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Better Late Than Never

Community / 09.06.2018

Better Late Than Never
The 50-year wait for Game 5 of the 1968 World Series. Against the backdrop of all that transpired in our city and our nation in 1967 and 1968, this is a story of two teenage boys, whose young lives r...
Maccabi Games Gold For Basketball Players, Dancers

Community / 08.30.2018

Maccabi Games Gold For Basketball Players, Dancers
Let’s continue our JCC Maccabi Games & ArtsFest coverage with these reports from the games earlier this month in Orange County, Calif. Blue Gold Detroit 14U boys basketball players Noah Kam, Car...
Reliving the Tigers’ ’68 World Series Win

Columns / 08.02.2018

Reliving the Tigers’ ’68 World Series Win
I’m trying to wrap my brain around the fact that it’s been a half-century since the Detroit Tigers won the 1968 World Series. I repeat ... a haaaaalf-cennnnnntury. I’ll get a chance to come to term...
Relive the Tigers’ Glorious 1968 Season At B’nai Moshe

Community / 07.19.2018

Relive the Tigers’ Glorious 1968 Season At B’nai Moshe
It’s been a long summer for Detroit Tigers baseball fans. Victories have been few and far between for a team that’s taken only a few baby steps on the road back to a winning record. That certainly ...
Celebrity Jews: Movies, Binge-Watching And Sports

Art & Culture / 07.19.2018

Celebrity Jews: Movies, Binge-Watching And Sports
AT THE MOVIES Don’t Worry, He Won’t Get Far on Foot is based on the true-life story of the late John Callahan (Joaquin Phoenix, 48). His severe alcoholism led to a car accident that left him a qu...
Maccabi Athletes, Artists Excited About Trip to California

Community / 07.12.2018

Maccabi Athletes, Artists Excited About Trip to California
The JCC Maccabi Games & ArtsFest is just around the corner. The annual extravaganza will be held Aug. 5-10 in Orange County, Calif. As the event draws closer, several Detroit athletes and artis...
Jewish Baseball – From the DJN Davidson Digital Archive

Looking Back / 06.21.2018

Jewish Baseball – From the DJN Davidson Digital Archive
It’s summer now and the baseball season is well under way. The roster of our beloved home team, the Detroit Tigers, is much different from last year. Jewish second baseman Ian Kinsler was traded over ...
Feeding Those In Need

Metro Detroit / 06.21.2018

Feeding Those In Need
Rob Streit JN Intern West Bloomfield boy raises nearly $20,000 for Forgotten Harvest. Most bar and bat mitzvah youth are rewarded after a long journey of study with a large celebration. Lavish dinne...
Storm Builds His Client Base

Community / 06.14.2018

Storm Builds His Client Base
Storm Kirschenbaum was the Jewish News Male High School Athlete of the Year in 1997 and a 2012 inductee into the Michigan Jewish Sports Hall of Fame. Now, the 40-year-old is the CEO of the Birmingh...
My First Opera – The Summer King

Music / 06.04.2018

My First Opera – The Summer King
I've listened to and performed a lot of classical music. I've sung along to many pop songs. I have jammed out to 80’s rock with my parents. My sister has even locked me in a room with her and forced m...
18 Teams Hope To Sparkle On The Diamond This Season

Community / 05.24.2018

18 Teams Hope To Sparkle On The Diamond This Season
Play ball! The Inter-Congregational Men’s Club Summer Softball League’s 23rd season is under way, although it’s a slow start because after Opening Day on a sunny May 6, there were no games the next...
He Turns On Power And Is Shocked

Community / 04.12.2018

He Turns On Power And Is Shocked
Jordan Anstandig has played a lot of baseball in his young life. He now has a grand total of two home runs. Yes, two. The first came when he was 12 or 13, he recalls, playing summer ball in a De...
Celebrity Jews: Major League Hebrews & Casting

Art & Culture / 04.12.2018

Celebrity Jews: Major League Hebrews & Casting
MAJOR LEAGUE HEBREWS The following Jewish players were on a major league roster as of opening day, 2018: Richard Bleier, 30, Baltimore, relief pitcher. He appeared in 23 games with the Yankees in...
Batter Up

Art & Culture / 04.12.2018

Batter Up
The Jewish Baseball Card Book has hit shelves, just in time for the start of baseball season. If you think Sandy Koufax and Hank Greenberg are among just a handful of baseball players who are Jewish,...
Race Walker At 101, Hall Of Famer At 106

Community / 03.08.2018

Race Walker At 101, Hall Of Famer At 106
Manny Hauer will turn 107 on May 1. While that’s a remarkable achievement in itself, there’s another line on his lifetime resume that’s equally as impressive. Hauer was named to the Michigan Senior...