Why Concentrating on One Subset of Jews Reveals the Hidden Truth Behind Antisemitism in America According to the New York City Police Department, there were four antisemitic incidents in New York City in January 2021. That was out of a total of 18, meaning Jews were the victims in 22.22% of antisemitic hate crimes in [...]
How Rabbi Mendy Greenberg of Bonita Springs Taught the World Judaism It could have been one of the worst scenes for him and his family. He could have reacted with anger and vengeance. But when Rabbi Mendy Greenberg of Bonita Springs came back to his house to find his mailbox destroyed, a car window shattered, [...]
The Case for Reinstituting a Grass Field in Foxboro This past Wednesday, February 2, 2022, the United States Men's National Team played Honduras in a match the U.S. needed to win to improve their chances to play in the 2022 World Cup. And win they did, defeating Honduras 3-0. It was a mostly mundane affair, [...]
From the Uighurs to Peng Shuai, the World Must Boycott the Beijing Olympics Sports are the great unifier. When somebody steps into an athletic arena, all the politics of the day wash aside and the scoreboard becomes the great arbiter of who is better and who is worse. No longer does it matter where you were [...]
The Red Sox Just Benefited from Baseball's Tuck Rule: Rule 5.05(a)(8), The Inadvertent Ground Rule Double Back in Week 5 of the 2001 NFL season, the Patriots entered the week with a 1-3 record. They fell behind and found themselves down by 10 points in the 4th quarter with a young, unproven quarterback at the [...]
Why the Red Sox Wild Card Starter Needs to be Nate Eovaldi If you were Alex Cora and tasked with setting the rotation for a playoff series, you would feel pretty good about your chances right about now. Not only do you have three above-average starters in Natan Eovaldi, Eduardo Rodgriguez, and Nick Pivetta, but [...]
The Debut of Mac Jones Had Everything Patriots Fans Wanted... Except for a Win Ever since the New England Patriots took Mac Jones with their first-round pick in the 2021 NFL Draft, everybody was waiting for this moment. With the ever-critical eyes of an entire region laser-focused upon him, the debut of Mac Jones was [...]
No Surprise Here, But Bill Belichick Nails the NFL's Covid Vaccinations Bill Belichick is the greatest coach in NFL history. The only metric where he comes up short is in wins, where he currently sits third (38 behind George Halas and 48 behind Don Shula). But by every other metric, there is no comparison to [...]
The 2020 Jewish Hate Crime Statistics Are Out and People Are Astounded; Where Have They Been? Many Jews are astounded after seeing the 2020 FBI Hate Crime Statistics. The thing that is jumping out at them is how Jews are the victims in 57.5% of all religiously motivated hate crimes. But this new number is [...]
The Haunting Beauty of Jerusalem Stone on Yom HaZikaron Jerusalem Stone is the gorgeous, pale, off-white limestone found everywhere in Israel. Many of you will recognize it as the stone that comprises the Kotel, the Wailing/Western Wall in Jerusalem. When you see Jerusalem Stone, you immediately think of Israel/הארץ, literally "the Land (of Israel)." Every [...]
