Omri Casspi Israeli basketball champion Omri Casspi, now a forward for the NBA’s Sacramento Kings, is leading a drive to raise $200,000 for charitable organizations in his homeland. Casspi said his campaign is part of a wider mission to show the best of Israel to the world. The organizations selected are Yad Ezra, which feeds […]
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Middle East, Sports & Competitions, USAWhen three-time heavyweight boxing champion Muhammad Ali passed away last Friday, media outlets were swamped with eulogies for the 74-year-old former boxer, highlighting his cultural impact at the height of the Civil Rights movement in the 1960s. Indeed, Ali”s legacy goes far beyond the ring. His conversion to Islam in 1964 marked his metamorphosis from
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Jewish History, Sports & Competitions
SAN DIEGO (Press Release)– Josh Stein, Assistant General Manager of the San Diego Padres, will be guest speaker at the June 15 Dinner Forum sponsored by the Men’s Club of Congregation Beth Israel. He will provide firsthand information about the general state of the team as well as about the many changes to the game taking
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San Diego County, Sports & Competitions
-58th in a series- Exit 30, Tavern Road, Alpine, California: Dream Rider Equestrian Therapy By Donald H. Harrison ALPINE, California – A head-on automobile collision near her home in this mountain community alongside Interstate 8 put Catherine Hand into a wheel chair and ended her first career as a set and costume designer for
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Donald H. Harrison, San Diego County, Science, Medicine, & Education, Sports & Competitions, Travel and Food(Statistics through May 23) Eric Nystrom Photo courtesy media.nhl.com Top of the week: The Nashville Predators are set to part ways with their oft-injured left-wing Eric Nystrom. Nystrom, 33, appeared in just 46 games for the Predators this season. He scored seven goals with no assists. The son of NY Islanders favorite Bobby Nystrom, Eric
ENCINITAS, California (Press Release) – Guardians of San Diego will host its 25th Annual Golf & Tennis Tournament “Take a Swing for Seniors” presented by The William Gumpert Foundation on Monday, July 25th at the Del Mar Country Club with Devin Chodorow serving as Chair. 25th Anniversary Benefactors, Merrill and Robert Haimsohn are supporting the tournament
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San Diego Calendar, Sports & Competitions(Statistics through May 16) Lipman Pike Oakland Athletics’ third baseman Danny Valencia had been on the disabled list for a couple of weeks because of a pulled hamstring. Even after he returned to action, he was still hampered and missed a few more games. He came back with a vengeance over the weekend, hitting five
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Sports & CompetitionsBritish heavyweight boxer Tyson Fury on Monday apologized for an anti-Semitic rant he posted online last week. Fury, 27, wrote last week, “Everyone just do what you can, listen to the government follow everybody like sheep, be brainwashed by all the Zionist, Jewish people who own all the banks, all the papers all the TV
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International, Sports & Competitions
An hour-long video has emerged of controversial world heavyweight boxing champion Tyson Fury expressing offensive views on homosexuality, pedophilia, bisexuals and Jewish people. The boxer’s comments were recorded in an interview, which appeared on YouTube and the SportsViewLondon website, midway through a training camp for his rematch title fight with Ukrainian Wladimir Klitschko on July
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International, Sports & CompetitionsAMSTERDAM, The Netherlands (WJC) A Jewish advocacy group in the Netherlands said it would take action against celebrating supporters of the soccer club PSV Eindhoven who sang anti-Semitic songs in a fast-food restaurant last week. The Israel Information Center (CIDI) said it was planning to take legal action against supporters of club who were caught on video chanting “My
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International, Sports & Competitions
Amiya Taga, an Ethiopian-Israeli midfielder for the Maccabi Netanya soccer team, was fined NIS 750 ($198) for “misconduct” after wearing a protest shirt during the playing of the national anthem before a match. His shirt read: “How long, Avera Mengistu,” on one side and “We are all Yosef Salamsa” on the other, according to a
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Middle East, Sports & CompetitionsJust look at Miriam now By Michael Ordman NETANYA, Israel –In the Synagogue this week we read the “Song of the Sea” and how the prophetess Miriam (Moses’s sister) led the women in song and dance to celebrate the Hebrews’ escape from Pharaoh’s army. Miriam is attributed with reuniting Moses’ parents and providing a miraculous
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Michael Ordman, Middle East, Science, Medicine, & Education, Sports & CompetitionsHigh jumper Gretel Bergmann was a gold medal contender in the high jump for the 1936 Olympics but dropped from the German team because she was a Jew. A man disguised as a woman took her place. Now Bergmann celebrates her 102nd birthday, accepting but not forgiving what happened under the Nazi regime. New York/Dusseldorf
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International, Sports & Competitions(Statistics through April 4) Top of the week: Nine Jewish ballplayers made their team’s opening day rosters, including All-Stars Ryan Braun (Milwaukee Brewers), Ian Kinsler (Detroit Tigers), and Joc Pederson (Los Angeles Dodgers). Defensive magician Kevin Pillar moves into the leadoff spot for the Toronto Blue Jays. Danny Valencia earned a full-time spot for the
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Sports & Competitions, USA