It With the horrific news out of Israel last week and all the commotion of the political campaign, some readers who are not sports fans may not have noticed the big news out of the National...
View ArticleMatzah and the Boston Marathon
Pin It Every year on Patriots Day, a Massachusetts holiday celebrating the start of the Revolutionary War in Concord, thousands of people run the Boston Marathon. While not as famous as its New York...
View ArticleSports, Religion & The Catskills: Part 1
Pin It Ask any Jewish Chicago Cubs fan if he finds a connection between his faithfulness to the Cubs and his Judaism. If the answer is not “yes,” then you’ve asked someone deficient in caring about the...
View ArticlePerfection, Eugenics, Israel, and America
Pin It I will always remember Friday night. I came to a realization, an understanding, the veil of darkness was lifted from my eyes. I recall the mad dash before leaving for my brother’s house, seeing...
View ArticleTebowing as Political Metaphor
Pin It In an otherwise unremarkable article about the controversy over Denver Broncos quarterback Tim Tebow’s public displays of religiosity, a quote from Gary Ebersole, a University of Missouri-Kansas...
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