Football and Thanksgiving have gone together since the first professional league formed in 1902. It’s an American tradition found in every level of the game, from high school to the NFL’s Thanksgiving Classic.

Eric Schwartz has accomplished a lot in one day. He’s played dreidel with a Lady Gaga impersonator, avoided a meteor shower of mitzvah balls in space, fended off Martians and spent time text messaging in a synagogue — which he refers to as “temple textin’” — all by 6 p.m. There’s an hour to go before production on his new music video, “Honika Electronica,” wraps in Burbank, bringing an 11-hour shoot to a close.

The “California-Israel Memo of Understanding” legislation, authored by assembly member Bob Blumenfield (D-San Fernando Valley), has inspired Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger — visiting Israel this week for the annual Saban forum — to sign a letter of intent with Benjamin Ben Eliezer, Israel’s Minister of Industry, Trade and Labor.

For 30 years, the Conservative Jewish summer Camp Ramah in the Ojai Valley has provided programming for children and young adults with mental retardation, cerebral palsy, epilepsy and autism. Despite the high costs — around $4000 per camper — families were able to afford the programs through state money allocated to the Department of Developmental Services (DDS) and nonprofit regional centers.