Interview: Fighting for More than Himself – David Kaminsky

Boxing is back in the blood of the Jewish people. While historically Jews were important to the sport, recent history would say otherwise. But now Jews are fighting again. Maybe no one’s future in the sport is brighter than the young David Kaminsky. Here is his story. 1) Tell TGR readers a little bit about…

New in the Jewish Sports World

As the The Great Rabbino, I am always looking at how we can integrate sports into synagogues and mainstream Judaism. This is not just about “Jewball” (basketball games filled with Jews that run regularly) or the Men’s Club event that has its annual outing to the local minor league game. What is “new” in the…

Is it Hockey’s Time?

If there were a Mount Rushmore of Jewish athletes there would not be a single hockey player on it. In fact, in my estimation there would need to be 25 or so Mount Rushmores before we got to a single hockey player. When we discuss the greatest Jewish hockey player of all-time we are likely…