By Elaine Durbach, New Jersey Jewish News via JTA
• Published June 8, 2017
WHIPPANY, N.J. — With a lifetime of loving and writing about sports, Ron Kaplan has many topics he can sink his teeth into. Add to that passion his time working for the American Jewish Congress and then for nearly a decade for the New Jersey Jewish...
NEW YORK -- Nearly all fans of baseball history have heard of Hank Greenberg. Most have heard of Al Rosen. But fewer have heard of Cal Abrams, and hardly any, it’s safe to say, have heard of Lou Limmer. All four are members of a compelling team -- the...
By Robert A. Cohn
Editor-in-Chief Emeritus
• Published July 27, 2011
Jewish baseball fans eager to learn more about the relationships between the Chosen People and the National Pastime have a wide variety of books and films from which to choose. Here is a select annotated bibliography and filmography that deal with Jews...
By Jon Marks
Jewish Exponent
• Published July 27, 2011
PHILADELPHIA — Kevin Youkilis says he truly doesn’t know what he would do if faced with the same dilemma as Hank Greenberg, Sandy Koufax and Shawn Green. What if the Boston Red Sox are scheduled for a post-season game on Yom Kippur, which begins on...
By Burton A. Boxerman, Special to the Jewish Light
• Published June 1, 2011
Did you know that Lipman Pike was the first Jew to play professional baseball, or that Barney Pelty (the Yiddish Curver) was the first Jew to have his picture on a baseball card, or that Mose Solomon was nicknamed the "Rabbi of Swat?" Information such...
