Jewish Tidbits from Around the Web
It was a good few days for tidbits, including: I missed the launch party for the 2012 Nice Jewish Guys calendar in Southern California. The project was started by Adam Cohen (Food Networks…
Hapoel Jerusalem Cheerleaders in Kerfuffle
Orthodox and Feminists Join Together See, it’s like this. Israel’s top basketball league decided that cheerleaders would be mandatory for every team. While teams like Maccabi Tel Aviv took to the ruling with…
US Maccabiah Team Announced
I’m really only posting this because a Duke player is listed on the team. Yes, yes, I have a bias. University of Tennessee Volunteers coach Bruce Pearl will guide the team, with Harris…
First Basket: Jews and Basketball
Sure the dude that invented basketball was Canadian, but there was a time when Jews dominated basketball the way they now dominate media and finance. And world governments. OK, I’m kidding about world…
Shabbat and Sports
From Sports Illustrated (when’s the last time we saw a story about Jews in this mag?): State senators have taken up the cause of a Jewish boys basketball team whose playoff run may…
