Israeli windsurfer Lee Korzits captures world title
Israeli windsurfer Lee Korzits won the Women’s RS:X competition ISAF Sailing World Championships in Spain. More ▸
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Shaq speaks Hebrew to Jon Stewart on The Daily Show
By Uri FintzyWhile the most buzzed Daily Show topic this week has been Samantha Bee’s hilarious piece about the Park Slope Food Co-Op‘s vote on whether to boycott Israeli products (watch it, it’s great), not many people noticed that just 24 hours earlier former NBA all-star and now TNT analyst Shaquille O’Neal stopped by and showed off… More ▸
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Talkin’ baseball: Jewish Major Leaguers and why we care about them
With baseball’s Opening Day nearing, why we care about Jews who played in the Major Leagues from the author of a book on the subject. More ▸
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Pa.’s Jake Cohen nets 24, but Davidson falls to Louisville
By Marc BrodskyJake Cohen, a junior forward from Berwyn, Pa., had 24 points and 10 rebounds, but Davidson College lost in the opening round of the NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament. More ▸
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Beren comes up short in tourney, but stands firm on larger principles
By Uri FintzyAfter capturing national attention for its struggle to compete in a Texas tournament, a Jewish high school team learns that some things are more important than basketball. More ▸
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Jesse Eisenberg Lin-vents more mythology
Jesse Eisenberg goes all “Chuck Norris” facts on newly-knighted Knicks legend Jeremy Lin: Bullies chased me through the gym hurling rocks and insults when a young Taiwanese-American boy stepped in between me and my attackers. It was little Jeremy Lin, who was four years younger but in my class because he skipped several years of… More ▸
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Amar’e gets teardrop tattoo in memory of his brother
By Uri FintzyLast week we reported that Amar’e Stoudemire’s older brother Hazell was killed in a car crash in Florida. Amar’e was in Florida with his family, and his absence was one of the main reasons for the current Linsanity phenomenon, Jeremy Lin’s incredible rise as an NBA superstar. Amar’e kept his Twitter pretty quiet about the… More ▸
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Birthday haiku for Mark Spitz
**** Besides the mustache swam faster by pretending mother was chasing **** Happy birthday, Mark Spitz. More ▸
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Jerry Seinfeld, for the Super Bowl (commercial) win!
By Jewz NewtonJerry Seinfeld is in the running for my choice of best friend. Not only do I appreciate his reclusive response to Hollywood grandeur (ahh, woes of fandom), but he really just reminds me of all my funny Jewish boy friends. He’s got the jeans and sneakers look, the frizzy hair, and the droopy shouldered puppy… More ▸
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Is Heebow the reason Tebow lost last Sunday?
By Uri FintzyThree months after the whole “Tim Tebow can’t play but he triumphs in the 4th quarter because he really believes in Jesus,” and two months after Tebowing became the new planking, the Tebow bandwagon has been officially destroyed. Why? It’s quite simple: Tebow just stopped winning (though for the record I don’t even think Jesus… More ▸
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