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Mensch Madness Game 2: Frogs vs. Pig!

Welcome back to the arena for the second game in our series of Mensch Madness: The Creatures of Judaism. Both ...

Mensch Madness 2015: Bringing out the Beasts!

Last year, the ISJL  (a very sports-centric Southern and Jewish office) held a tournament of champions. The inaugural Mensch Madness matched up ...

“Booyah”….This Too, Is Holy

This too is holy. The baseball stadium, that is. I know it is not only potentially cliché, but also possibly ...

Exercising Religious Freedom

I’m a runner, a three-time marathoner. Whenever someone asks when I took up running, I say I started 12 years ago. ...

Mensch Madness, Round 2: Women’s Semi-Finals!

We’re nearing the end of Mensch Madness, sports fans! There is a palpable sense of history here in our arena, ...

Mensch Madness, Round 2: Men’s Semi-Finals!

Get ready, sports fans! It’s time for Mensch Madness, Round 2, and the Men’s Semi-Finals with Moses (1) taking on ...

Jew Need to Know: Phys Ed

It’s no small secret that the Chosen tribe has had an enormous impact on the intellectual arena. Not to mention ...

Northern Sports Fan Transplanted into Southern Sportsland

When you’re not “from” the South, you have to get used to a few things when you move down here. ...

From Hail Mary to Hail Miriam

At 6’2”, 210-pound Avi Rosenblum has tattoos that reflect his religious faith and cultural heritage. He stands out. Some might ...

Young Jewish Athletes

My brothers and I together attended various Jewish day schools in France, then in Northern Virginia, and in Southern Maryland throughout our ...