There is a lot of talk about the big Jewish kid in Evanston Illinois, Aaron Liberman playing for Northwestern. But before we get all wrapped up in one Orthodox Jew from California, we better pay attention to the East Coast where another former California Orthodox High Schooler is making waves at Cornell. Meet JoJo Fallas,…

Midrash is text behind the biblical text. It helps bring biblical stories to life so Jews can better engage with their religion. But Midrash, in many cases, can feel like reality. Rabbis often teach these stories as if they are a part of Jewish history. While Judaism is made up of laws, rituals, and customs…

Its Sunday and while I am at physically at Religious school teaching kids, myself and many of the parents are mentally (or actually) checking and securing their fantasy lineups. Its football season where really not much else matters unless your baseball team is still alive or you grew up in a college town. A while…

TGR runs plenty of stories on wrestling, usually pro wrestling. In fact, we expand to boxing from time to time with stories on various boxers like Yuri Foreman and Dmitry Salita. But meet Marina Shafir. One of the toughest women I know…well sort of know. She is a MMA fighter looking to make an impact….

We heard about this story a while back. Jewish kid makes Michigan football team. But his story is much more than being a great athlete. He was in Israel playing flag football before making it onto the Wolverine squad and no less as a quarterback. Did I mention he went to Orthodox high school. Thank…

Last week I was at Dodgers Stadium for the first time. While I think my wife is starting to take a liking to my hobby of traveling the country to see baseball stadiums, we found ourselves in an awkward situation. At Dodgers Stadium, which is in Los Angeles—the second-largest Jewish community in the United States—we…