coaching Archives – Jewish Journal

Travel Enthusiast’s Dream: Nina Ruggiero, Trailblazing Founder of ‘Be a Travel Writer’ Class!

Lisa Ellen Niver June 20, 2023

STAY TUNED: Creating Two Characters

Kymberly Harris November 25, 2019

At Maccabi, forging Jewish identity between the baselines

Louis Keene August 24, 2016

When I was 10, my family got frum, and I started playing baseball. Oddly, the overlap wasn’t a coincidence: Our new rabbi added me to his Little League team and taught me how to throw; I broke in my first mitt — and a new peer group — playing catch with his son.

Chanukah Hoop Dreams

Shoshana Lewin-Fischer November 20, 2003

Picture the \”Bad News Bears\” in a basketball court, add kippot and a dash of Chanukah and you have the makings of the Disney Channel\’s latest original movie, \”Full-Court Miracle.\” The film is based on the true story of Lamont Carr (Richard T. Jones), a down-and-out former University of Virginia basketball star, who is asked to coach the Hebrew Academy Lions by the team\’s captain Alex Schlotsky (14-year-old Alex D. Linz). Schlotsky, after learning about the Chanukah legend in school, is convinced that Carr is really Judah Maccabee. Meanwhile, Alex\’s mother, a doctor, wants him to give up basketball and follow in her footsteps.