Thanks to Yuval Klein for sending this in. Read More »
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2010 NFL Preview
The Jewish NFL preview is nowhere as big or interesting as an NCAA Basketball or Major League Baseball season. There are however a few stories lines that people keep an eye on. Below is a preview into the Jewish NFL 2010 Season (players only). 10) Adam Goldberg – Goldberg will have a new quarterback under center. Read More »
Top 10 Current Most Jewish Franchises in Sports
Recently we took a look at the top 10 most important Jews in sports. Today we look at the most important current Jewish franchises in sports. What constitutes as a Jewish franchise? Really anything from a Jewish owner, history, players, announcers, food, or anything else that the team is associated with. Read More »
And We’re Back
Sorry I have been away and without internet for a while. Should be back soon. In the meantime check us out on Twitter or the links on the side of the blog.Shabbat Shalom. And thanks a million to Ron Blomberg for the interview.And Let Us Say…Amen. Read More »
Interview: The Designated Hebrew – Ron Blomberg
A while back I met up with Former Yankee (and White Sox) Ron Blomberg. Blomberg, besides being one hell of a good guy, was the first designated hitter ever. He batted .293 for his career, which was shortened due to injuries. But before he got banged up he was a tremendous athlete. He was recruited for baseball, basketball, and football. Read More »
Last Shabbat Shalom from Chicago
Just wanted to wish everyone a Shabbar Shalom. Hope you enjoy the NBA offseason breakdown. I will be heading to NYC on Sunday (hitting up the Indians game on the way). Since I will be moving in, the posting might be slow. My apologies.Shabbat Shalom.And Let Us Say…Amen. Read More »
Lebron, a Rabbi, and The Crazy Jewish NBA Offseason
Nothing in the Jewish sports world has been a bigger story as of late as Amare Stoudemire visiting Israel. First he wasn’t Jewish, then he was, now he isn’t again but wishing me a Boker Tov on my Twitter account. Its just plan crazy. Maybe the craziest thing I have ever heard, that was of course until Lebron James sought out a Rabbi. Read More »
Follow Us On Twitter
The Great Rabbino is finally on Twitter. Get the latest Jewish Sports stories immediately!!!https: //twitter. Read More »
Interview: Jewish Former Blackhawk Steve Dubinsky
During all the Blackhawk craziness in Chicago we searched and searched for a Jewish connection. We found and wrote about Steve Dubinsky. Dubinsky is a former Jewish Blackhawk. But that was not enough. So we tracked him down and got an interview. Dubinsky is still around the game through his sons and youth hockey. Read More »
2nd to Last Shabbat in Chicago
Its been a busy week here, mainly via twitter.I know not everyone has twitter but you can follow ongoing news on the right hand side. Or with The Great Rabbino on twitter.The POLL is still going on. Thank you to those who have voted so far.The next few weeks will be very busy as I am moving back to NYC. So no big TGR news. Read More »
Kinsler’s DL Stint
IanKinsler was sent to the DL last week, again. Both sides, Kinsler andtheTexas Rangers, are not enjoying his status as he suffers from aleft groin strain. This was the sixth time the Jewish player has been sentto the DL in his five years career. Read More »
Salita To Fight
DMITRIY SALITA TO FIGHT AND PROMOTE SEPTEMBER 1 IN BROOKLYN -The Redemption- Ukrainian born fighter Dmitriy Salita announced today he would hold a press conference in NYC on Tuesday, August 3 rd at 4 PM at 1120 6 th Avenue, 7 th Floor at the Read More »
The Scoop on Amare
In the last video we posted it seems Amare is not actually, halahkically, Jewish. But…he seems to want to be a religious Jew. This is definitely the craziest story TGR has ever covered. We will continue to follow the situation. But for the time being, Amare’s mother seems to NOT be Jewish. Read More »
Amare Siting
Sent in by TGR correspondent Rabbi Erez Sherman: I am at the David Citadel…..was having shabbatbreakfast……. Read More »
Jeremy Stenberg
X Games participant Jeremy Stenberg is NOT Jewish. Read More »
Top 10 Current Most Important Jews in Sports
A while back we posted the top 10 best Jews in sports. That will be an annual list, forever rotating. But today TGR takes a look at the most important Jews in sports. This includes more than just players. We searched owners, executives, players (current and retired), sports writers, commissioners, and anyone else related to the sports world. Read More »
Shabbat Shalom from Miami
Hey Everyone nice week here at TGR. We interviewed Jake Cohen. Thank you to Jake for taking out time in his hectic summer schedule to answers some questions.We will have Steve Dubinsky and Ron Blomberg’s interviews up soon. POLL: New poll up. Thank you for voting. TGR NEWS: We have revamped our website. Feel free to send me some input. Read More »
TGR Revamped
TheGreatRabbino.com has been under construction over the last month or so and will continue to see some changes. Below is an explanation of the changes.1) Instead of the lists on the side that TGR displayed before, now there are tabs at the top of the page. Now you can search the site by sport. Read More »
More on Amare
The number of Jewish players in theNBA has increased from two to three with the confirmation of AmareStoudemire being Jewish. According to his verified twitter account onJuly 21st, the 100 million dollar worth player has replied to aquestion of a fan if he is Jewish. Amare wrote: “Is indeed!!”. Read More »
Amare’s Twitter Account
Today we caught word of the fact that Amare Stoudemire is Jewish! Below are various posts from his Twitter account about his trip to Israel. I’mthe new Reggie White. (RIP) I’m going 2 Israel 2 study Hebrew. It’stime 2 get a better understanding on who we R. Follow me !! Shalom On the flight to Israel. This is going to be a great trip. Read More »
Holy Amare!!!!
Um….you NEED to read this to believe it. Add one more to the team!!!http: //www.haaretz.com/jewish-world/nba-star-amar-e-stoudemire-heads-to-israel-after-discovering-jewish-roots-1. Read More »
Former Baseball Star Elliott Maddox Bar Mitzvah
GROUND-BREAKING AFRICAN-AMERICAN JEWISH PLAYER SHARING SPECIAL CEREMONY WITH 300 YOUTHS Former Major Leaguer Elliott Maddox will be called to the Torah onMonday, August 9, 2010 at 4: 30 p.m. at the NJY Camps in Milford,Pennsylvania, fulfilling his dream of becoming a Bar Mitzvah. Read More »
Tour de France was Jew-less
While Tour de France participants Andy Schleck (#2 finish), Denis Menchov (#3 finish), and Levi Leipheimer(#13 finish) might have Jewish sounding names none of them seem to be part of the Tribe. Read More »
Interview: Jake Cohen Takes Over For Stephen Curry
Many people wonder what happens to a team or program when a legendary player leaves. Some programs continue to dominate. But others can struggle. For example, Larry Bird left Indiana State and since it has not been to pretty. So when Stephen Curry left Davidson many wondered what would happen to their basketball program. Read More »
Shabbat Shalom Tweets
A little slow this week on our end, but lots of Jews making news. Cuban, Kahn, and fencing? POLL: New Poll will be up soon. Stay tuned. TGR NEWS: We continue to revamp the site, slowly but surely.We should have an interview with Davidson’s top player Jake Cohen soon.Also, stay tuned for the Ron Blomberg and Steve Dubinksy interviews. Read More »
Kahn To Deal PG
TWolves Plan on Moving PG Read More »
Cubs Stink. Levy Sings.
Not sure how many people caught it but for some odd reason Marv Levy sang the 7th inning stretch at Wrigley Field today.Also from this game the Cubs brought in a relief pitcher named Justin Berg. According to Ron Kaplan he is NOT Jewish. Read More »
Whats in a Name?
Thank you to Ari Lucas for sending this in. Yes, the Brown Bear. Hope everyone is having an easy fast. Read More »
Weekly Fencing Update (and by weekly I mean Only)
Thank you to Howie Labow for sending this in. European Fencing Championships Israeli fencer Noam Mills reached the highest point yet of her career yesterday as she captured the bronze medal in the European Fencing Championships in Leipzig, Germany By Read More »
Double Shabbat Shalom
I wrote Double Shabbat Shalom because I missed last week. It was my first week as a pulpit rabbi in Amsterdam New York. It was great but did not have time to write.Lots covered over the last two weeks, especially in basketball. Farmar to the Nets and Frank to the Celtics. Read More »
Frank Lands a Job with Celtics
Lawrence Frank, after last year’s firing from the Nets Head Coaching position, inked a deal to be an assistant under Doc Rivers in Boston.Read More HERE . Read More »
Welcome to the Bigs Mr. Valencia
He might not have a last name like Braun or Feldman, but Minnesota’s new rookie third baseman Danny Valencia is a member of the Tribe. On June 3rd the Twins brought up Valencia from their farm system where he was a 3 time all-star. Valencia is 25 years old and is from Boca Raton (that is one tell of his yiddishkite). Read More »
Scheyer Hurt in Summer League
Jon Scheyer took a hit to the eye and was rushed to the hospital. To read more click HERE . Read More »
All Star Game
Ryan Braun went 0-2Ian Kinsler also went 0-2 and flew out to end the game.Yikes.NL won the game. Wow that stinks. I guess they should’ve just let the White Sox played for the AL. We love NL pitching. Read More »
Farmar Finds a Home in NJ
Jordan Farmar did what Lebron James didn’t….sign with Jay-Z and the New Jersey Nets. Read about it below.lakersblog.latimes.com/lakersblog/2010/07/jordan-farmars-move-to-new-jersey-seems-rather-head-scratching. Read More »
Cuban Suspect of Big 3
Marc Cuban stirs the pot.www.cbssports.com/nba/story/13630361/cuban-wants-nba-to-examine-heats-acquisition-of-big-3?tag=headlines;other Read More »
Lebron James Made the Right Choice…For Himself
I cannot tell you that I am not disappointed. I was all ready to go out and buy my #6 Bulls jersey. But the man who will probably be formerly known as “The King” decided to leave DRose, Noah, and Big Boozer to fend for themselves and form a super trio in South Beach. Read More »
No Introduction Needed: The Greatest Jewish Basketball Player Who Ever Lived – Dolph Schayes
Today is our One Year Anniversary of The Great Rabbino. In our first year we have been picked up by Oy! Chicago and the Jewish Journal. We were published in Schmooze Magazine. And we had a feature article on the Chicago Jewish News. We have created Tshirts, sold advertising space, and had over 31,000 readers. Read More »
Youkilis in a Tight Race
The final spot on the AL All Star roster is a tight race between Kevin Youkilis and Nick Swisher. Paul Konerko is in third place. Read more HERE . Read More »
Updating the blog
Over the coming weeks TGR will be creating a new look. The hope is that it will provide an easier way to navigate and search the blog. For review visit the newly installed “MLB” tab under the Head Banner.Thank you for your patience. Read More »
JPost Article
Thank you to TGR fan Zeke Fraint for sending this in. www.jpost.com/ArtsAndCulture/Entertainment/Article.aspx?id=180634 Tomorrow marks our 1 year anniversary and as promised our Dolph Schayes article will be posted. I will be away for a little while so I hope it holds you all over. Read More »
Video of the Week – Chabad and Soccer
I received this in a group email. It is kinda funny. Worth posting if you are interested in Judaism and are super into anything World Cup related. www.ChabadNorthbrook.com/1242484 Also, Happy birthday to my Mother and good friend Nat (both Jewish). Read More »
Your 2 (3?) 2010 MLB All Stars
Congrats to Ian Kinsler and Ryan Braun who both made this year’s MLB All Star game. Braun will start in the outfield for the National League. He is batting .295 with 11 home runs to go along with 51 RBIs, 50 runs, and 11 stolen bases. He is on pace for a fantastic season. Read More »
Shabbat Shalom
Its been crazy over here on this side. Not too much going on besides NBA free agency. I will be very busy over the next few weeks so stories will be shorter.I am re-posting the Top 7 stories of the decade on the Jewish Journal.Thank you to all the contributors this week.This coming week we will be posting the Dolph Schayes story. Read More »
NBA Free Agency Begins
NBA free agency has begun. Total excitement. And of course we are all in anticipation of where one man will sign. That man is the legend, the myth, two time NBA Champion Jordan Farmar. Yes, that is right. Farmar has two more rings than Lebron. Why shouldn’t we be interested.So far the Pacers have shown the most interest. Read More »
Syracuse Turns Grey and Blue
Every year Temple Adath Yeshurun honors a citizen of the year. The Rabbi there is Charles Sherman (father of TGR correspondent Rabbi Erez Sherman). Adath Yeshurun is located in Syracuse NY. You would assume some of the award winners would be former Orangemen, and they are. Read More »
#1 Female Golfer
We just got word from Ron Kaplan that the #1 lady golfer in the world, Cristie Kerr, has a Jewish father. Congrats to her. Check out more on Kerr HERE .I guess this makes her the #1 Jewish golfer, male or female, in the world.Although there is a rumor that Justin Rose is Jewish. No confirmation on that. Read More »
Kosher Stadium Update
Thank you to Jeffrey Abraham (husband of correspondent Lauren Abraham) for sending in this tidbit about his trip to an Indians game. There is a glatt kosher hot dog stand at section 140 which islegitimately kosher–it’s glatt, under supervision, etc. Read More »
Video of the Week – NHL Commish
This video was sent in by TGR fan Paul Adam from Dandy Koufax. It is NHL Commish Gary Bettman under fire. Enjoy. Read More »
NBA Summer League
Unfortunately, for Jewish basketball fans both Jon Scheyer and Sylven Landesberg did not get drafted. Now both are going to try make an NBA team the old fashion way…by earning it.Their journey starts in the NBA summer league. Landesberg was immediately scooped up by the Sacramento Kings. Read More »
Quickly a Shabbat Shalom
A quick Shabbat note.Thanks to Doron Kramer for the interview.NBA Draft was super annoying. Lets hope Landesberg and Scheyer catch on somewhere.POLLStill going on. Vote away.TGR News: Not too much to report besides going to the Sox/Cubs game on Sunday…but that’s not a Jewish thing, its just fun. Read More »
NBA Draft Disappoints
Well, for weeks now TGR has been trying to follow Jon Scheyer and Sylven Landesberg as they prepare to get drafted into the NBA. I am sadly reporting that neither was taken in the 2010 NBA draft. In fact many no names were taken as Scheyer a national champion from Duke sat and watched the draft come to an end at midnight EST. Read More »
Longest Tennis Match Ever NOT Played By A Jew
So many people want to know is John Isner, who just played the longest tennis match ever, Jewish? The answer is NO, sorry. Below was taken from his website. Read More »
Non-Israeli Soccer for Israelis – AJAX!!!
I should warn you that before reading this article it might change your plans for your future vacation to Amsterdam. Instead of going to a museum or just riding the bicycle around the lovely streets of Amsterdam, you might find yourself in the middle of a soccer match wearing the red and white shirt of Ajax Amsterdam. Read More »
Interview with Jewish Blogger Doron Kramer
After receiving an email from Doron Kramer I looked into his blog. I found out he too has a Jewish sports blog. Kramer, whose basketball career recently came to an end, was kind enough to take some time to answer a few questions. Read More »
Tough First Round For Jewish ATP
It was a tough opening round of Wimbledon for both Jewish men in Wimbledon singles play. We might have some hope in doubles play. We will keep you posted. Read More »
Where Will Scheyer and Landesberg Go?
June 24th will possibly be the next chapter in Jewish Professional Basketball. With two prospects in this year’s NBA draft we went to the Jewish sports experts to see where might Duke’s Jon Scheyer and Virginia’s Sylven Landesberg end up. Josh Borenstein – Creator of Jewsinbaseball.blogspot. Read More »
Shabbat Shalom – Congrats to the Lakers
Okay well, I officially can never root for Kobe Bryant again. While I respect him on the court I do not want him anywhere near Michael Jordan’s legacy. Bulls fans please join me in rooting AGAINST the Lakers.Congrats to Jordan Farmar on another ring. I have a feeling Farmar will not be in a Lakers jersey next season. Read More »
Jewish Basketball Takes a Big Hit
At the beginning of last NCAA basketball season we were super excited about the arrival of Nimrod Tishman. Tishman committed to the University of Florida. Arguably, the biggest program to take in an Israeli basketball star. There was a lot of hype for the freshman. Read More »
