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Baseball Cards: Two Different Stories of Obsession and Fantasy
Jewish Journal
April 23, 2010
“Cardboard Gods: An All-American Tale Told Through Baseball Cards” by Josh Wilker (Seven Footer Press: $24.95) is a memoir by a now 41-year-old chronic misfit who relates his journey mostly through baseball card collecting and his worship of his older brother.
‘Ace’ holds all the cards when it comes to cakes
Naomi Pfefferman
September 14, 2006
Duff Goldman is the \”extreme baker\” of the Food Network\’s reality series, \”The Ace of Cakes.\”
When You Care Enough to Send Matzah Love
Amy Klein
April 14, 2005
Picture our forefather Moses as a child, standing outside a swimming pool, waving to other children in the pool. They look confused because the pool waters have been parted.
Oy Mom! What to Say?
Shoshana Lewin-Fischer
May 6, 2004
You\’ve bought the perfume. You\’ve ordered the flowers. You\’ve reserved the brunch. You forgot the card.
Picking out exactly the right thing to say to mom on her special day is not easy. The funny cards aren\’t very Jewish; the Jewish cards aren\’t very funny.
Do Party Invites Right
J. G. Friedman
March 11, 2004
The index-card box is one of the most important items in your home and is referred to each time an affair is coming up — as well as when you need a gift for that person\’s party.
Trade You a Jutze For a Koufax
Carin Davis
October 30, 2003
Just when baseball fans were denied the miracle of a Cubs-Red Sox World Series, another once-in-a-lifetime opportunity comes up to bat. The American Jewish Historical Society (AJHS) has commissioned the printing of 15,000 sets of \”America\’s Jews in America\’s Game\” baseball cards. Featuring all 142 Jews who played in the major leagues from 1871 through the 2003 All-Star break, this collector\’s edition is as rare as — well, as rare as a Jewish professional athlete.
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