Miscellaneous Features

Jewish Online Resources 4/21/23

By Reporter staff

A variety of Jewish groups are offering educational and recreational online resources. Below is a sampling of those. The Reporter will publish additional listings as they become available. 

Dean Emeritus Dr. David I. Bernstein of the Pardes Institute of Jewish Studieswil…

Jewish Baseball Players: Team Israel meets the 2023 World BB Classic, pt. 2

By Bill Simons

For Team Israel and its animated, partisan followers, the squad’s 2023 World Baseball Classic game one was dramatic and memorable. At high noon in LoanDepot Park, home of MLB’s Miami Marlins, Israel and Nicaragua met on Sunday, March 12, before nearly 20,000 fans as well …

On the Jewish food scene: Falafel, hummus and shawarma

By Rabbi Rachel Esserman

During the 10 months I spent in Be’er Sheva, Israel, during rabbinical school (1996-97), I developed a weekly tradition. Every Friday (since there were no classes that day), I went to the Old City and wandered up and down the two block street/outdoor mall of shop…

Jewish Online Resources 4/7/23

By Reporter staff

A variety of Jewish groups are offering educational and recreational online resources. Below is a sampling of those. The Reporter will publish additional listings as they become available. 

Aish.com is offering free 68 daily e-mail lessons from historian and author Rabbi…

Jewish Baseball Players: Team Israel meets the 2023 World BB Classic, pt. I

By Bill Simons

Since the 1871 debut of the National Association, the first circuit considered a major league by baseball historians, there have been teams with one, two, very occasionally three and even rarely four Jewish players with names reflective of their ethnic heritage. From Lip Pike…