For Cheesehead Jews, tonight brings two events of significance: Yom Kippur and the decisive Game 5 of the NLDS. You can’t observe both, which prompted an email I got yesterday from a friend under the subject “Hebrew Hammer.”
When talking about the Brewers, the Hebrew Hammer is none other than Ryan Braun, a leading candidate for National League MVP. But ” title=”more of a Shawn Green”>more of a Shawn Green, and my response to the email was “No way.”
As I discussed in a 2008 post titled “” title=”Jordan Farmar in the NBA”>Jordan Farmar in the NBA, knows that being the pride of Jewish fans comes with the territory. But he’s not particularly observant. In fact, as has been noted in the comments on this blog, he’s not a Jew under the law: father yes, mother no.
