Jewish baseball exhibition

By Ryan Torok
Published on April 10, 2013

You don’t have to be the next Sandy Koufax — or even a Major League Baseball player — to make it into an upcoming exhibition related to Jews and America’s pastime at the National Museum of American Jewish History (NMAJH).

Strikingly great

By Steve Greenberg
Published on January 5, 2011

Editorial cartoon

Are these the top Jewish athletes of all time?

By The Web Guy
Published on October 10, 2008

Dodgers hit grand slam in history of Jewish players

By Robert David Jaffee
Published on April 17, 2008

When the Dodgers celebrated their 50th anniversary in Los Angeles on March 29 with an exhibition game at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum, it seemed almost fitting that a Jewish ballplayer, Red Sox first baseman Kevin Youkilis, would hit a pivotal home run that helped Boston win the game. During the Dodgers' final home game against the Chicago Cubs at the Coliseum in 1961, a young left-handed pitcher named Sandy Koufax won the ballgame for Los Angeles.

Sandy Koufax kippah—sports memorabilia that won’t get you arrested *

By The Web Guy
Published on September 20, 2007

Maccabi Games debunk myths about Jewish athletes

By Robert David Jaffee
Published on August 9, 2007

Woody Allen's oft-told joke about the paucity of Jewish sports heroes reinforces stereotypes going back centuries. A noteworthy example comes from sociologist Edward Ross, a Protestant, who about 100 years ago had this to say about Jews: "On the physical side, the Hebrews are the polar opposite of our pioneer breed. Not only are they undersized and weak-muscled, but they shun bodily activity and are exceedingly sensitive to pain."

Briefs: Koufax and SLO power-hitter named draft IBL picks; Iran top terror sponsor

Published on May 3, 2007

World news briefs.

Friday Night Game Earns Green a Strike

By Seth Swirsky
Published on September 30, 2004

In professional baseball's 135-year history, there have been, at last count, 143 Jewish ballplayers. Yet only two of them are bona fide stars: the great slugger, Hank Greenberg, who played from 1930-1947; and the game's greatest left-handed pitcher Sandy Koufax, 1955-1966 (along, that is, with Lefty Grove).

Koufax Benches Dodgers

By Tom Tugend
Published on February 27, 2003

Jewish pride across the baseball world swelled back in 1965, when the legendary Sandy Koufax decided to observe Yom Kippur rather than pitch for the Los Angeles Dodgers in Game 1 of the World Series against the Minnesota Twins.

But the Hall of Fame pitcher proved unforgiving recently, when a gossip item in the New York Post intimated that he was gay. The Post is owned by the News Corp., controlled by multimedia magnate Rupert Murdoch, who also happens to own the Dodgers.

Through a friend, the always very private Koufax, now 67, declared that he would no longer assist any Murdoch-owned enterprise and was therefore severing his 48-year-long relationship with the Dodgers.