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3 January 2008
Holocaust survivor to retire from Congress
Rep. Tom Lantos, a 79 year old 14 term Congressman from the San Fransisco area in California, announced that he has been diagnosed with cancer and is going to step down when his term expires next January. Lantos came to the United States from Hungary in 1947, penniless and having escaped from Nazi death [...]
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1 January 2008
The Greatest Jewish Ballplayer Ever
Imagine this - it’s Game One of the World Series. The most dominating left-handed pitcher of the last 50 years is getting ready to take the mound for your team. He just came off of a season pitching over 335 innings (today’s pitchers are lucky to crack 235), struck out 382 batters (200 [...]
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26 October 2007
Baseball on Shabbos
It’s been a dilemma in my household for years now. There is an exciting sporting event on Friday night or Saturday afternoon, and I want to watch it, but shabbos gets in the way. What to do?
Some people might think “shabbos doesn’t get in the way of the sports, sports get in the [...]
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8 October 2007
My first post!
After urging Dave to restart this site back in August, I have been looking forward to posting my own thoughts. So far, as a reader, I have been impressed with the site. I look forward to a different person posting a different subject every time I visit.
One subject sorely lacking has been sports, [...]
