Israeli Sports and Culture Minister Miri Regev (Likud) has said she will not attend the opening ceremony of the Olympic Games in Brazil this year, due to it falling too close to the Sabbath. The ceremony is due to take place on Friday, August 5, and would necessitate her traveling back after sundown – the […]
Israeli sports minister won’t attend Olympic ceremony Read More »
International, Middle East, Sports & Competitions(Statistics through July 12) The July 12 All-Star game in San Diego represented the unofficial halfway point of the baseball season. So here’s a look at how the minyan of Jewish Major Leaguers — not all of whom are still on big league rosters — have fared so far. Ryan Braun, Milwaukee Brewers: Has appeared
Jewish Major Leagues take a ‘break’ Read More »
Sports & CompetitionsIf Remigio Pereira’s performance the other night at Major League Baseball’s all-star game in San Diego is not a sign of the coming apocalypse, it’s at least one of the madness currently sweeping the planet. Pereira is – was? – one of The Tenors quartet, formerly The Canadian Tenors, and he had a pretty dishy
Anthem outburst is what happens when social media opens up ‘the conversation’ to morons Read More »
International, Music, Dance, and Visual Arts, San Diego County, Sports & CompetitionsSAN DIEGO — In the moments after the second inning ended, after two baseballs had soared 762 feet into the cool sea air and the American League had seized control of this All-Star Game, Eric Hosmer bounced around inside the first-base dugout. He clapped his hands three times and nodded his head. The Royals’ first
Royals’ Eric Hosmer claims MVP honors as American League wins All-Star Game, 4-2 Read More »
Sports & Competitions, USAIsraeli NBA player Omri Casspi joins the list of Israeli celebrities publicly displaying their ties to Judaism and Jewish practice. Omri Casspi praying Screenshot/Instagram Casspi posted a picture to his Instagram account in which he is seen wearing Tefilin and a Tallit (prayer shawl), and praying in the morning sunlight. In the caption to the
NBA’s Omri Casspi gushes about meeting with rabbi Read More »
Jewish Religion, Sports & CompetitionsHere are some news articles and press releases of interest received at the offices of San Diego Jewish World: Legislation adopted to combat terror financing WASHINGTON, D.C. (Press Release)–U.S. Congressman Scott Peters (D-San Diego) helped pass on Monday night a series of smart, targeted proposals to combat the illicit financing of terrorist groups, arms and
Editor’s Mailbag: July 12, 2016 Read More »
International, Middle East, Sports & Competitions, USA(Statistics through July 4) Ian Kinsler became the fifth Jewish player to achieve 200 Major League home runs. Photo by Keith Allison /Flickr Detroit Tigers second baseman Ian Kinsler became the fifth Jewish player to hit 200 home runs. The momentous shot came in Sunday’s 5-1 win over the Tampa Bay Rays. Hank Greenberg tops
Kinsler joins ‘200 Club’ Read More »
Sports & Competitions(Statistics through June 27) Five-year-old Ashtin Gerberg, aka, “Mini Thor,” became perhaps the youngest person to throw out a ceremonial first pitch when he took the mound before the game between the NY Mets and the Kansas City Royals on June 22 at Citi Field in Queens. Ashtin, a pint-size doppelganger of Mets star pitcher
JML, the next generation? Read More »
Sports & CompetitionsCHICAGO — A report late Tuesday that Donald Trump is lining up Mike Ditka to make a star appearance at the Republican National Convention came as no surprise to anybody — except Da Coach himself. While Ditka, 76, has made no secret of his support for presumptive GOP presidential nominee, and Trump has in the
Ditka surprised to read that he’ll be at GOP convention with Trump Read More »
Sports & Competitions, USA(Statistics through June 20) Dean Kremer became the first Israeli citizen to sign with a Major League team. Dean Kremer, a right-handed pitcher, became the first Israeli to sign a contract with a Major League Baseball team when the Los Angeles Dodgers signed the 20-year-old Israeli American on June 14 after drafting him earlier this
Say a Sheheheyanu: Israeli signs with Dodgers Read More »
Sports & Competitions, USABy Mark D. Zimmerman MELVILLE, New York — Why did Israeli sports journalist Sharon Davidovitch say “LeBron James is now the most hated person in Israel. It’s a little bit joking and a little bit true: These days I can only compare the Israeli hate for LeBron James to the hate for Hamas.” A. He wrote this in
Jewish trivia quiz: LeBron James Read More »
Mark D. Zimmerman, Sports & Competitions, Trivia, Humor & SatireA boxer from Syria bowed out of a qualifying round for the Olympics because he would have had to face off against an Israeli contender, Haaretz reported Sunday. The Syrian boxer, Ala Ghasoun, had been scheduled to vie against Israel’s Artium Musley. Since Ghasoun refused the match, Musley will be automatically moved to the next
Syrian boxer refuses to face off against Israeli Read More »
Middle East, Sports & CompetitionsBritish soccer icon David Beckham revealed that he considers himself to be Jewish because of his grandfather. During a discussion at the London Jewish Cultural Center, the 41-year-old made it clear that Judaism had been a part of his life. “My grandfather was Jewish, that was on my mother’s side, so yes, I do see
David Beckham: I feel Jewish because of my grandfather Read More »
International, Sports & CompetitionsLOS ANGELES, June 10, 2016 – Muhammad Ali’s public funeral was turned into a public spectacle today, as an interfaith event meant to show the peaceful side of Islam turned into an excuse to bash Israel. A supposedly apolitical event meant to unify us all became a Democrat Party pep rally. Not since Paul Wellstone’s
Muhammad Ali’s funeral turned into anti-Israel, Democrat Party rally Read More »
Middle East, Sports & Competitions, USA