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in 2011 launched "Seeking Kin," his now-thrice-monthly column on people searching for long-lost relatives and friends.

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• In Berlin, giving wronged Olympians their glory

  April 14, 2014 10:07am

  Jewish sprinters Marty Glickman and Sam Stoller, snubbed at the 1936 Olympics in Berlin, will get their due when the European Maccabi Games embrace their memory there — hopefully with members of the families on hand.

• Maccabi Tel Aviv in the NBA? It may not be a hoop dream

  April 10, 2014 2:03pm

  For the iconic Israeli club, greater developments appear to be in the offing beyond its first exhibition games vs. NBA teams in five years.

• Jews (and non-Jews) with health concerns find the Passover aisle liberating

  April 10, 2014 12:04pm

  The gluten intolerant, celiac disease sufferers and others are raiding the shelves before the holiday and after (big-time discounts) for foods hard to find during the year.

• For greeter of Orioles’ fans, stadium post is a gateway to happiness

  April 7, 2014 5:01pm

  More than two decades ago, 57-year-old Robert Schapiro found his place in life: a gate outside Camden Yards welcoming fans to the downtown Baltimore ballpark.

• At ‘Jewish March Madness,’ Hillel students gather for basketball and kibitzing

  April 1, 2014 3:56pm

  Warren Buffet had no billion-dollar bracket challenge, but the competition was spirited and the conversation familiar at the National Hillel Basketball Tournament.

• In marking an Israeli hospital’s roots, the path leads to a humanitarian

  March 31, 2014 5:22pm

  THe ALYN Woldenberg Family Hospital in Jerusalem marking its 80th year leads to the family of its first president and questions as to what drove its founders.

• Braun’s back, Kinsler’s in Detroit and other Jewish Major Leaguers

  March 26, 2014 11:00am

  Former MVP Ryan Braun returns, Ian Kinsler moves to Motown in a blockbuster deal and Israel manager Brad Ausmus takes the Tigers’ reins; check out our preview of the 2014 baseball season, Jewish style.

• Contrite Bruce Pearl bringing his spirited style to Auburn basketball

  March 24, 2014 3:59pm

  The new Tigers coach is thrilled to be back on the sidelines so soon — with God’s help, he says — following missteps at Tennessee. Wonder if he has any orange paint left?

• For prewar Salonika student, the diploma’s in the mail

  March 20, 2014 4:29pm

  More than seven decades after graduating from her junior high school in Greece, Sara Tivoli Cohen of Canada waits for the document that she figures will help recall the fun of her youth.

• From Jewish sleepaway camp to the big-time courts, Larry Brown leads the way

  March 18, 2014 5:04pm

  The 73-year-old Hall of Fame coach has performed another of his basketball resurrections at Southern Methodist University.