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31 August 2008
Perfection, Eugenics, Israel, and America
I will always remember Friday night. I came to a realization, an understanding, the veil of darkness was lifted from my eyes. I recall the mad dash before leaving for my brother’s house, seeing online that McCain had chosen Sarah Palin for the job of VP, in the likely case that he won. Immediately, I [...]
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30 April 2008
Sports, Religion & The Catskills: Part 1
Ask any Jewish Chicago Cubs fan if he finds a connection between his faithfulness to the Cubs and his Judaism. If the answer is not “yes,” then you’ve asked someone deficient in caring about the Cubs or his religion. The Cubs are celebrating 100 years since their last World Championship. This makes [...]
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11 April 2008
Matzah and the Boston Marathon
Every year on Patriots Day, a Massachusetts holiday celebrating the start of the Revolutionary War in Concord, thousands of people run the Boston Marathon. While not as famous as its New York counterpart, over 25,000 runners take part. It usually falls on Pesach, many times Chol HaMoed, and Jews from all over the [...]
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12 March 2008
Superman Retires, Supermensch Remains
With the horrific news out of Israel last week and all the commotion of the political campaign, some readers who are not sports fans may not have noticed the big news out of the National Football League. Brett Favre, quarterback for the past 16 years for the Green Bay Packers, called it a career.
And [...]
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27 February 2008
Will they have to forfeit?
The Herzl/Rocky Mountain Hebrew Academy from Denver, CO might be in danger of losing a tournament championship game before they ever set foot on the court. In the midst of a championship basketball tournament, if RMHA wins one more game, they can play for the title. However, the championship game takes place next Shabbos, March [...]
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3 February 2008
The Super Bowl Commute: A Lesson Learned
As the morning of the Super Bowl has arrived, two distinct groups have made themselves known. No, I am not talking about the Giants and the Patriots. These two colossal titans are “The Sports Nuts vs. The Commercial Nuts.” While sports fans all over the world are getting ready to watch a romping on the [...]
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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, [...]
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7 September 2007
What Makes Someone a Role Model?
I would like to start this column by saying that I am an avid sports fan. Growing up in the D.C. metropolitan area, I have always held close ties to all of the major sports teams in the area. With that said, I will now tell you that yesterday was a scary day for me [...]
