New Jew wrestlers succeed
February 5, 2014
They walk into the gym, and immediately they feel it: snickers, stares, whispers and even laughs.
Lee Barnathan
Golfing for good
September 3, 2013
Ethan Davidson estimates that he was only 5 or 6 when he heard the comparisons to Tiger Woods. “I was shocked,” he said. “I didn’t know I’d be that good, and I didn’t know I could pursue [golf] because I didn’t know I was that good. I thought I was just the average player.”
Nothing trivial about these Jews on the gridiron
April 25, 2012
Trivia question: What family soon will represent 20 percent of the Jews in the National Football League? Answer: The one with Geoff and Mitchell Schwartz. Older son Geoff has played two seasons with the Carolina Panthers and now is under contract with the Minnesota Vikings. Younger brother Mitchell, who will almost surely be drafted this week, will join him.
Three generations will march, witness, remember
March 21, 2012
As the Germans marched toward the tiny French hamlet of Autrans, 10-year-old Eva Perlman (nee Gutmann) watched as an obviously frightened 17-year-old boy fled from a sawmill into the woods. The Germans shot him on sight.
It was 1942, and the boy wasn’t even Jewish, Perlman says.
Israelis at Indian Wells
March 8, 2012
Israeli women’s tennis pro Shahar Peer has experienced some success at Indian Wells, but Israeli men’s pro Dudi Sela has yet to play on the hard courts. Both are scheduled to compete in the BNP Paribas Open, which began Monday and runs to Mar. 18.
SoCal Talent Dominates Baseball Picks
July 8, 2009
When coaches set out on a nationwide search last year to assemble the U.S. junior baseball team for the 18th Maccabiah Games, their goal was to choose the best 17 players. They couldn’t have predicted that more than half the team would be from the Los Angeles area, including five from Calabasas High School.
Flatbush yeshiva closed due to swine flu
May 25, 2009
A Flatbush yeshiva has been closed after two students were diagnosed with swine flu.
Student Project Scores for Soccer Charity
May 13, 2009
Jacob Wolf Price has two goals. One is of the soccer variety: put the ball in the back of the net or at least keep the opponent from doing so. The second goal relates to soccer, too, but Jacob thinks beyond his 13 years — he wants to use the sport to help less-fortunate youths.
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