Posts Tagged: Sandy Koufax
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...
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...
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...
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....
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...