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Baseball “tripleheader” at Atlanta JCC this weekend
Former JML Shawn Green, Israel Baseball League pitcher Aaron Pribble, and MLB official historian John Thorn will be the featured guests as the Marcus Jewish Community Center book fair on Sunday, Nov. 13. From the press release: Introduction by Stan Kasten, former President of the Atlanta Braves and Thrashers. The Way of Baseball: Finding Stillness [...]
Shameless self-promotion / existential crisis
Shameless self-promotion / existential crisis
Save the date: Nov. 17- Evening with the Jewish Stars
The Suffolk Y JCC in Commack, NY will host an evening with “current and former [Jewish] athletes, broadcasters, and others from the world of sports. Many Hall of Famers will be in attendance along with possible future Hall of Famers. This is your opportunity to meet and mingle with sports heroes of yesterday, today, and [...]
Shawn Green makes the book tour rounds
The ex-major leaguer will be discussing his new book, The Way of Baseball: Finding Stillness at 95 mph (See all Personal Transformation Books) at a couple of venues in the New York area over the next week or so. On Monday, June 6, Green will be at Book Revue in Huntington, NY at 7 p.m. Call [...]
What’s on Second: A literary recap
What’s on Second: A literary recap
Shameless self promotion
Due to my softball team’s rainout, I’ll be back to my book discussion duties on the What’s On Second Internet radio program tonight at 9:45 p.m. EST. Seriously, this is the fifth rainout this year. At this rate, we’ll be playing into football season.
Appearance: Dmitriy Salita in NJ
From the Chabad of Western Monmouth County: Dmitriy Salita is the first ranked boxer in the world who keeps kosher, attends Synagogue, refuses to fight on the Sabbath, and puts on Tefillin daily. Salita’s family moved from Odessa, Ukraine (USSR) to New York City in 1991. “We came to America because Jews were discriminated against,” [...]
Author appearance: Binnie Klein
Binnie Klein will be talking about the history of Jews in boxing and her own remarkable journey in writing Blows to the Head: How Boxing Changed My Mind (SUNY Press, 2010) at a Goodspeed Operahouse wine-tasting on Sunday, May 15, at 5 pm, held at the Norma Terris Theatre in Chester, CT, in conjunction with [...]
Ex-JFLer veingrad to speak following Lombardi performance
Alan Veingrad featured in “talkback” following April 12 performance of “Lombardi.”
Former Miracle Met at “Philly country” event? Sacrilege!
But Art Shamsky will be at Temple Beth Hillel/Beth El in Wynnewood on Tuesday, April 12. In addition to his Major League career, Shamsky was also a manager in the short-lived Israel Baseball League.
