Sports & Competitions

Editor’s E-Mail Box: July 13, 2018 (2 items)

Episcopal Church rejects divestment, but other resolutions are hostile to Israel The American Jewish Committee (AJC) has commended the Episcopal Church for once again rejecting divestment directed against Israel, but expresses concern regarding open hostility toward Israel in other resolutions. The Episcopal Church is concluding its 79th triennial General Convention, held in Austin, Texas, at […]

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International, Jewish History, Middle East, Sports & Competitions, USA

Editor’s E-Mail Box: July 11, 2018 (3 items)

Israel Defense Prize goes to man who discovered a way to detect Hamas tunnels Col. Yaniv Avitan, a graduate of the Jerusalem College of Technology’s (JCT) electro-optics engineering department, received the 2018 Israel Defense Prize from the Israeli Ministry of Defense for his role heading a team that works to detect the Hamas terror group’s

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International, Middle East, Science, Medicine, & Education, Sports & Competitions, The World We Share, USA

Editor’s E-Mail Box, July 9, 2018 (5 items)

Mixed reactions to Trump’s nomination of Judge Brett Kavanaugh to the Supreme Court Stosh Cotler, CEO of Bend the Arc: Jewish Action, released the following statement: “President Trump’s nominee for the Supreme Court, Brett Kavanaugh, is an affront to the values and priorities of a vast majority of the American Jewish community. From workers’ rights

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International, Middle East, Music, Dance, and Visual Arts, Science, Medicine, & Education, Sports & Competitions, USA

Ruach, plenty of spirit, at Camp Mountain Chai

By Donald H. Harrison ANGELUS OAKS, California—Along with a few other San Diegans, I visited Camp Mountain Chai in the San Bernardino Mountains last week.  On arrival, I saw a Baer. It turned out that Dan Baer is the director of the camp, located 134 miles from the parking lot of the Jewish Federation of

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Donald H. Harrison, Jewish Religion, Music, Dance, and Visual Arts, San Diego County, Science, Medicine, & Education, Sports & Competitions, Theatre, Film & Broadcast, Travel and Food, USA

Jewish trivia quiz: Jews in sports

By Mark D. Zimmerman MELVILLE, New York — Generally speaking, Jews have not dominated professional sports competition, though there were a number of successful Jewish boxers in the early 1900’s (including Benny Leonard, “Slapsie” Maxie Rosenbloom, and Barney Ross). Also, Jewish baseball players Hank Greenberg and Sandy Koufax are in the Hall of Fame. What unusual

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Mark D. Zimmerman, Sports & Competitions, Trivia, Humor & Satire

Editor’s E-Mail Box: June 15, 2018 (5 Items)

SAN DIEGO — Following are some of the stories of Jewish interest that hit our editor’s computer mail box at editor@sdjewishworld.com on Friday, June 15. We are interested in local, national, and international news of Jewish interest, and welcome comments from members of the Jewish community about these news items. State Department concerned about Syrian

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International, Middle East, Sports & Competitions, USA

Israel and bike racing: A new love affair

By Barry Shaw NETANYA, Israel — The second greatest bike race was replete with significance in 2018. One man deservedly garnered praise for bringing the Giro d’Italia, a cycling race with a 110-year history, to Israel, the first time it has started outside of Europe. Sylvan Adams is an Israeli-Canadian real estate investor with a

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Barry Shaw, International, Middle East, Sports & Competitions

It could be, it might be, it is (!) a great sports book

The Game Isn’t Everything: The reality beyond the arena by Bruce Lowitt; Barstad Comminications; © 2015; 281 pages; 14.95. By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO – I learned when I was a rookie reporter for the Associated Press back in 1967 that any fool, including yours truly, could write a story about an athletic contest. 

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Books, Poetry & Short Stories, Bruce F. Lowitt, Donald H. Harrison, Sports & Competitions

Dennis Rodman finally realizes what everyone else already knows about Kim Jong-un

12-12-17-rodman Dennis Rodman joined Stephen Colbert on Wednesday’s “The Late Show” to reveal some things about his outlandish relationship with Kim Jong-un. RELATED: Dennis Rodman thinks he’s the best chance at fixing Trump and Kim Jong-un’s relationship Watch the video The 56-year-old NBA Hall of Famer and the dictator have shared a bizarre friendship for

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International, Sports & Competitions, Theatre, Film & Broadcast, USA

NFL Network suspends Faulk, 2 others, amid sexual harrassment claims

The NFL Network suspended Pro Football Hall of Famer Marshall Faulk and fellow analysts Heath Evans and Ike Taylor “pending an investigation” into allegations of sexual harassment and assault, the network announced. The allegations were made in a lawsuit by former NFL Network employee Jami Cantor, who sued NFL Enterprises in Los Angeles Superior Court

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Sports & Competitions, USA

Russia banned from 2018 Winter Olympics, athletes can compete under Olympic flag

Russia were banned from the 2018 Winter Olympics on Tuesday over state-sponsored doping but the International Olympic Committee said Russian competitors would still be able to compete “under strict conditions”. The IOC announced the decision after examining evidence of state-sponsored doping over several years that reached its zenith at the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi,

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International, Sports & Competitions

Netanyahu says Iran forcing its wrestlers to lose sums up Tehran’s hostility

By TOI staff Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Monday said Iran forcing a wrestler to lose a bout in order to avoid competing against an Israeli perfectly summed up the regime’s hostility to the Jewish state. “Close your eyes and think about Alireza for a moment. He trained countless hours; he dreamed of becoming a

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International, Middle East, Sports & Competitions

Colin Kaepernick honored at ACLU Bill of Rights Dinner in Beverly Hills

LOS ANGELES — Colin Kaepernick, the former San Francisco 49ers quarterback who launched a protest movement last year when he refused to stand for the national anthem before NFL games, was honored Sunday at the ACLU of Southern California’s annual Bill of Rights Dinner in Beverly Hills. Kaepernick was awarded the Eason Monroe Courageous Advocate

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Sports & Competitions, USA