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is JTA’s Associate Director of Outreach and Partnerships. Follow him on Twitter: @hypersem

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• How to throw a Jewish historical Super Bowl Party

  February 2, 2013 11:29pm

  From Jewish coaches to Super Bowl anti-Semitism, here are some pro football stories from JTA’s historical coverage, best served with chips and salsa: 1926 Arnold “Arnie” Horween, four-year player and one-year coach with the Chicago Cardinals, is named head football coach at Harvard University. 1934 JTA laments its lack of a sports section as New…

• Figure skater Max Aaron advances to world championship

  February 1, 2013 6:16pm

  Jewish figure skater Max Aaron will represent the United States at the men’s ice skating world championships after winning the U.S. men’s national championship.

• Remembering Ed Koch, as a mayor and Jewish activist

  February 1, 2013 5:16pm

  Ed Koch died Friday, Feb. 1, 2013, the day a documentary about his life premiered in New York City. As JTA’s Uriel Heilman and Ron Kampeas note in their obituary of the former mayor, Koch wasn’t shy about being Jewish or sticking up for Israel and other Jewish causes — and that’s how he wanted to…

• People of the Tweet: White House Mazel Tov, Israel Missile Checklist, Putting ‘Bar’ in Bat Mitzvah

  February 1, 2013 12:00pm

  #Israeli Amb. congratulates Denis McDounough on his appointment as the WH Chief of Staff: "A hearty mazel tov 2 my friend & close colleague" — Natasha Mozgovaya (@mozgovaya) January 25, 2013 Water? Check. Radio? Ummm. Gas masks? Ummm yeh somewhere. #Food? I guess. Missiles on #Israel? Could do without thanks.#Syria #Lebanon — Michael Lawrence (@IsraelSpeaker)…

• Gas masks for kids in Israel

  January 30, 2013 8:19pm

  Purim comes one month early for some children in Israel, after a reported attack on a Syrian convey set off a rush for gas masks. As one Twitter user wrote: Crap’s going down in Syria. Speaking of which, just how do they think I’m gonna get my child in this gas mask? #Israel twitter.com/LivingInTelAvi… —…

• Tu b’Shevat harder to spell than Chanukah (Hanukkah?)

  January 30, 2013 3:14pm

  How do you spell Tu b’Shvat, Jewish Arbor Day? Answer wisely, lest you be on the receiving end of an orthographical smackdown.  [[READMORE]] More so than the Chanukah vs. Hanukkah debate, the debate over the Jewish New Year for the trees rages on. Jewish environmental organization Hazon learned this the hard way after defending its…

• Craigslist Shabbat dinner attendee tells all

  January 29, 2013 10:43pm

  “Seven Single White Jewish Males Looking to Host Seven Single Females for Shabbat Dinner,” read the headline of the Craigslist ad. Only 11 walked out to tell the tale. Now Sarah Barness — a female attendee of the notorious Craigslist Shabbat dinner ad that went viral — tells all on DC’s GathertheJews Blog: We talk about our backgrounds,…

• Survey: 27 percent of Americans see God’s hand in sports

  January 29, 2013 5:04pm

  More than one-quarter of Americans believe God plays a role in determining sports outcomes, according to a survey by the Public Religion Research Institute.

• Center for Jewish History receives $1.5 million for new division

  January 29, 2013 3:51pm

  The Center for Jewish History will use a $1.5 million grant from The Lillian Goldman Charitable Trust to establish a reference services division.

• Without sight, Rosalie Cohen’s heart was filled with song and ambition

  January 28, 2013 11:38pm

  Though blind from infancy, Rosalie Cohen had a clear vision of what she wanted to achieve in life. “I love music, above everything else," the Canadian Jewish Review quoted Rosalie as saying after her graduation ceremony from Brooklyn’s Bay Ridge High School in Feb. 1925. "I hope some day to be able to teach music.”…