Sports
At 91, Harvey Pollack is still NBA’s leading scorer
Hillel Kuttler, JTADec 26, 2013
PHILADELPHIA Fittingly, Harvey Pollack was the one who scribbled the number 100 on the most famous photograph in basketball history: Wilt Chamberlain holding the...
Baseball historian loves fact and legend alike
Hillel Kuttler, JTADec 19, 2013
CATSKILL, NY The past escorts John Thorn home from the moment he greets a visitor at a 139-year-old railroad station, crosses the Rip Van Winkle Bridge and arrives at...
Brad Ausmus moves from Israeli baseball to MLB
Hillel Kuttler, JTANov 15, 2013
From the Holy Land to the Detroit Tigers BALTIMORE Almost from the moment they met him, several officials and players with Israels national baseball team said they...
Sox have high hopes for Breslow
Hillel Kuttler, JTAOct 24, 2013
BOSTON When Craig Breslow entered Saturday nights playoff game against the Detroit Tigers, FOX broadcaster Tim McCarver hailed the Boston Red Sox reliever a Yale...
Israeli non-sports fan designs the gift for Manny Rivera
Hillel Kuttler, JTAOct 03, 2013
BALTIMORE Needing a gift for retiring New York Yankees reliever Mariano Rivera, the Baltimore Orioles pitched their idea for a sculpture to the Israel-born artist...
Nate Freiman’s big year: first Israel, now Oakland
Hillel Kuttler, JTASep 12, 2013
BALTIMORE Last September, first baseman Nate Freiman was doing his best to help Israel secure a spot in the World Baseball Classic. Despite some super hitting from...
Formula One in Jerusalem: Accelerating past regulation
JNSAug 22, 2013
By Jeffrey F. Barken, JNS THERE is something different about taking a ride from Shlomi Bakish. Not only can he get from Haifa to Tel Aviv in half the time, but...
After his heart attack, Grandpa rides bike 3,000 miles
Jessica GellerAug 15, 2013
Mike Samuelson, 67, doesn’t “fear the force of the wind, the slash of the rain.” He “[faces] them and [fights] them . . . to walk like a man.” These […]
Jacob Lissek helps US men’s soccer team take gold
Jessica GellerAug 15, 2013
THE United States open mens soccer team, including Rock Canyon High School graduate and goalie Jacob Lissek, proudly represented the red, white and blue in Israel at...
JCC Sox unseat HEA-brews as Denver Jewish Softball League champions
IJN StaffAug 15, 2013
By Jeff Wedgle DENVER’S notoriously successful Jewish Softball League came to a close Sunday, Aug. 11. But something different happened this year. For the first...
