Jews and soccer
Here’s something you don’t see every day
Now wear this.
Jewish HoF hosts program on ‘the other football’
National Jewish Sports Hall of Fame hosts soccer program.
Mazel tov to the U.S national soccer team
Moving on in soccer’s world cup.
Gooooaaaallll, landsman
Former Maccabiah soccer player could play a big role in U.S.-Honduras match.
Bits and pieces
New items on Abel Kiviat, Nancy Lieberman, and Avram Grant.
Duke athletes prepare for Maccabiah games
From Goduke.com, the athletic component of the University’s website, comes this profile of Lauren Miller, a member of the field hockey team, and Josh Bienenfeld from the men’s soccer squad, as they gear up to participate in the upcoming games.
Jews and Arabs extending a hand towards athletic cooperation
It’s not quite Rocky (although maybe it is in a sense), but here’s a story from the IvoryTowerz, a blog on culture and society, about an unlikely 1-2 boxing combination: a Israel Jewish gym owner and a young Palestinian boxer. I can see the movie now.
In another tale, perhaps feet would be more accurate: From [...]
All hail Yael
The New York Daily News profiled Yael Averbuch, a product of Montclair, NJ, and the No. 1 draft pick of the metropolitan area’s newest professional sports team, in its story about the fledgling Women’s Professional Soccer enterprise.
A new role for a former Secretary of State
At first blush, Dr. Henry Kissinger does not come across as a sports fan. Why would such an intellectual concern himself with such mundane matters? But quite the contrary, Dr. K is quite the athletic aficionado, as this column by George Vecsey of The New York Times reports.
He makes baseball comparisons as a knowledgeable American, [...]
Suffolk Y to host program on Jews and soccer
The National Jewish Sports Hall of Fame in Comack, NY will host “Our Lives and The Beautiful Game: Jews in Soccer,” a panel discussion, on Sunday, March 15 from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m.
Scheduled to appear are:
Gloria Averbuch, author of The Vision of a Champion and It’s Not About the Bra
Shep Messing, who [...]

