Author: michaelrrose
Baseball Barrier Breakers
Bethesda Big Train summer collegiate baseball team honors Clemente, Greenberg, and Robinson.
Hank Greenberg Honored in Walk of Heroes in Detroit
Slugger Hank Greenberg, the subject of Ciesla’s film The Life and Times of Hank Greenberg, is the first honoree in the Walk of Heroes at the former Tiger Stadium, now known as The Corner Ballpark in Detroit, Michigan. The exhibit honoring Greenberg …
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Read Aviva Kempner’s piece in The Wrap: Major League Baseball Should Fix the Yom Kippur Dilemma
Why must Jewish fans, players and league officials confront religious dilemmas about watching playoff games during the holiest Day of Atonement? Read Aviva Kempner’s recent article on the subject: https://www.thewrap.com/major-league-baseball-should-fix-the-yom-kippur-dilemma-guest-blog/
Please Nominate Hank Greenberg into Library of Congress National Registry
Dear Supporter, We write to ask for your help in nominating Aviva Kempner’s film, The Life and Times of Hank Greenberg, for the Library of Congress’ 2018 National Film Registry. Every year, The National Film Registry accepts 25 films that …
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FILM AWARDS
The Life and Times of Hank Greenberg has won The Peabody Award (2002) from the George Foster Peabody Awards, Best Non-Fiction Film Award (2000) from the National Society of Film Critics Association, Best Documentary Award (2000) from the National Board …
A Pioneer Charts His Own Course
The Washington Post – 25 Jun 2018 BY GENE WANG IN PULLMAN, WASH. Read full article here. PHOTOS BY RAJAH BOSE FOR THE WASHINGTON POST Athletic Director Pat Chun arrived at footballmad Washington State …
5 Jewish baseball players hit home runs on the same day
(JTA) — June 8 was the most productive day for Jewish batters in Major League Baseball history. Five members of the tribe combined for six home runs on Friday to help their respective teams to victory. Here’s the scorecard: Ryan …
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Josh Rosen and the N.F.L. Draft’s Jewish-Quarterback Question
By Zach Helfand – The New Yorker Last fall, after the New York Jets won their second game of the 2017 N.F.L. season, the comedian Larry David called a sports talk-radio show. One of the guests congratulated him, “Your Jets …
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How Hank Greenberg Desegregated Baseball
BY JARED SICHEL – Jewniverse In 1954, one year before the debut of Sandy Koufax, Hank Greenberg was the General Manager of the Cleveland Indians. Under Bronx-born Greenberg, the Indians had more black ballplayers than any other team. Greenberg didn’t …