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Remembering Jewish baseball legend Hank Greenberg’s 1934 Rosh Hashanah dilemma
But in a lesser-known dramatic tale just over 30 years earlier, fellow Jewish Hall of Famer Hank Greenberg faced a dilemma of his own as the High Holidays approached. Picture the scene ...
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How Hank Greenberg took on Hitler in the summer of 1938
“Hank Greenberg in 1938: Hatred and Home Runs in the Shadow of War” (Sports Publishing, 2017) is about the Jewish Hall of Famer as he was trying to make baseball history at the same time that ...
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Only 2 Jewish players are in the baseball Hall of Fame. Who could join Koufax and Greenberg in Cooperstown?
(JTA) — Any Jewish baseball fan knows the names of the two Jews in MLB’s Hall of Fame: Sandy Koufax and Hank Greenberg. But since Koufax got his Hall call 52 years ago to the day — when he ...
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The Wildest Thing About Former AIG CEO Hank Greenberg's Lawsuit Against The US Government
"Hank Greenberg wandered out of the very safe, well-capitalized world of insurance into the surreal world of credit default swaps where you can create endless amount of risk," Christopher Whalen ...
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Gabe Kapler is following in the footsteps of other Jewish activist athletes, from Hank Greenberg to Aly Raisman
Kapler’s political activism follows a path paved by American Jewish athletes for decades before him, from World War II to the recent fight for equal pay in sports. (JTA) — Gabe Kapler likes ...
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Hank Greenberg bat sells for more than $25,000
(JTA) — A bat used by Jewish Hall of Famer Hank Greenberg sold at auction for over $25,000. The closed auction on the website of Lelands-Sports Memorabilia and Card Auctions did not say who is ...
New York Magazine4y
The 10 Highest Paid CEOs
Wayward son: Evan Greenberg was Hank's designated successor at AIG until he left the company last year, following brother Jeffrey's departure in 1995. Jeffrey is now the chief executive of Marsh ...
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As an Orthodox Jew, WSU's Zevi Eckhaus had to wind a unique path to college football
At the time, Sandy Koufax, Hank Greenberg, Sid Luckman and Mark Spitz sat atop a short list. Over the last 44 years, that joke has largely become stale as the Jewish population across professional ...
An ode to perhaps the greatest Jewish baseball player on Passover
Today is the first full day of what was my favorite Jewish celebratory holiday as a kid: Passover, which commemorates the ...
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This Day in Braves History: March 26th
1936 - Hank Greenberg agrees to a $20,000 contract with the Detroit Tigers. 1937 - On the advice of Ty Cobb, Joe DiMaggio reduces the weight of his bat from 40 ounces to 36 ounces. 1974 - The ...