By Rabbi Ben Kamin ENCINITAS, California — The season opened in Australia, is dotted with remarkable Japanese talent, powered by heavy-shouldered Latin sluggers, and suffers from a dearth of African American players. But the outfield is still a verdant pasture of renewal. Bart Giamatti, the Yale president who became the short-lived commissioner of baseball in 1989 […]
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Sports & Competitions
By Robert Gluck/JNS.org When the National Basketball Association (NBA) playoffs tip off on April 19, the star players who take the court should credit their status to recently retired league commissioner David Stern, according to Peter Horvitz, author of The Big Book of Jewish Sports Heroes. Horvitz said Stern’s leadership of the NBA for
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NEWTON, Massachusetts (Press Release)– Opening Day rosters in Major League Baseball find nine Jewish players and one manager listed, and as Jewish players and fans approach the new season, they can do so with the confidence that members of “the Tribe” (not the Cleveland Indians), more then held their own last year. These and many
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Sports & Competitions, USA
NEW YORK (Press Release)–Israel Tennis Centers coach and global ambassador Ronen Moralli just returned from an unprecedented trip to South Africa in which he helped train local coaches and underprivileged youth at the Arthur Ashe Tennis complex in Soweto. As reported in a recent edition of South African Jewish Report, the program is the
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International, Sports & Competitions
By Aryeh Savir KIRYAT ARBA, Israel — Sarah Avraham, 20, of Kiryat Arba in Judea, won the Woman’s World Thai-Boxing Championship in Thailand on Thursday, March 20. Officially named Muay Thai, the combat sport is dubbed “the art of eight weapons” because of the use of fists, elbows, knees, and feet. Sarah has previously won the Israeli
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International, Sports & Competitions
From Tamir Goodman’s battle with injuries, new basketball training tool is born By Jacob Kamaras (JNS) — When he was sidelined by injuries during his time as a professional basketball player in Israel, Tamir Goodman’s mind was still in the game. “Specifically during that time when I wasn’t playing, I was spending my time in
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By Robert Gluck/JNS.org With another season of “America’s pastime” beginning March 22, famed Jewish executive Marvin Miller remains out of the National Baseball Hall of Fame. Why is that the case? Bob Locker—a major league pitcher from 1965-75 and creator of a Marvin Miller tribute site, ThanksMarvin.com—blames ownership for the exclusion of Miller, the
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By Aryeh Savir JERUSALEM – The Israeli Equestrian Team made history this past Friday (Feb. 28) when it competed in the Furusiyya FEI Nations Cup, the first time that an Israeli team has ever participated in an international equestrian competition. Though the Canadian team walked away with the hefty $75,000 prize, the Israeli team felt like champions
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Sports & CompetitionsBy Norman Greene SAN DIEGO– When it comes to birthdays, some adult women prefer a romantic candlelight dinner, a bouquet of long stemmed roses, a dazzling bauble, a pint of Channel, but not my wife. She wanted to ride a horse. I have nothing against horseback riding. I spent many of my youthful summers
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Sports & Competitions, Travel and Food
Editor’s Note: Loren Kantor often chooses Jews and Jewish themes as topics for his woodcuts. He’s agreed to share images from his work–and the stories behind them– with San Diego Jewish World. Dodger pitching great Sandy Koufax is the second in this series. By Loren Kantor STUDIO CITY, California — Hitting against Sandy Koufax is
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Music, Dance, and Visual Arts, Sports & Competitions
By Bruce F. Lowitt ST. PETERSBURG, Florida — Think Jewish baseball players. OK, now that you’ve come up with Sandy Koufax and Hank Greenberg, think about, say, a dozen Jewish major leaguers playing right now. There’s Kevin Youkilis of the Red Sox and Gabe Kapler of the Rays, and … um … Ryan Braun of the
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Bruce F. Lowitt, Sports & Competitions, Travel and FoodRelated story by Joey Seymour By Norman Greene SAN DIEGO– During his life time, Bob Breitbard, 91, who passed away in his sleep at Seacrest Village Retirement Home in Encinitas on Monday, May 17, was already a San Diego legend. As a dreamer and visionary sportsman who built a community arena, a museum to honor
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Obituaries & memorials, San Diego County, Sports & Competitions