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x-Cubs Jew Greenberg

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Back in July of 2005 Adam Greenberg donned the north side uniform and many of us smiled with pride. It was not for long, though; in his first outing, he ws beaned in the head with a 90 mph fastball that took him out for a wholeyear. NYTimes catches up with the Jewish [...]

Ani Maamim Be’daBears

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Daaaaaaaaaaaa bears dabears dabears dabears dabears…
Daaaaaaaaaaaa bears dabears dabears dabears dabears…
Daaaaaaaaaaaa bears dabears dabears dabears dabears…
Da. Bears.

Hash fundsHizballah?

Remember after 9/11 when there were commercials running that tried to equate the war on drugs with the war on terror?  The juxtaposition seemed strange then, that there’d be people losing their lives over how much someone paid for a joint.
But now I see that some Israelis, egged on by Dan Sieradski, seem to think [...]

Ghana Hearts Israel too, sorta

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Despite not fielding a team in the tournament, these World Cup games are turning into something odd for Israel: good pr.
JTA reports that after scoring a goal, Ghanean national team member John Pantsil, who moved to Israel in 2002, has played for Maccabi Tel Aviv and HaPoel Tel Aviv, took a victory lap with an [...]

Israel’s Gold

Gal Fridman won Israel’s first ever Olympic gold medal today men’s Mistral windsurfing competition. Fitting tribute to the Munich 11 and a nice follow up to the Bronze the Israelis won in Judo, ’specially after the Iranians refused to compete against them in the early rounds… he he he.