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Who Is This Decade’s Best Jewish Athlete?

Sorry, New Yorkers, but it may be Youkilis
By Marc Tracy | 4:00 PM Dec 23, 2009

The Jewish Chronicle solicits nominations, but not before making a few of its own. Israelis Yossi Benayoun, a soccer star, and Arik Ze’evi, a gold-medal- winning judo fighter, are mentioned; so is Jason Lezak, the American gold-medal-winning swimmer.
But maybe the most compelling candidate, whom the JC does not mention, is for Kevin Youkilis. In the ...

Huge Yankees-Sox Game Set for Kol Nidre

So many questions, including: will Youkilis play?
By Marc Tracy | 4:10 PM Sep 1, 2009

A potentially pivotal game between the New York Yankees and Boston Red Sox has been suddenly rescheduled, and now begins at 8 p.m. on the night before Yom Kippur. The change—motivated by ESPN’s desire to broadcast the match-up as Sunday Night Baseball—prompts the all-important question: will star Red Sox first baseman and Most Famous Current ...

Look, Jews in Baseball!

Fourteen in the majors this year, as columnists continually remind us
By Sara Ivry | 1:00 PM Aug 31, 2009

As the pennant race gets underway, it’s time for the annual, “Look! Jews play baseball!” articles, like one in today’s Boston Globe and another in last week’s Connecticut Jewish Ledger. These articles invariably reference Sandy Koufax and Hank Greenberg before going on to talk about current icons like the Red Sox first baseman Kevin Youkilis. ...