In SodaStream boycott push, Palestinians may be the victims

Published on February 7, 2013

For proponents of the Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions movement, SodaStream would appear to be a straightforward target.

Bar Refaeli makes out with nerd in Go Daddy Super Bowl commercial

By Naomi Pfefferman
Published on February 1, 2013

Survey: 27 percent of Americans see God’s hand in sports

Published on January 29, 2013

Fewer than three in 10 Americans believe that God plays a role in determining sports outcomes, according to a survey by the Public Religion Research Institute.

SodaStream Super Bowl ad buy has BDS movement’s eye

Published on December 10, 2012

SodaStream's purchase of a Super Bowl commercial has the BDS movement in the U.S. saying it will step up its campaign against the Israeli firm.

Best bet: Super Bowl winner donating long-shot’s payoff to charity

Published on February 8, 2012

The Jewish owner of a real estate company in New York is donating his $50,000 winnings from a Super Bowl bet to charity.

Madonna to begin world tour in Israel

Published on February 7, 2012

Madonna will go on tour from May for the first time in three years, starting in Israel before moving on to Europe, with legs in South America and Australia, where she has not performed for 20 years, tour promotion company Live Nation said on Tuesday.

Obama: US, Israel Will Work Against Iran Nukes

By Shmuel Rosner
Published on February 6, 2012

How a Jewish doctor turned a Santa Monica pub into New York Giants territory

By Jonah Lowenfeld
Published on February 2, 2012

Ferris Bueller returns in Honda’s new Super Bowl commercial

Published on January 31, 2012

Super Bowl Sunday is just around the corner, and this year one of the most buzzed-about commercials stars Ferris Bueller -- that is, Matthew Broderick, who stars in a Honda ad based on his 1986 film masterpiece “Ferris Bueller’s Day Off.”

Super Bowl features super Jewish philanthropists

Published on January 31, 2012

When the New York Giants and New England Patriots take the field for Sunday’s Super Bowl, most of the country will focus on the athletes wearing the jerseys. However, from a Jewish perspective, the story behind these football franchises comes from those wearing suits in the owner’s box.

Yes, Virginia, there are Jews in Super Bowl history

Published on January 31, 2012

With less than a minute to play in the biggest football game of his life, Jewish punter Josh Miller wanted a ham sandwich.

Super Bowl XLV

By Julia Bendis
Published on February 8, 2011

Chai Lifeline to send 12-year-old to the Super Bowl

By Ryan Torok
Published on February 4, 2011

Adam Wolf, a 12-year-old with cerebral palsy, was stunned when Randi Grossman, West Coast director of the Chai Lifeline, called to tell him that the organization would pay for him to go to the Super Bowl.

Pittsburgh Steelers on the ‘fringe’ of dynasty as fans embrace the ‘Terrible Tallis’

Published on February 4, 2011

If you’ve left your house or turned on the television in the last two weeks, you know: Pittsburgh’s going to the Super Bowl. But while huge portions of Pittsburghers — and, surely, much of the country — will be cheering for a Steeler victory, some members of the city’s Jewish community are celebrating in creative, and even educational ways.

The ring’s the thing: Ex-Steeler Randy ‘The Rabbi’ Grossman recalls glory days

Published on February 1, 2011

For ex-Pittsburgh Steelers tight end Randy Grossman, being nicknamed "The Rabbi" was inevitable. “The fellow who pretty much nicknamed everyone was Dwight White, who recently passed away," Grossman said of the outstanding lineman from the Steel Curtain defense of the 1970s. "He and I were locker neighbors and, yeah, what are you gonna call a white kid from Philadelphia who’s Jewish? Sparky?”

‘Curly’s’ sidekick Nate Abrams a forgotten man in Packers’ lore

Published on February 1, 2011

You know the old saying: Behind every Hall of Fame football coach stands a 5-foot, 4-inch Jewish cattle dealer with good hands, a big heart and a "Yiddishe kop." For Earl “Curly” Lambeau of the Green Bay Packers, that man was Nate Abrams. Just a little kosher food for thought while watching Sunday's Super Bowl XLV between the Packers and Pittsburgh Steelers.

For Jewish adults and kids, Super Sunday scores with fun and tzedakah

Published on February 1, 2011

On Super Sunday, the alefs and bets in Green Bay and Pittsburgh will be thinking about X’s and O’s. They'll even be up for a little friendly wager. On the morning of Feb. 6, many hours before the NFC champion Green Bay Packers battle the AFC champion Pittsburgh Steelers in Super Bowl XLV, Rabbi Shaina Bacharach of the Conservative Congregation Cnesses Israel in Green Bay, says her religious school will square off against the school at the Or L’Simcha, Tree of Life Congregation in Pittsburgh.

Super Bowl Wrap

By Julie G Fax
Published on January 18, 2001

You know that strange window of time Sunday morning before the Super Bowl starts, when you don't want to start anything that won't be finished by kickoff, but you've still got to find something to do? Sinai Temple, nearly a dozen other local Conservative men's clubs and the Federation of Jewish Men's Clubs have an idea: try joining 10,000 others who will be wrapping tefillin.