Its not fantasy football but it is a football fantasy made real. Israel is going to the gridiron. Meet Betzalel Friedman, the commissioner of the Israeli Football League. Many of you, and myself, played flag football while studying in Israel on the beautiful Kraft Field in Jerusalem. Well things are taking off. We sat down…

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,…

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…

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…

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…