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Israeli goalkeeper Haimov frustrates many opponents

March 17, 2015

By Joshua Halickman KIRYAT SHEMONA, Israel — Walking up to the Kiryat Shemona Municipal Stadium, I could see the beautiful snow-capped Hermon Mountain in the background of this picturesque facility planted right in the middle of a suburban neighborhood far away from the hustle and bustle of Tel Aviv. This is where the 2014 Israel State Cup […]

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International, Middle East, Sports & Competitions

Returning home: a tribute to baseball

March 8, 2015

By Rabbi Ben Kamin ENCINITAS, California — After its improbable opening day last season in Australia, baseball will debut year this in the appropriately Midwestern locale of Chicago’s Wrigley Field. Cubs fans will be sanguine for a week or two. Like the clinging vines of that old ballyard, America will be green with hope. The All

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Sports & Competitions, USA

Israel inaugurates southern bike trail

February 27, 2015

By Anav Silverman JERUSALEM (Tazpit) — As the popularity of cycling continues to increase across the world, Israel is working to develop cycling trails that make the country’s spectacular desert accessible to cyclists. This week, the southern segment of the Israel Bike Trail was inaugurated on February 24 and offers for the first time a unique uninterrupted

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Middle East, Sports & Competitions

Jewish artist celebrates Tony Gwynn’s legacy

February 23, 2015

SAN DIEGO (Press Release) – Carlsbad-based Jewish abstract and figure artist Michael Rosenblatt recently donated his original painting of Padres legend, Tony Gwynn, hitting a home run to the San Diego State University Aztec Baseball team for display at Tony Gwynn Stadium. Rosenblatt personally presented the Tony Gwynn Memorial Painting to the Aztecs for permanent display this past

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San Diego County, Sports & Competitions

Early baseball cards painted by little Moishe

February 9, 2015

By Dan Bloom CHIAYI CITY, Taiwan — I get mail almost every day, but not a lot of mail, just enough mail. While some people tell me they get over 100 emails a day and are swamped with correspondence, I just get two or three emails per day, and it’s easy to keep up with

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Sports & Competitions, USA

A Super Bowl game with some Jewish flavor

February 1, 2015

By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO—Nearly one hundred million people reportedly watched Super Bowl XLIX on television at viewing parties similar to the one I attended at the home of my neighbors Bob and Alisa Lauritzen. I don’t have to tell any of those mega millions that the 28-24 last minute victory of the New

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Donald H. Harrison, Sports & Competitions, USA

Some spiritual advice for Super Bowl

January 26, 2015

By Rabbi Rafi Andrusier LA MESA, California — The big Super Bowl game day is coming up and everyone has a favorite team to root for. So here is the question one may suggest: I’ve been praying all season long, and my team didn’t even get close to the playoffs. So how can I have faith in

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Jewish Religion, Sports & Competitions, USA

Would this movie idea get to first base?

January 9, 2015

By Dan Bloom CHIAYI CITY, Taiwan — In the past few years that I have been lucky enough to have this Internet gig as an occasional columnist for this online newspaper in California, and always under the kind guidance of an editor who forever steers me to the right way of saying things. I’ve often

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Sports & Competitions

BGU: 2 kinds of football- caused brain trauma

November 24, 2014

By Anav Silverman BEER-SHEVA, Israel– According to a Ben Gurion University of the Negev research group, American football players for the first time have been found to have brain damage from mild “unreported” concussions. Published in the current issue of the American Medical Association’s JAMA Neurology, the Ben Gurion study could improve decision making about when an athlete

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Middle East, Science, Medicine, & Education, Sports & Competitions

JFS, Jacobs & Cushman Food Bank plan T’giving run

November 17, 2014

SAN DIEGO (Press Release)– Jewish Family Service and the Jacobs & Cushman San Diego Food Bank are teaming up for the 13th annual Thanksgiving Day Run for the Hungry sponsored by Westfield Horton Plaza, JIMBO’S…Naturally and Skechers Performance Division. The 10K/5K (6.2 mile/3.1 mile) run/walk takes place on Thursday, Nov. 27 at Broadway Circle, in

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San Diego Calendar, San Diego County, Sports & Competitions, The World We Share

Football, hockey? This rabbi loves baseball!

October 30, 2014

By Rabbi Ben Kamin ENCINITAS, California — The San Francisco Giants, those three-out-of-five years World Series imperials from the Bay, pulled it out in seven. And they did it in the Midwestern ball yard of the Kansas City Royals who had just demolished them the night before with the spick-and-span and (we thought) terminal score

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Sports & Competitions

Sumo wrestler introduces Japanese culture to Israel

October 23, 2014

By Anav Silverman JERUSALEM–It’s not every day that a world champion sumo wrestler visits Israel’s capital. But on Tuesday, October 21, Israelis of all ages watched in fascination as the Hawaiian-born Japanese-Samoan former sumo star, Konishiki Yasokichi shared his moves during a special workshop for children in Jerusalem. The sumo wrestling workshop was part of the first

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International, Sports & Competitions

Formula One race thrills Jerusalem residents

October 7, 2014

By Anav Silverman JERUSALEM (TNA)–Some three thousand years ago, King David himself probably never imagined cars racing at 240 kilometers per hour (150 miles per hour) through the ancient capital of the Jewish people. But on Monday and Tuesday, October 6-7, thousands of Israelis lined the streets to watch Porsche, Audi and Ferrari race cars fly through the capital

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