Interview: Auburn’s New Assistant Coach Todd Golden

Bruce Pearl has certainly made headlines by jumping back into the college coaching ranks. But he is not going in alone. He has brought aboard some excellent assistants to make sure the Auburn Tigers are a team to be feared. Meet Todd Golden. A former Israeli basketball player, an up and coming college basketball coach,…

Interview: Dodger Legend Norm Sherry and JewishBaseballPlayer.com

You may have seen this amazing piece of artwork below. /www.jewishbaseballplayer.com and Greg Harris has really drawn up some amazing interest and excitement through his project. Contacted to this achievement has been his ability to help non-profits raise money. We spoke with Greg and he put us in touch with Norm Sherry as a way…

Jewish Journal: America’s Top Sports Rabbis

About a month ago we decided to launch our own version  of Top Rabbis. Now that Newsweek is not publishing a list, we hope that this article will fill the void. We got many applicants for the two categories; Rabbis who are/were actual athletes and Rabbis who are sports enthusiasts. We thank everyone for submitting…

Interview: Former MLBer and 1st Round Pick Justin Wayne

As my congregants know I have a wall full of Jewish MLBers rookie cards hanging in my office. A congregant walks into my office, looks at the hanging cards and says “hey that’s Justin.” Of course, I immediately asked for his contact information and Justin was gracious enough to answer some questions. We spoke on…

Jewish Journal: A Brighter Side to the Game

A rabbi once gave me the advice, “Never talk about sports on the Bimah, people will know you are a sports fan, you don’t need to tell them.” It’s hard not to know I am a sports fan. All you have to do is walk into my office and you are surrounded by sports memorabilia…