Sports & Competitions

Royals’ Eric Hosmer claims MVP honors as American League wins All-Star Game, 4-2

SAN DIEGO — In the moments after the second inning ended, after two baseballs had soared 762 feet into the cool sea air and the American League had seized control of this All-Star Game, Eric Hosmer bounced around inside the first-base dugout. He clapped his hands three times and nodded his head. The Royals’ first […]

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Sports & Competitions, USA

NBA’s Omri Casspi gushes about meeting with rabbi

Israeli NBA player Omri Casspi joins the list of Israeli celebrities publicly displaying their ties to Judaism and Jewish practice. Omri Casspi praying Screenshot/Instagram Casspi posted a picture to his Instagram account in which he is seen wearing Tefilin and a Tallit (prayer shawl), and praying in the morning sunlight. In the caption to the

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Jewish Religion, Sports & Competitions

Editor’s Mailbag: July 12, 2016

Here are some news articles and press releases of interest received at the offices of San Diego Jewish World: Legislation adopted to combat terror financing WASHINGTON, D.C. (Press Release)–U.S. Congressman Scott Peters (D-San Diego) helped pass on Monday night a series of smart, targeted proposals to combat the illicit financing of terrorist groups, arms and

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International, Middle East, Sports & Competitions, USA

JML, the next generation?

(Statistics through June 27) Five-year-old Ashtin Gerberg, aka, “Mini Thor,” became perhaps the youngest person to throw out a ceremonial first pitch when he took the mound before the game between the NY Mets and the Kansas City Royals on June 22 at Citi Field in Queens. Ashtin, a pint-size doppelganger of Mets star pitcher

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Sports & Competitions

Ditka surprised to read that he’ll be at GOP convention with Trump

CHICAGO — A report late Tuesday that Donald Trump is lining up Mike Ditka to make a star appearance at the Republican National Convention came as no surprise to anybody — except Da Coach himself. While Ditka, 76, has made no secret of his support for presumptive GOP presidential nominee, and Trump has in the

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Sports & Competitions, USA

Muhammad Ali’s funeral turned into anti-Israel, Democrat Party rally

LOS ANGELES, June 10, 2016 – Muhammad Ali’s public funeral was turned into a public spectacle today, as an interfaith event meant to show the peaceful side of Islam turned into an excuse to bash Israel. A supposedly apolitical event meant to unify us all became a Democrat Party pep rally. Not since Paul Wellstone’s

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Middle East, Sports & Competitions, USA

Muhammad Ali’s forgotten legacy of anti-Semitism

When three-time heavyweight boxing champion Muhammad Ali passed away last Friday, media outlets were swamped with eulogies for the 74-year-old former boxer, highlighting his cultural impact at the height of the Civil Rights movement in the 1960s. Indeed, Ali”s legacy goes far beyond the ring. His conversion to Islam in 1964 marked his metamorphosis from

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Jewish History, Sports & Competitions

Ass’t Padres GM to address CBI Men’s Club June 15

SAN DIEGO (Press Release)– Josh Stein, Assistant General Manager of the San Diego Padres, will be guest speaker at the June 15 Dinner Forum sponsored by the Men’s Club of Congregation Beth Israel.  He will provide firsthand information about the general state of the team as well as about the many changes to the game taking

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San Diego County, Sports & Competitions