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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 345

Marc Brodsky

Israel Olympic baseball manager Eric Holtz watches his team practice at Salt River Fields spring training facility, Wednesday, May 12, 2021, in Scottsdale, Ariz. (AP/Matt York)
August 11, 2021, 6:30 am
Team Israel baseball coach steps down after lackluster Olympics
Manager Eric Holtz ends four-year stint as skipper days after team fails to medal in Japan despite high hopes for squad of mostly US-based players
By Marc Brodsky
Adam Fox skates in a game against the Boston Bruins at the TD Garden in Boston, May 8, 2021. (Steve Babineau/NHLI via Getty Images via JTA)
July 1, 2021, 12:17 pm
NY Rangers’ Adam Fox named hockey’s top defenseman
23-year-old, a former star at Harvard, becomes first Jewish player to win major NHL award
By Marc Brodsky
Mitchell Schwartz, left, and Ali Marpet are two of the NFL's few Jewish players. (Getty Images via JTA)
February 3, 2021, 6:29 am
A tale of 2 Jewish Super Bowl linemen
Buccaneers’ Ali Marpet is unfortunately unlikely to face off in next week’s big game with Chiefs’ Mitchell Schwartz, who has been sidelined by injury
By Marc Brodsky
Theo Epstein at a press conference at Wrigley Field in Chicago, October 28, 2019. (David Banks/Getty Images)
November 18, 2020, 9:03 am
Theo Epstein stepping down as Chicago Cubs president 4 years after historic win
Baseball executive rebuilt team into World Series champions after National League squad had not won a title since 1908; Jed Hoyer to take over
By Marc Brodsky
Max Fried pitches in a game for the Atlanta Braves against the Philadelphia Phillies at Citizens Bank Park in Philadelphia, August 9, 2020. (Kyle Ross/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images)
September 2, 2020, 10:54 pm
Max Fried idolizes Sandy Koufax — and this year he’s pitching like him
Jewish lefty is making waves in Atlanta and beyond. Can he meet the high expectations being put on him, with comparisons to baseball’s greats?
By Marc Brodsky
Cleavon Little, left, and Gene Wilder in a still from 'Blazing Saddles,' directed by Mel Brooks in 1974. (Warner Bros./Getty Images/ via JTA)
April 12, 2020, 3:13 am
Locked down? Open up to… Mel Brooks’ classic ‘Blazing Saddles’
The canonical 1974 western satire is rife with Jewish humor — and, between the yucks, a few moral lessons on empathy and unity as well
By Marc Brodsky
All-American first teamer Ryan Turell plays in a game for the Yeshiva University Maccabees. (Courtesy of Yeshiva University)
March 26, 2020, 5:57 pm
More firsts for Yeshiva U men’s basketball
History-making Maccabees hoops team wins 2 all-Americans and national coach of the year
By Marc Brodsky
Visitors look at an exhibit about the Dead Sea scrolls during a media preview of the new Museum of the Bible, a museum dedicated to the history, narrative and impact of the Bible, in Washington, DC, November 14, 2017. (AFP Photo/Saul Loeb)
March 13, 2020, 9:40 pm
All 16 Dead Sea scroll fragments at DC museum revealed as fake
Head of Museum of the Bible says ‘we’re victims of misrepresentation, we’re victims of fraud,’ after report found the artifacts were forgeries
By Marc Brodsky
Michael Milken leads a discussion at the Milken Institute Global Conference, April 30, 2018, in Beverly Hills, California. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)
February 19, 2020, 1:56 am
Trump pardons 1980s junk bond king Michael Milken
Jewish financier, philanthropist pleaded guilty to racketeering, securities fraud in 1990; clemency backed by Sheldon Adelson, Robert Kraft
By Marc Brodsky
Joc Pederson of the Los Angeles Dodgers hits a third-inning homer against the Boston Red Sox in Game 3 of the 2018 World Series at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles, October 26, 2018. (Jeff Gross/Getty Images via JTA)
February 11, 2020, 8:21 am
Dodgers’ Joc Pederson won’t be traded to LA Angels after all
Jewish lefty slugger will stay with Los Angeles Dodgers, where he has already played five full season
By Marc Brodsky
Los Angeles Dodgers right fielder Joc Pederson greets teammates during introductions prior to Game 3 of a baseball National League Division Series against the Washington Nationals, Oct. 6, 2019, in Washington. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)
February 6, 2020, 4:47 pm
Dodgers deal Jewish slugger Joc Pederson to Angels
Outfielder leaves team after losing two World Series and 5 seasons on team; last year saw his career best season with 36 home runs
By Marc Brodsky
Jerry Seinfeld at the "Comedians In Cars Getting Coffee," photo call in Beverly Hills, California, July 17, 2019. (Willy Sanjuan/Invision/AP, File)
January 31, 2020, 11:42 pm
Jerry Seinfeld writing new book tracing his stand-up routines
Comedian says book, which will come out in November, to be made up of material ‘from 45 years of hacking away at this for all I was worth’
By Marc Brodsky
David Stern, former NBA commissioner, speaks at the Hashtag Sports Conference in New York, June 26, 2017. (Adam Hunger/AP Images for Hashtag Sports)
December 13, 2019, 11:40 pm
Former NBA commissioner David Stern has emergency brain surgery
Longtime executive of top basketball league hospitalized after collapsing at NYC restaurant from a brain hemorrhage
By Marc Brodsky
Josh Rosen of the Miami Dolphins leaves the field following a preseason game against the New Orleans Saints at the Superdome in New Orleans, August 29, 2019. (Jonathan Bachman/Getty Images via JTA)
September 21, 2019, 6:34 am
Josh Rosen takes over as starting quarterback for Miami Dolphins
Jewish player looks to change his new team’s fortunes after it starts NFL season with two blowout losses
By Marc Brodsky
Josh Rosen of the Miami Dolphins leaves the field following a preseason game against the New Orleans Saints at the Superdome in New Orleans, August 29, 2019. (Jonathan Bachman/Getty Images via JTA)
September 4, 2019, 5:13 am
Josh Rosen won’t start season as the starting quarterback for Miami Dolphins
Jewish NFL star loses out to Ryan Fitzpatrick for the first game of the season on Sunday against the Baltimore Ravens
By Marc Brodsky
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