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Posted in: Jewish men can jump: Jews dunking in basketball games
Aww, nice one, shmoopie! /I could dunk a tennis ball //I can still grab the rim ///Afterward my forearm hurts
Posted in: Jewish men can jump: Jews dunking in basketball games
Though I never saw him do it, I could believe Ami dunking. As for others, Eric Gingold could dunk. He famously could not upon enrolling at Williams but did later in his career. David Bluthenthal became mostly an outside player but in college he spent a lot more time in the lane and I'm sure threw down a few--don't have youtube at work so I can't find any clips. I saw Shahar Gordon dunk. He was a 6-10 Israeli who played for Ben Braun at Cal.
Posted in: I want my plain bagel!
Someone who orders bagels at Starbucks while on the UWS has no right to complain. With so many high quality bagel joints in the hood, getting those "roles with holes" is a bigger sin than the insistence on topping inclusion.
Posted in: A tale of two synagogues
Jules, Yes, Tony Curtis was one of the major funders of the holocaust memorial and also the reconstruction of the synagogue. From an interview of Curtis: "'My father used to go to Budapest as he lived in a small city. And he used to go to the Dohany Synagogue...So one day I went to see it and it was in disrepair. So I asked: Can I help? And they said: yes,' recalled Curtis, who also paints and write novels."
Posted in: Those young Florida Jews
"In 2008, the Census Bureau recorded that Florida’s Members of the Tribe make up 3.6% of the US Jewish population." 3.6% of the US Jewish population, not the US population. That means that Florida has about 3.6% of 6.5M, which is about 235,000. However, that's much lower than most estimates that put the Jewish population in Florida at over 600,000, which would be almost 10% of the US Jewish population. Either way, more evidence that this article was poorly written and researched.
Posted in: Those young Florida Jews
The article misses the boat by not including the University of Miami.
Posted in: J-Vibe to shut print publication and maybe online mag, as JFL sunsets
Carol, The loss of the publication is sad, but the loss of the organization in general is much more depressing. I am biased--I worked for JFL in its embryonic days--but JFL was really a revolutionary business and model in the Jewish world. RIP, JFL. I am forever indebted to you and your wonderful leadership.
Posted in: On halacha and gay marriage
Nice take, Rabbi. Bravo.
Posted in: Beyond black & white
This is puzzling to me. Mejia comes from a family of crypto-Jews, as I recall, and his story has been covered by a number of outlets. Vinas is Jewish by birth and sephardic, and his story has also been covered. His story seems to highlight awfully slippery slope as many sephardim could arguably be considered "of color." Stanton is notable since she's a woman, a convert, AND black. That's quite a combo, and to me, it's worth coverage.
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Updated 02/09/12 @ 05:54PM EST
- A poll showed that nearly half of likely voters believed the United States should use military force to prevent Iran from developing a nuclear weapon.
- Rabbi Gunther Plaut, a major figure in Reform Judaism, died in Toronto.
- The application for a proposed Hebrew-language charter school was accepted by the District of Columbia Public Charter School board.
- A truck driving calves from Eilat to the Golan Heights was hijacked into the West Bank.
- U.S. Rep. Howard Berman introduced legislation that would allow eligible Israeli nationals to receive non-immigrant investor visas in the United States.
- Poll: Half of U.S. voters back strike on nuclear Iran
- Reform leader Rabbi Gunther Plaut dies
- D.C. Hebrew-language charter school accepted for review
- Op-Ed: Kick the reaction addiction on campus
- Berman moves to grant investor visas to Israelis
- Holy cow! Calves hijacked into Palestinian territory
- Report: Israeli journalist also works for prime minister
- Larry Greenfield tapped to lead JINSA
Posted in: Matisyahu shaves beard
12/13/11 01:19 PM
Reads like a bunch of gobbledygook to me.