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Posts Tagged: Sandy Koufax

July 16, 2021 11:46 am
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Yes, Religious Jews Have Played Professional Baseball Before

For Jewish fans of baseball, this was a big week. The Israeli national baseball team began scrimmaging on its warm-up tour before the Olympics, and...

October 16, 2019 6:23 am
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Did We Need Another Sandy Koufax?

JNS.org - The story of Sandy Koufax choosing not to pitch on Yom Kippur is one of the great narrative tales of modern American Jewish...

February 22, 2017 1:52 pm
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Veteran Sports Writer, Author of New Book on Boxing History: ‘My Dad Said Judaism Is a Religion, Not an Alibi’

Renowned veteran sports writer Jerry Izenberg -- author of the new book Once There Were Giants: The Golden Age of Heavyweight Boxing -- was taught at...

October 11, 2013 11:45 am
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What Sandy Koufax Can Teach Us About Attracting Young People to Israel

Israel has been abuzz over the last few days, with the news that yet another prodigal son has taken home the world's most prestigious award....

June 23, 2013 3:02 pm
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Brooklyn Baseball Team Mascot Becomes a Man, Will Celebrate Bar Mitzvah

A Big mazel tov to a certain stuffed bird! The mascot for the Brooklyn Cyclones baseball team has reached the age of manhood, and he's celebrating...

April 22, 2013 9:25 pm
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Star Jewish High School Baseball Player Draws Comparisons to Koufax (VIDEO)

Robert Kaminsky is one of the best pitching prospects in high school. The lefty has that mixture scouts love: velocity and control. Kaminsky is a...

December 2, 2012 2:45 am
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Naismith? How About Gottlieb? Remembering the Jewish Influence on Basketball

With the National Basketball Association (NBA) season in full swing, the casual hoops fan likely knows the significance of the name "Naismith," but might not...

October 15, 2012 6:47 pm
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New Painting Signed by 26 Living Jewish Baseball Players

In the midst of the Major League Baseball playoffs, an artist came out with a new lithograph painting that depicts 27 Jewish baseball players and...

April 17, 2012 2:03 pm
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The Top 10 Toughest Living Jews

From Samson to Judah Maccabee, Ze'ev Jabotinsky to Hanna Senesh, there is a valiant history of tough and brave Jews who have had their impact...

October 7, 2011 2:53 pm
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Yom Kippur a No Go for Young Golfer Laetitia Beck

19 year old amateur golfer Laetitia Beck, a sophomore at Duke University in Durham NC announced that she would be declining a request to join...

World

‘Everyone in Danger’: Concordia University Refuses to Investiga...

Jewish students at Concordia University in Montreal must fend for themselves when their anti-Zionist classmates resort to assault and harassment...

Middle East

Hezbollah Tells Iran It Would Fight Alone in War With Israel

With ally Hamas under attack in Gaza, the head of Iran's Quds Force visited Beirut in February to discuss the risk posed if Israel next aims at Lebanon's Hezbollah, an...

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