The Reading List: Jewish base-baller #1 tries to cure cancer, Jewish base-baller #2 pitches on Yom Kippur

By Ben Sales September 16, 2010

We all know the story about Sandy Koufax refusing to pitch for the LA (ne Brooklyn) Dodgers on Yom Kippur during the World Series, but apparently current Jew pitcher Jason Marquis doesn’t think Koufax’s precedent is so important. Meanwhile, Oakland A Craig Breslow is trying to make up for not being a good Jewish doctor…

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New Jew Seeks a Home for the Holidays

By atedesco September 18, 2009

Being a new Jew, independent of an observant family or significant other, can make holiday celebrations difficult. This is especially true as a college student. I’m a hundred miles from home–a place that’s already showing signs of impending Christmas decorations. So this Rosh Hashanah, just like the last, I’m left in New York City, scrambling…

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