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	<title>Kaplan's Korner on Jews and Sports &#187; Misc.</title>
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		<title>Mish-mosh</title>
		<link>http://njjewishnews.com/kaplanskorner/2010/09/16/mish-mosh-6/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 16 Sep 2010 16:57:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ron Kaplan</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Because I can...]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[An occasional round-up of items I forgot to mention: Now that the minor league seasons are basically over, the Gimbels to my Macys (kids, ask your parents) posted this list of the best Jewish players in the bushes, including Adam Stern, who spent some time with the Red Sox, Orioles, and had a six-game stint [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Wait Wait: Olney make believe</title>
		<link>http://njjewishnews.com/kaplanskorner/2010/04/26/wait-wait-olney-make-believe/</link>
		<comments>http://njjewishnews.com/kaplanskorner/2010/04/26/wait-wait-olney-make-believe/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Apr 2010 19:44:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ron Kaplan</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[For your listening pleasure]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Peter Sagal]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://njjewishnews.com/kaplanskorner/?p=2899</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Sorry, I can never keep that name straight. The natural tendency is to dyslex it into &#8220;only.&#8221; ESPN baseball writer/broadcaster Buster Olney was the guest on the latest Wait Wait Don&#8217;t Tell Me&#8216;s &#8220;Not My Job&#8221; segment. I felt kind of badly for him. There was zero response to Peter Sagal&#8217;s introduction. I mean &#8220;crickets.&#8221; [...]]]></description>
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		<title>&#8220;Tiger Woods and Chanukah&#8221;</title>
		<link>http://njjewishnews.com/kaplanskorner/2009/12/08/tiger-woods-and-chanukah/</link>
		<comments>http://njjewishnews.com/kaplanskorner/2009/12/08/tiger-woods-and-chanukah/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Dec 2009 15:58:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ron Kaplan</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Guest column]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Jewish authors and sportswriters]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Misc.]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sport and liturgy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Hanukka]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tiger Woods]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Tiger Woods and the Hanukka connection]]></description>
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		<title>Come back, Ronan. All is forgiven. Well, almost all.</title>
		<link>http://njjewishnews.com/kaplanskorner/2009/10/30/come-back-ronan-all-is-forgiven/</link>
		<comments>http://njjewishnews.com/kaplanskorner/2009/10/30/come-back-ronan-all-is-forgiven/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 30 Oct 2009 20:08:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ron Kaplan</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[anti-Semitism]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Misc.]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[New York Yankees]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ronan Tynan]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The ADL might have forgiven Ronan Tynan. The Yankees? Not so much.]]></description>
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		<title>But where do you keep your (fill-in-the-blank)?</title>
		<link>http://njjewishnews.com/kaplanskorner/2009/10/12/but-where-do-you-keep-your-fill-in-the-blank/</link>
		<comments>http://njjewishnews.com/kaplanskorner/2009/10/12/but-where-do-you-keep-your-fill-in-the-blank/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 12 Oct 2009 20:30:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ron Kaplan</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Because I can...]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Misc.]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sport and liturgy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Orthodox Juews]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Running]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Williamsburg]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://njjewishnews.com/kaplanskorner/?p=2080</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The shoes don't count.]]></description>
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		<title>The Iron Rabbi</title>
		<link>http://njjewishnews.com/kaplanskorner/2009/08/06/the-iron-rabbi/</link>
		<comments>http://njjewishnews.com/kaplanskorner/2009/08/06/the-iron-rabbi/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 06 Aug 2009 15:42:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ron Kaplan</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Jewish Sports]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Misc.]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://njjewishnews.com/kaplanskorner/?p=1567</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Sarah Shulman already has the "Iron" part down; next comes the hard part: rabbinical school.]]></description>
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		<title>RK on R&amp;R</title>
		<link>http://njjewishnews.com/kaplanskorner/2009/07/28/rk-on-rr/</link>
		<comments>http://njjewishnews.com/kaplanskorner/2009/07/28/rk-on-rr/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 28 Jul 2009 19:52:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ron Kaplan</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Announcements]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://njjewishnews.com/kaplanskorner/?p=1540</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Taking a few days off to head down to our nation's capital where I'll be conventioning at the annual Society for American Baseball Research get-together.]]></description>
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		<title>Survey asks, &#8220;God Bless America&#8221; at ballgames: Fair or Foul?</title>
		<link>http://njjewishnews.com/kaplanskorner/2009/07/22/survey-asks-god-bless-america-at-ballgames-fair-or-foul/</link>
		<comments>http://njjewishnews.com/kaplanskorner/2009/07/22/survey-asks-god-bless-america-at-ballgames-fair-or-foul/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Jul 2009 19:52:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ron Kaplan</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Announcements]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://njjewishnews.com/kaplanskorner/?p=1499</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Passing along this interesting email I received today. In light of recent developments, it&#8217;s especially timely. You may recall that &#8220;God Bless America&#8221; was written by Jewish composer Irving Berlin. Greetings. I am a doctoral candidate at Harvard University, currently working on a dissertation on the history of the song &#8220;God Bless America&#8221; and its [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Another dumb thing some sports exec said</title>
		<link>http://njjewishnews.com/kaplanskorner/2009/07/07/another-dumb-thing-some-sports-exec-said/</link>
		<comments>http://njjewishnews.com/kaplanskorner/2009/07/07/another-dumb-thing-some-sports-exec-said/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Jul 2009 16:37:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ron Kaplan</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[anti-Semitism]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Because I can...]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Sports and politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sports business]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bernie Eccelstone]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Hitler]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[This time, it&#8217;s Bernie Eccelstone, the 78-year-old chief executive of Formula One Management: In a lot of ways, terrible to say this I suppose, but apart from the fact that Hitler got taken away and persuaded to do things that I have no idea whether he wanted to do or not, he was in the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Swimsuit designs in hot water?</title>
		<link>http://njjewishnews.com/kaplanskorner/2009/06/22/swimsuit-designs-in-hot-water/</link>
		<comments>http://njjewishnews.com/kaplanskorner/2009/06/22/swimsuit-designs-in-hot-water/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Jun 2009 19:31:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ron Kaplan</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Misc.]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Orthodox Jews]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sports Illustrated]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[swimsuit]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://njjewishnews.com/kaplanskorner/?p=1235</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[On the one hand, we have this story from USA Today about Sports Illustrated cover model Bar Rafaeli and the scarcity of material for her swimsuit. On the other hand, we have this piece &#8212; also from USA Today &#8212; about two French-born Jewish fashion designers currently living in Israel who specialize in modest swimwear [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Required reading: A Terrible Splendor</title>
		<link>http://njjewishnews.com/kaplanskorner/2009/06/22/required-reading-a-terrible-splendor/</link>
		<comments>http://njjewishnews.com/kaplanskorner/2009/06/22/required-reading-a-terrible-splendor/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Jun 2009 19:17:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ron Kaplan</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[anti-Semitism]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Required reading]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[tennis]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://njjewishnews.com/kaplanskorner/?p=1232</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[It sounds like a grade B melodrama, but The New York Times reviewed A Terrible Splendor: Three Extraordinary Men, a World Poised for War, and the Greatest Tennis Match Ever Played, by Marshall Jon Fisher, in its Sunday book section this weekend. This is the tale of  Don Budge, Baron Gott­fried von Cramm, and Big [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Book Review: Red and Me</title>
		<link>http://njjewishnews.com/kaplanskorner/2009/06/09/book-review-red-and-me/</link>
		<comments>http://njjewishnews.com/kaplanskorner/2009/06/09/book-review-red-and-me/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Jun 2009 15:24:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ron Kaplan</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Jews and basketball]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Lest we forget]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Misc.]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Miscellaneous Jewish sports]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Red Auerbach]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://njjewishnews.com/kaplanskorner/?p=1151</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Former NBA star and U.S. Senator Bill Bradley write this review on Bill Russell&#8217;s new biography of legendary Celtics coach Red Auerbach.]]></description>
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		<title>That&#8217;s not cricket. Oh wait, it is.</title>
		<link>http://njjewishnews.com/kaplanskorner/2009/06/08/thats-not-cricket-oh-wait-it-is/</link>
		<comments>http://njjewishnews.com/kaplanskorner/2009/06/08/thats-not-cricket-oh-wait-it-is/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Jun 2009 14:52:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ron Kaplan</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[anti-Semitism]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Jewish Sports]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Jewish sports movies]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://njjewishnews.com/kaplanskorner/?p=1135</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[From Israel 21c, this story as another example of sports being used to build bridges between communities that otherwise might have little in common. In this case, the game is cricket. I&#8217;ve always been fascinated by the game and would love to get involved, but at my age, I doubt there are many opportunities for [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Who you callin&#8217; &#8220;Chosen?&#8221;</title>
		<link>http://njjewishnews.com/kaplanskorner/2009/06/04/who-you-callin-chosen/</link>
		<comments>http://njjewishnews.com/kaplanskorner/2009/06/04/who-you-callin-chosen/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Jun 2009 00:30:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ron Kaplan</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Because I can...]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Jewish sports personalities]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Misc.]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[baseball]]></category>

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		<title>A way-cool source</title>
		<link>http://njjewishnews.com/kaplanskorner/2009/05/08/956/</link>
		<comments>http://njjewishnews.com/kaplanskorner/2009/05/08/956/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 08 May 2009 19:37:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ron Kaplan</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[baseball books]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Collectibles]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Misc.]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Trivia]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Baseball Digest]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Every issue of the classic publication is available through Google books. The first issue: July 1945. Cover price: 15 cents. Tag line: &#8220;64 Pages — and Every Word Baseball!&#8221; Thanks to John Zajc of the Society for American Baseball Research and writer Rob Neyer for the item. The next step is to go through them [...]]]></description>
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		<title>It&#8217;s never too hot for flannel</title>
		<link>http://njjewishnews.com/kaplanskorner/2009/04/28/its-never-too-hot-for-flannel/</link>
		<comments>http://njjewishnews.com/kaplanskorner/2009/04/28/its-never-too-hot-for-flannel/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 28 Apr 2009 16:11:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ron Kaplan</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Because I can...]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://njjewishnews.com/kaplanskorner/?p=877</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Even in this sweltering NJ heat. Just received a flyer from Ebbets Field Flannel, a company that specializes in replications of old baseball jerseys, hats, etc. Here&#8217;s one that I hope will be hanging on my wall some day: Product description: 1920 Philadelphia Hebrews Road Jersey Independent team Exact reproduction of the 1920 road jersey [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Fair is fair.</title>
		<link>http://njjewishnews.com/kaplanskorner/2009/04/02/fair-is-fair/</link>
		<comments>http://njjewishnews.com/kaplanskorner/2009/04/02/fair-is-fair/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Apr 2009 00:59:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ron Kaplan</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[anti-Semitism]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://njjewishnews.com/kaplanskorner/?p=755</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[If Jewish Major Leaguers should be given a shout out for refusing to take the field on their holiest holiday, shouldn&#8217;t Catholic players be accorded the same courtesy?]]></description>
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		<title>Hoping &#8220;history&#8221; doesn&#8217;t repeat itself</title>
		<link>http://njjewishnews.com/kaplanskorner/2009/01/29/hoping-history-doesnt-repeat-itself/</link>
		<comments>http://njjewishnews.com/kaplanskorner/2009/01/29/hoping-history-doesnt-repeat-itself/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Jan 2009 20:11:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ron Kaplan</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Misc.]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[baseball]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Middle East peace]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sen. George Mitchell]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[steroids]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[To be honest, I had little use for Deadspin.com, a snarky website created by Will Leitch devoted to pointing out the faults and flaws of the sports world. Nevertheless, he does make a valid point on occasion, moreso since he left Deadspin for more serious journalistic endeavors. This Leitch piece from The New Republic second-guesses [...]]]></description>
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