Willie, Mickey, and the Jews
March 3, 2010
In the midst of several years’ worth of “shocking” scandals involving baseball players and performance enhancing drugs, it is refreshing to have several biographies hitting the bookstores this year that consider a kindler, gentler Golden Era of the game. Read More
From football to frum
December 30, 2009
Alan Veingrad lived an American boy’s fantasy. From 1986-92, he was an offensive lineman in the National Football League, first for the Green Bay Packers, then for the Dallas Cowboys, playing alongside such stars as Troy Aikman, James Lofton, and Emmett Smith. But that wasn’t enough. Read More
A league of our own
At a Yankees fantasy camp, the grass is green, the stars are out, and the food is kosher
December 16, 2009
It was with some surprise that I read the press release announcing “exciting Kosher and Shabbat options” at the November session of Yankees Fantasy Camp in Tampa, Fla. Read More
New book considers ‘ethics’ in the NFL
December 9, 2009
While Judaism is full of written laws and commentaries, football is steeped in a culture of violence, intimidation, and brutality, according to author Ross Bernstein. Read More
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Highs and lows for Jewish Major Leaguers in 2009
October 14, 2009
Ryan Braun (Milwaukee Brewers) led the National League with 203 hits and was among the top 10 NL batters in runs scored (113), doubles (39), RBI (114), batting average (.320), slugging percentage (.551), and OPS (On-base + slugging, .937). Read More
Film on Israeli baseball league short of home run
October 7, 2009
For all the best intentions, hopes, and excitement, the Israel Baseball League lasted just one season. Tepid responses by the media and native-born population, poor playing conditions, and questionable business practices all led to the league’s downfall after its 2007 debut. Read More
Loneliness of a middle-distance Jewish runner
September 30, 2009
Abel Kiviat is not exactly a household name, even in the small universe of elite Jewish athletes. Alan Katchen hopes to change that with his new biography on the Olympic medal winner. Read More
‘Jewish Jordan’ hangs up his basketball shoes
September 23, 2009
Tamir Goodman, the Orthodox basketball star who was dubbed “Jewish Jordan” by Sports Illustrated as a high schooler, has called it a career at the age of 27. Read More
A son recalls a Weequahic legend in new book
September 9, 2009
When New Jersey-born Bob Masin, a resident of Portland, Ore., for the last 20 years, learned that a Weequahic High School alumnus lived nearby, he gave the gentleman a call. “I introduced myself and said, ‘By the way, did you know of my father, Swede Masin?’ And this guy is probably 30 years behind my father and he answered the same way everyone answers: ‘Of course I knew about your father; he was a legend.” Read More
Teaching the ‘sweet science’
September 2, 2009
When students return to Rae Kushner Yeshiva High School in Livingston this fall, they’ll be greeted by a new, albeit unofficial, “professor.” Dmitriy Salita, the Orthodox junior welterweight boxer with a record of 30 wins, one tie, and no defeats, has created a program for the school that will teach the fundamentals of the sport as a way to engage the students — boys only at this point — in a new area of physical fitness. Read More
Selected web sites for the Jewish sports fan
- Kaplan's Korner on Jews and Sports
A blog devoted to Jews and sports, written by NJJN Features Editor, Ron Kaplan - National Jewish Sports Hall of Fame and Museum
The website for the National Jewish Sports Hall of Fame and Museum - International Jewish Sports Hall of Fame
The International Jewish Sports Hall of Fame web site - Jewish Sports.com
Not the most-up-to-date source, but still plenty of items of interest - Jews in Sports
Produced by the American Jewish Historical Society - Jewish Major Leaguers
Producer of the Jewish Major league baseball card set - Dmitriy Salita
The Official Web site of boxer Dmitriy Salita
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