To Marty Lurie, one of this year’s five inductees to the Jewish Sports Hall of Fame of Northern California, baseball is a lot like Judaism — in its rules, its veneration of numbers and its values. Nine is a sacred number in baseball for the number of innings in a game, just as 18 (chai)…
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Bay Area Uruguayan Jews (who knew?!) look for World Cup win
“They say Uruguayan men are born with a ball between their… feet.” So said the dignified, friendly, 60-something expat from Montevideo as we awaited…
Culture
Celebrating life on the road from Auschwitz to Krakow
Third in a week-long series of dispatches from the Krakow Jewish Culture Festival Wearing a kippah under his bicycle helmet and a tallit beneath his…
Sports
World Cup 2018: 7 Jewish stories to watch
Although soccer’s popularity seems to be on the rise in the U.S., this year’s edition of the World Cup might be something of a downer for American Jews…
Sports
Giants win in Atlanta on Braves Kosher Day
The 18th and likely final Kosher Day sponsored by the Atlanta Kosher Commission at an Atlanta Braves game did not have a happy ending. At least, not for…
Sports
Warriors drop Omri Casspi
Omri Casspi, the first Israeli to play in the National Basketball Association, was waived by the Golden State Warriors. Casspi, 29, who signed a one-year…
Celebrity Jews
It’s baseball season! Here are the Jews of MLB 2018.
As of opening day on March 29, the following Jewish players were on a major league roster: Richard Bleier, 30, Baltimore, relief pitcher. He appeared in…
Our Crowd
Honors, happenings, comings & goings — March 2018
Honors Michael Gofman, a San Francisco native and 2016 graduate of Jewish Community High School, was elected student body president at UC Davis in…
Talking With ...
Chef Brett Eisen on catering to the tastes of Olympic athletes
Name: Brett Eisen Age: 28 City: Sacramento Job: Sports performance chef, wellness coach Brett Eisen is a freelance chef serving the Bay Area and…