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Today’s Jewish Birthday: Geoff Schwartz

Courtesy of Wikipedia Geoffrey Schwartz (July 11, 1986) is an American former professional football player who was an offensive guard in the National Football League (NFL). He was selected by the Carolina Panthers in the seventh round of the 2008 NFL Draft and played for them from 2008 to 2011. He was also a member of the Minnesota Vikings, Kansas City Chiefs, New York Giants, and Detroit Lions. Schwartz […]

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Busy July at the Congregations and Other Jewish Venues

July will be a busy month at various Jewish congregations around the county.  Other Jewish venues will also be busy with programming.  Here’s lookahead. [Cailin Acosta]

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A Proposal to Memorialize the Men Behind ‘Take Me Out to the Ball Game’

The music of Take Me Out To The Ball Game was written by Albert Von Tilzen, a Jewish man from Indianapolis. The lyrics were written by his Christian friend, Jack Norworth.  [Jerry Klinger]

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Today’s Jewish Birthday: Gabe Carimi

Courtesy of Wikipedia Gabriel Carimi (June 13, 1988) is an American former professional football player who was a guard in the National Football League (NFL). Carimi had 49 starts at left tackle in his four-year Wisconsin Badgers college career, which culminated at the 2011 Rose Bowl. He was awarded the 2010 Outland Trophy, as the nation’s top collegiate interior lineman. He was also a unanimous All-American and the Big Ten Offensive Lineman

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Hounding the Headlines: DEI, Dog Equity, and Inclusion

Doesn’t Major League Baseball realize how insulting it is to dogs to know that marlins and devil rays have teams bearing their names even though neither of those animals can run the bases or catch and retrieve balls?  Why honor venomous diamondbacks when dog bites are rarely fatal?  [Elona Baron]

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Jewish Swag, Singing, Soften Blow of Padres Loss to Rockies

Special Padres hats bearing the “Chai” (Life) symbol were distributed to them, and they got to hear and cheer Rabbi Jeremy Gimbel of Congregation Beth Israel sing “The Star Spangled Banner” in pre-game ceremonies. [Donald H. Harrison]

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Jewish Trivia Question: Eurovision

There ‍has ‍been ‍a ‍parallel ‍song ‍contest ‍in ‍Europe ‍for ‍more ‍than ‍20 ‍years ‍where ‍young ‍Jewish ‍students ‍compete, ‍singing ‍pop ‍songs ‍adapted ‍to ‍Jewish ‍content, ‍or ‍in ‍some ‍cases ‍original ‍Jewish ‍songs. ‍The ‍competition ‍was ‍first ‍created ‍by ‍Rotem ‍Abecassis, ‍an ‍Israeli ‍shaliach ‍in ‍Sweden, ‍to ‍bring ‍together ‍chapters ‍of ‍World ‍Bnei ‍Akiva ‍(a ‍religious ‍Zionist ‍youth ‍movement). ‍This ‍year’s ‍contest ‍took ‍place ‍in ‍Hanover, ‍Germany ‍in ‍March, ‍and ‍was ‍won ‍by ‍Halev ‍Stuttgart ‍Youth ‍Center. ‍What ‍is ‍the ‍name ‍of ‍this ‍annual ‍Jewish ‍song ‍competition? [Mark D. Zimmerman]

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Israel’s contestant booed as she makes it through to Eurovision final after protests

Published by Mirror By Jasmine Allday Israel’s singer Eden Golan has made it through to the Eurovision Song Contest finals. There has been controversy surrounding Israel’s inclusion in the singing competition and earlier today, thousands of protesters took to the streets of Malmo in a bid to remove Israel singer Eden Golan from the semi-finals.

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20 High School Students Compete for Broadway San Diego Awards

All of the high schools in San Diego that have theater departments are invited to be part of the awards. A team of adjudicators are sent out to the schools to see each performance and evaluate the actors. Evaluations are made for the male and female lead roles, and for the best musical in general. This year, the field was narrowed down from 30 schools down to 10 male leads, 10 female leads, and 5 musicals. [Sandi Masori]

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Israel’s Eurovision Entry ‘Hurricane’ by Eden Golan Needs Your Vote

“Israeli superstar Eden Golan is proudly representing Israel at the second semi-finals of Eurovision on Thursday, May 9. Despite tons of hate, death threats, and attempts at disqualification, the Israeli delegation is determined to participate and for Eden to perform her tribute to the victims of October 7, ‘Hurricane.'” [Press Release]

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Israeli security bars wrestling team from competing in Turkey for Olympic qualifier

Published by ANI News Tel Aviv [Israel], May 5 (ANI/TPS): The Israeli Security Agency (Shin Bet) barred a delegation of five wrestlers from flying to Istanbul for an Olympic qualifying event on May 9-13. The ban effectively ends the team’s hopes of competing in the Paris Olympics in August. “I’m disappointed, but I knew that

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