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March mishegas begins
Holy brackets, Landsman!
Tennis star of tomorrow?
Yes, according to Josh Sayles of the Jewish News of Greater Phoenix: Scottsdale girl wins national tennis tournament Jeffrey Letzt has an old photograph of his then-4-year-old granddaughter, Alexandra Letzt, parading around outdoors with a tennis racket. Although she’d never played a competitive match in her life, she looks strangely comfortable with a racket in [...]
“What’s a nice Jewish boy like you doing in a place like this?”
The Baltimore Jewish Times published this story about Brett Harvey, a senior guard on Loyola University’s basketball team and the only MOT on the squad. In fact, he is the only Jewish student-athlete in the entire school. “I liked the school, the campus and Baltimore. I was assured by Coach [Jimmy] Patsos that being Jewish [...]
Doron Sheffer, ba’al teshuva
Doron Sheffer “returns” to his religious roots.
Maccabi update
A Westchester Macacbi games update.
Maccabiah out, Maccabi in
Now that the Maccabiah Games are over, it’s time for Maccabi!
Courage
If there are any knuckleheads out there that still think of Jews as unathletic and weak, they should read this story by Jeff Jacobs of the Hartford Courant about the Wesleyan men’s Lacrosse team in the wake of the murder of Johanna Justin-Jinich.
Nothin “soft” about it
Michelle Moses, a stduent at Brown University, has been selected as a pitcher for the U.S. softball team for the Maccabiah Games. This profile appears in the current issue of Brown Alumni Magazine.
